Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
My neighbor gave me several large banana plants, one of which is nearly 10 feet tall (taller than a 12 ft wall with leaves). He removed them from his yard not overly carefully, and as a result got about half the corms, and very little if any roots.
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Rest easy ......all is good.
First response... says they will sort themselves out' The Pros will fill in the gaps.:) |
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Cool, thank you. Should I take the leaves off? What about watering with no roots?
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At this point all that is important is what is going under the soil. When you replant in your zone, your plant will sort it self out in 60 days or more. Your size plants will have no problem finding a new home in your yard. No roots ....no problem... You got bananas. |
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Great, I'll trim the leaves off. Thanks for your help.
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Stick it into the ground or a pot. The plant will know, what to do. If it cannot
support the leaves, it will shed them or as many as it needs to shed.. You still have a corm and that is the essence of a banana. Good luck, Olaf |
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They will grow roots in time.. I'm sure your into spring there so in the Ground or pots.. :^)
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Yes, they are in the ground. It's been mid 80's in phx, so I'm hoping they root before they rot.
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I wish I would have gotten the corm in better condition, he basically dug down and broke them off leaving the rooted half of the corm in the ground. I have a good chunk of corm on each, they are just ragged at the separation point.
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We normally cut the plant down to about 18" or 1/2 meter in height. I have had corms that have been cut into quarters with growth eyes in each piece that mature into healthy plants. |
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If you have only half the corm and it is bigger than a walnut, you still
have a viable plant, but it changes the way I would treat it. In this case I would indeed chop off all the leaves, but the emerging one and the last one before that. Sorry, I have to disagree with Migael. Here is that unjustified fear of root rot again. (See also: http://www.bananas.org/f10/what-root-rot-19716.html ) If the plant does not have any roots, no roots can rot. Once the roots start growing again, they are little and need all the help they can get. If the plant is in the ground, regular watering of the area should be maintained. If in a pot, which has bottom drainage, water again, as soon as the surface becomes "dryish". Olaf |
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Cool, I think I have a good chunk on the bottom of each stem. I did remove the leaves, they were wilting badly anyway, and I hoped removing them would keep water in the plant.
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Thank for everyone's help, if these don't make it, he said I can dig out a few "my way" next time.
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Unfortunately that will mean next year, as it soon gets to hot to plant anything out here in summer.
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If you can find a shady place or provide shade for the corms they can be planted at any time of year. Pay attention that you have provided good soil and keep them well watered. I test the moisture content of the soil about an inch deep. If the soil holds together by squeezing a handful it is moist enough. If the soil does not hold together you need to water. |
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Thank you. It's been just over a week, what's the thought on when I might see progress? The stems remain pretty solid, with the most external softening, but nothing else seems to have changed otherwise. I'm in the desert, and the soil in these area has all been changed out, and blended with manure. For most of my plants I do two things, on two watering zones. I have drips above ground, and soaker line on another zone at about double the planting depth of the plants, this provides ground moisture for the roots (once they develop) in the summer, as surface water lasts minutes at 100 plus degrees, and single digit humidity.
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We have to dig out 1m x 1m x 30 cm holes and fill them with black organic soil to start. We get 100" to 120" of rain per year. It's a lot of work but well worth it. |
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environment is changed drastically, take up to two months for new growth or it can just continue without blinking. And those plants usually have still all their roots. In your case the corm will have to send out new roots, before they can support new growth. When that will happen is anybody's guess, but happen it will. Olaf |
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Just wanted to follow back up with this post, 1 of 3 has produced a new leaf! I've seen no movement on the other two yet.
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Quick update, I now have two large leaves on the medium one, which did not lose any of its previous height. The tallest one, I though was dead, and started cutting it back looking for life (it was rotting and had to be cut and peeled to remove the rot). About a foot from the ground, and a quarter of the original diameter, I found live plant, it has now produced a leaf at that point. The smallest one never recovered, I cut back past ground level looking for life, but the core was black. The daytime temp here is now 105+ daily, and everything but true desert plants really slow down.
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Just an update, the one that had to be cut back has done well this summer, producing about ten leaves, but not much height, maybe 2'. The tallest one only grew 5 leaves, and seems to have had to work harder, but is green and actively growing, and is about 4' tall.
Neither has produced any pups, and I wish they would! Any suggestions? |
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Lol, patience, the product they don't sell in stores, and probably the one I'm shortest on. Thank you, I'll post a before and after pic soon too.
Edit - crazy banana, hope my response didn't sound rude, it was intended in jest, and aimed at my own lack of patience - the Thank you was sincere for your response. |
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Found my first pup this morning!
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Just closing the loop on this, the second one, that had the least amount of corn, just produced its first pup last month. So about 10 months from no roots and approximately an inch of corn, to pup. Both of them are now very large, and the bigger one that had to be cut back, (though it had more corn) has now resigned all of its full height (not to mention now being as big around as my leg) the first pup it produced is now bigger than the mother.
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So last post on this topic, I must have reached a critical mass of some type with these two plants, as I've got pups everywhere from both.
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From no roots to Blooming!
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hybrid power, so it was 3 years and 7 months to go from a small corm to flower?
I guess the one thing you learned from the inception of this thread way back in March 2014 to now is what CrazyBanana suggested is patience. What is your advice for developing patience when you want results like yesterday? lol |
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Have children, no one is better at teaching you patience then them!
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No, all jokes aside, bananas are just one hobby, I keep very busy, and the time passed faster than expected. I had two mats bloom this summer.
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hybrid power thanks for the update, and yes I guess kids would be one of the best ways to learn about patience. I don't have any so I guess that is why I get impatient easily.
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