Re: Smaller and thinner leave after winter
I experience that sort of thing in late winter with at least 50 per cent of my plants, and it happens to all species of bananas that I have. It usually happens for about two or three leaves per plant before they return to a more normal broad shaped leaf. watering, light, temps and soil all remain constant through these cycles, and the plants affected all come through no worse for wear. They are not growing slower, but normally, so I don't give it much concern. As far as lopping off a psuedostem because things are getting too big for inside, I think it shakes things up down in "HQ" (corm), but as long as you don't overwater (remember, all of those water evaporators you cut off are gone) things should come back fine after a little weirdness... just make sure there are no mites helping to disfigure those leaves!!
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