shawndac1

My muso basjoo is not doing good for some reason the leaves are curling up and dieing ( I recently transplanted with miracke gro potting soil and watered 2 days ago I have let it get sun for two days an now this is happening it was doing great untill I out it in the sun! Is a disease? ???? Please help and thank you

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I am making my profile pic the pic of my musa because it will not let me upload a photo of it for some reason

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Oh hell never mind this damn thing won't even let me change my profile oic seriously whoever runs this page needs to fix the damn crap!!!!!!

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Try uploading images to photobucket or some other pic-hosting site then post the picture here.

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Rhank you I will try that

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Funkthulhu

If you just transplanted it may be that you need to trim some of the leaves. When I transplant between pots, to the ground, or from ground to a pot I always cut all but a few of the leaves so it doesn't overtax the roots as they acclimate. The problem is self correcting as those leave brown up, or you can cut them back now.

(then again, it could be gremlins!)

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merce3

my guess is that it's not acclimated to full sun yet. you might want to start with 50/50 shade and gradually move into full sun.

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Well I have been doing 50/50 its only in the sun maybe 3-4 hours a day and it will get really droopy but when I bring it back it after a few hours it perks up again here is a link maybe yawl can see it this way I love this site but hate the fact I can't upload a photo with a galaxys3 phone ughhh
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Lol gremlins bahaha to cute but I'm bein serious I love my bananas and plants I hate seeing them dyeing :'( and thanks yawl for your input )

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TRAY

Transplant shock. IMO or at least from my experience with naners, especially if they are young. Its putting (diverting) it's energy into getting the roots established instead of growing, hence that's why the leaves are dying. Some recover quicker than others and some don't recover at all. In the mean time i would keep it out of direct sunlight. Time will tell!. I could be wrong, but makes sense to me. lol

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shawndac1

Thank you tray and all yawl today its like a new banana I mean this joker is perky as ever but my leaves are curled and really dry on the ends im guna try to post two photos the droopy is from yesterday and the other is today! If it is the sun how long should I keep it outside ???? I would like to plant them rekon they are to young yet????
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Yawl let me know if yawl can see these pics k?

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Hammocked Banana

First of all, assuming your nanner is inside, give it as much sun as possible always! In my experience, through glass windows it is not possible to get too much sun (unless its a very small tissue culture plant). People in other threads have told you that basjoos are fairly forgiving indoors, however I have most certainly found the opposite to be true. Due to the long "floppy" (bad term, just generally unstrong) petioles of the basjoos, they leaves can get very droopy and weak under the reduced light environment indoors..

Now with this being said, it is natural for some of the bottom leaves to die off the plant as more grow. This I find is actually fairly common indoors due to the very low humidity we have indoors during the winter. U will notice the edges drying first, then the rest of the leaf. Your nanner seems be doing better now, but w/o pics its hard to tell. Bananas really enjoy a lot of root space bc they can transpire a tremendous amount of water when they are actively growing, and so need a lot of root mass to absorb all this water. Dont let this fact confuse u with the fact that bananas dont like the soil to always be wet. In fact your banana will be especially susceptible to rot right now since you recently transplanted to a larger pot and it has yet to fill all this soil with roots. Because of this reason I also highly recommend not to cut any (green) leaves off as the plant needs them to pull water from the soil. I my opinion I would not recommend removing leaves when transplanting, with the exception of a newly removed pup, which does not have any roots yet to uptake water (since the leaves will die regardless, and you dont want to dehydrate the corm at all).

Edit: I just saw your pics. They are just small plants but the new leaves look healthy. They should grow well for u now in their big pots. Just give them lots of sun light and be very careful not to overstate. The the soil dry right out before water each time.

shawndac1

I have posted some pics and ill post another of where I keep it its in a bathroom with a skylight an does good inside but it seems like direct sunlight makes it shrivel ((( and since the leaves started folding the center leave seems to be stunted an won't grow anymore it just stopped an usually the leaves emerge in a day but it has been in the same spot for 3 days now an I don't theink its pupping because its to young !!! https://photoshare.cc/tebiEAG

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https://photoshare.cc/lCbS5K7. Here is another photo of leaves pot and plant size

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shawndac1

Oh wow I just noticed your in zone 5 a what banana are you growing there I'm new to all this and want a good hardy one for this zone what would you recomend one I xan leave outdoors that is?

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Hammocked Banana

To me it looks more like cold damaging the leaves than too much sun. Was the leaf touching the glass? When u transplanted did the roots look nice and white or more brownish? Yes im in zone 5, this winter is probably more like zone 4 lows though. I have several varieties of bananas, all edibles and most ornamentals stay in pots all year and some are ground planted in spring and dug back up in fall. I have several basjoo mats that stay outside all winter, although this winter will be a real good test with many nights hitting -30 C. I think your basjoos are your best bet at overwintering outdoors there. Most people would wait one more year to plant them outside, but im all for just getting them outside as they grow so much faster in the ground and in one year you can get them to a decent size. So since u have several, I would recommend maybe planting 2 outside this year if u have a protective corner near your house, and that way u will have 2 still safely in pots incase the other 2 dont make it. Also a ground planted nanner should give u some pups to pot up, as added security.

shawndac1

No it wasn't on a window an it has only been out when it has been warm enough 50-60º and yes the roots look healthy thick and white and ya our winter was awful here to an I only have the two a basjoo an orinoco but I'm hoping mayb I can get some pups off of them this year so I can see if they come back next year an like u said if not I will at least have pups I really don't care if they fruit I just mainly like the look and want them all in ny yard lol ) but I don't have a lot of space inside for them so they have to stay outdoors unless they are smaller . I can't believe you are raising so many in zone 4 wow that's amazing because I know it gets cold here I'm assuming it worse there though!

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Duckfood

It looks a little droopy, but otherwise fine... Looks like it just need some sun and warmer temperatures...

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shawndac1

Ya just when it gets in the sun the leaves just start to curl up then dry up and die I knoe the bottom leaves will eventually drop turn yellow the brown but these are good healthy leaves nit on the bottom they all curled up on the ends and turned brown I'm not sure what it is an there are so many opions lol

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This is where they stay in my bathroom under a sky li ght with a heater that stay on 70º all my plants but the palm but you can tell they get a lot of light but not direct its filtered my orinoco handles the outside heat and sun fine but the basjoo not so well when its in direct sun
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