Kostas

Looking good Rick!!!!

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rick2001

Yes, the growth rate is amazing but I've still problems with the leaves..... the last one that you see on the pic, fresh and in god health ,is showing signs of distress as the previous ones as I watch it and I don't know why....
Maybe it's something related to artificial light inside the office .... I hope it will be solved in spring when it will go outside..

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Kostas

I dont know why you are having this problem unfortunately but i would think its either overwatering, mineral deficiency of some kind,salt stress or mites. Seeing its location,i dont think its from cold damage or dry air. The 2 bananas(Namwah and Kandrian) i am growing under artificial lights only for the winter,in a heated and really dry room of my basement(i am spilling water on the floor from time to time to increase humidity and make watering much less frequent),are totally perfect looking to date. Their main lighting is a 60W compact fluorescent bulb about 30cm away from the top of their pseudostem.

Unless the lighting in your office is low,i dont think its the cause. Of course providing more light cant hurt.

Whatever it is,it doesnt appear life threatening for now. When spring comes,i think it will be solved fast just with going outside and maybe a repotting as well as its growing fast!

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rv

Does the water for your building go through a water softener?
The salt from water softeners will do that to plants.

Ray

rick2001

No, I water the GM with bottled water....
maybe too much fertilizer ?

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rick2001

I solved the mistery! It was too much fertilizer...... It was enough to stop to fertilize and the new leaves show no more burns' signs.
I should have thought about it ... after all the G.M. is istill small in a small pot , it's still Janauary and it doesn't get the proper sunlight...

March .... WHERE ARE YOU ????

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Update: I didn't solve the problem with the G.M leaves....... the cigar leaf open well without any sign but after a week I begin to have brown spots on the external side of the leaf.....




Any Guess ??

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rick2001

The Gros Michel is sprouting a lot of pups and a lot earlier than many other Musas....

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TommyMacLuckie

I am in Negril, Jamaica. I have been going all around the West End (staying at Citronella On The Cliffs) and I have found many Gros Michels. They call them Gross Michelle here. I have not seen any fruiting. I've seen the results of what looked like Black Sigatoka - or Panama disease, I'm not totally sure which - in the leaves of one clump I saw looked like someone had stripped all the foliage off and the middle was wilting and in the corm of one that had been dug up had black stuff throughout it.

As it is some of the coconut trees are showing signs of the coconut blight that is all over the Caribbean while others right next to the blighted tree(s) is/are fine.

Lots of plantains and have had the fruit of the honey banana and robusta, which they also called lacatan. Haven't had the frog banana yet and probably won't since we're leaving tomorrow.

The Jamaicans know their bananas though, which is really fun to know. The plantains are HUGE here.

Regardless, Jamaica is incredibly beautiful. I'm blown away by the overall beauty of all of the island and the people, for the most part, are very nice and sweet, although some are a good bit pushy sometimes. Of course, everyone smokes the ganj like it's just normal and people grow it all over.

A lot of neat plants here, some that I deal with in New Orleans only on a much larger scale - their true scale, as it is, here in the tropics.

scottu

Anyone ever listen to "Iz" Israel Kamakawiwo,ole? I know it's a bit off track, but, we are talking about the heritage to/of the old royal Hawaiian Banana so, is not a link to the latest semblance of the human heritage linked ? It is wonderful music! Sorry I cannot just give it to you all but, I can tell you That music is " Hawaiian"!!

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scottu

I have no idea what just happened But I was posting on a completely different thread about the Ae Ae and I have not smoked in years!

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harveyc

With all of those emoticons, it looks like you've been partying on something!

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GreenFin

Like many, I'm on the hunt for Gros Michel plants for sale.

A business called Rivers End Nursery is offereing Dwarf Gros Michel plants on their website. Anyone know anything about this company and their GM's?

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Kostas

The spots with the black edge are most probably Cordana leaf spot. No big deal in general once you get them outside.

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chong

I have ordered from this business before. They are very nice to deal with, though some of their products may be priced higher than from other sources. The prices on banana plants are about average. I have not ordered banana plants from them. The best part about dealing with them is that they return phone calls, if you miss them when you call! The plants I ordered from them were of very good quality. Hope this helps.

Yug

Just in case this thread is not totally dead yet:

This is a Gros Michel 'Cocos' pup - the dwarf one that Gabe said is 6-8 ft.


Gabe also mentioned that the petioles tend to be open, and tinged with red

Bananaman88

Looks nice, Yug!

Richard

We're all jealous. When does the lottery for pups start?

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Gabe15

This is the grandmother of Yug's plant awhile back. I would normally not have any problem sending suckers to the mainland, except it is very risky because it is quite easy to unknowingly send BBTV infected plants.

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Yug

Well, first it needs some size, then once the little buggars pop up, first dibs is to the folks here in the islands - for two reasons: close proximity helps to increase the local supply of these (in case mine gets bbtv) should I need to ask for a pup back, second reason is ease of sending since inter-island is far less complicated. After that, it depends on health of the plant, availability of pups, and expressed interest on the part of fellow 'nanner aficionados.