shopgirl2

while cleaning near the corm in the saba planted in the ground, and cutting some of the dead leaves, I discovered some maggots (disgusting things). I immediately sprayed some bug dust in them.

my question: where in the world did the maggots come from? No time for fruit fllies yet here in coastal n. carolina.

another question: My saba and its daughter and grand-daughter did make it through the winter, the mother has pups. What do I do now in order to get some fruits from this mother banana?

what do I do with the pups? should I dig them up once that they are large enough?

thank you all. I am so excited! For the first time in my life, my banana survived the winter, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhh!

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bananimal

Carmensol,

How are you? Glad to see the saba made it. Those bugs are probably some type of grub, not maggots. I would use a liquid solution to drench the rootball. Take a 2 gal watering can. Mix 2 gals water and 2 table spoons of Malathion. This stuff is a one time contact killer and not systemic. It won't stay in the plant. It stinks but that will go away in time.

Don't dig out the pups until they sprout at least one true leaf - wide, not skinny like the first ones. Leave one big and one small pup on the mat for follow on. Pot the rest of the pups for insurance against frost and hurricane damage.

My best,

Dan