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Old 10-12-2017, 10:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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For almost a year my Paggi banana has been making leaves pretty regularly, but they never got any bigger and the plant wasn't getting taller or thicker. I finally dug up my Paggi today and this is what I found. it was making a little pup so that it might survive because whatever is eating it almost made it to the growth tip. The pup was little but it had lots of roots and a nice little corm so I separated it since it seemed unharmed and put it in a pot. Here a few of many pics I took so you can see what I did. The first two are before surgery, after washing away dirt so I could examine the corm. The next two are during so you can follow the progress and see why I kept chopping away. The last two are the finished surgery showing how deep I had to dig (Almost to the growth point) and how I replanted it in fresh clean sand with some grub ex sprinkled around for good measure. I fertilized, watered and now we wait. All told I feel I cut away 3/5 of the corm that was left.
I hope someone can identify the problem and hopefully have a solution as I have a couple other bananas with similar troubles and I want to stop the spread to others as well... If it is some kind of grub, the grub x should work but I am not so sure of the safety of eating the fruits if used nearer flowering. I did it here because it's so small there will likely be little to none left by fruiting time.
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Old 10-12-2017, 11:25 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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How is the drainage? Too wet can cause rotting, it's the time of year the plants start to slow down and use less water. Could be a lot of things, more ideas anyone.


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My prayers and condolences for you. ...I couldn't figure out the problem with my 3 paggies and they were potted and inside last winter.
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Looks like Banana Corn Weevil damage to me.
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Alva is correct, it is Banana Corm Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus.

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I was afraid it was some boring insect, I thought I read they weren't an issue this far north... Thank you. I will do much research. Anyone wanna gimme a shortcut and just tell me how to kill them around edibles? Any idea why some plants seem unaffected? My Brazilian grows like a weed and it's between 3 others with this same issue...
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I was afraid it was some boring insect, I thought I read they weren't an issue this far north... Thank you. I will do much research. Anyone wanna gimme a shortcut and just tell me how to kill them around edibles? Any idea why some plants seem unaffected? My Brazilian grows like a weed and it's between 3 others with this same issue...
Sorry it's not as simple as over watering.
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Pheromone traps for use with banana weevil borer are useful tool for monitoring populations of banana weevil borer (Cosmopolites sordidus).
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Use cut banana trunks split in half that are about a foot long. Its one of the only ways to bait and control them... Other than digging out the entire mat.

I lose a lot of my Polynesian mats due to these critters.
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I was afraid it was some boring insect, I thought I read they weren't an issue this far north... Thank you. I will do much research. Anyone wanna gimme a shortcut and just tell me how to kill them around edibles? Any idea why some plants seem unaffected? My Brazilian grows like a weed and it's between 3 others with this same issue...

Use Diazinon at the base of the pstem and area around the base. Apply every 3 to 4 weeks until the adult is gone. ... Malathion & Triazicide may work too; I have to check their labels. ... Chems specifically registered for this insect, require an 'applicator's license'.
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Those are a sure way to kill everything near your banana mat. I wouldnt recommend eating anything after spraying Melathion on or around it, either.
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Has anyone tried nematodes to try to control them? They help for a lot of borers in the soil. Just an idea....
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Those are a sure way to kill everything near your banana mat. I wouldnt recommend eating anything after spraying Melathion on or around it, either.
'Malathion is a broad-spectrum chemical pesticide that is used to control a wide range of insects on a variety of vegetables and other plants. It is registered for use on food, feed, and ornamental crops.' Malathion has been in use since the 1950's. So I'm sure you have eaten vegetables that were treated with it. ... Malathion has a half life of 7 days. Use as directed per label.

With some insects you don't dick-around with biological & organic controls. You risk losing all your nana plants with to the insect & grub infestation. ... With mature nana plants/corms, this represents 2 & 3 years of your labor to grow or to re-grow new plants due to the insect infestation losses.

After eradication, establish biological & organic controls to help keep the insect from returning.
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.... I dont trust anything regulated by our "Government". But you go ahead and continue to spray that stuff.

I will deal with my Weevil issues the natural way.
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Wow Steve I’m sorry man! Have you seen any bugs or grubs? I was thinking it could be nematode roundworms. Like Radopholus similis! I don’t have experience with either so listen to Gabe! To me the pictures of both look very similar. I know you was talking about small spots almost to the growth point. Where it ends looks like you would have seen a grub. I think they are fairly large. I hear both are throughout the whole state of FL now.

Man that’s scary to someone like me who has so many plants. I say just destroy all those infested corms man. I’ll replace them all for free! Your a great man and friend. It’s the least I can offer. I would also consider any neighbors who have mats close to you!! Could be the source of the bugs. I know they come out at night. What do you think Mike? Good fishing bait? LMAO. What do you think Mike? Might catch one of these!

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That is what is odd, I found no worms at all... if nothing else, they should have been in the bleach dip I kept dipping it in while doing surgery... Maybe I caught them between cycles of eggs and larvae or something. I will look into your suggested insect as well...
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I have set the traps for the weevils with the piece of PS split and laid on the ground as well as the one where you cut the PS and put the stump back on top of where you cut it from and after several times setting them and checking them, no adult weevils... Nothing ever seems to go easy for me... Nematodes?
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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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I am quite certain it is not weevils. Still have not caught a single adult. Most likely nematodes, being here in Florida and all... Anyway, I wanted to share what seems to me to be a characteristic issue with these little buggers,,, What I like to call "Umbrella effect" It has to do with how they grow after being infected but before actual decline sets in. Normal leaves come out and add height to the Pstem, 2-6 inches each or so, but after these things take hold they keep making leaves but they don't get any larger and little or no height is added, so the plant takes on a sort of umbrella look to it. 6-8 leaves all coming out in a 2 inch span of PS, if that. Here is a Goldfinger which was growing strong until a couple months ago when they began attacking in force, then the umbrella effect...
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What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

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