Naz

My Basjoo is looking better and i just got myself a musa sikkimensis i wanted to know for sure that what im seeing is rot and what i should do? it had dried stem leaves so i took them off and saw this. Thanks everyone for your help!

Musa Sikkimensis Photo by Nazsen | Photobucket

IMG_0644_zpscbec1411.jpg Photo by Nazsen | Photobucket

Musa Sikkimensis Photo by Nazsen | Photobucket

Zacarias

Naz, cut banana leaf sheaths (on the stem) will often have areas or brown, tan, and just not look that great especially after shipment. Your Sikkimensis looks fine. Do not overwater at this time.

Rot that is concerning is when the pseudostem has black, moist, mushy areas. If new leaves are growing and there's no rot in the center, you will be fine. Also, remember when you slice off a banana, the very top will turn kinda light brown with sap. As the banana leaf pushes through, then you'll see the green.

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Naz

Thanks! but there was some black that i just trimmed but i did over water but i dont think the plant will die. thanks again im still new to banana plants and im used to seeing only green lol and every other color is bad

Naz

another question.

should i leave the dead dried peices on the plant of should i just remove them?

scottu

Its spring and the start of the growing season, if it made it this far no worries!

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Naz

haha yeah but i just got it the other day so i started thinking i bought a bad one. i was looking for the reddest one and this is was the best looking one. i heard thet the sikkimensis looses its redness when it gets bigger so i wanted to try to beat the odds.

RobG7aChattTN

The center is all that maters. Any rot on the outside is superficial. Where I live the outside is always damaged and rotting by spring and it never matters. If the center is rotten (as it always is on sikkimensis for me here) that pseudostem will die but it will re-sprout from the corm.

Kostas

The discolored areas you see on the outermost leaf sheath does is rot and it usually indicates root rot going on if it hasnt seen cold temperatures that could have just damaged it superficially outside. It doesnt look too bad though and should fix fine if you place it in an area receiving sun and let the soil dry out a good deal before watering again. The sun should eventually dry out the rotten areas and its certainly ok to leave the dried out parts on unless too many dead layers build up that could trap too much moisture on the pseudostem beneath and cause rot with cool rainy weather. Do not water it much till warm temperatures prevail in your area as they dont use much water unless the temperature is high enough for them to grow fast. If you can,protect it from rain too till the soil dries out a lot at least once before watering it again.

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