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JW · 06-15-2011, 04:47 PM

I have a struggling banana and at this point I am not sure what to do. Any suggestions will be appreciated!!!

This banana has been in a container for the last two years and spends winters inside and summer's out.

I moved him outside on May 12 this year and shortly there after the last leaf the remained bent over and began to rot (a black mushy rot) at the stem.
See the pictures from May below

I removed the leaf and shortly there after had to remove a section on the top of the pstem. Everything was green and looked good for being leaf-less. I went ahead with my plan to transport this plant into a bigger container on May 26. I know there is adequate drainage holes in the new container and the two new plants I planted in pots with the same soil mixture are thriving putting out a new leaf each already.

Since the transplanting there has been no growth and I have had to remove more matter from the top due to rot. A week ago I stopped watering the plant to see if the roots were too moist. Of course it then rained for 4 of the next 5 days. Below are pictures from today. I will try to add some better angled pictures tonight or tomorrow. The green part sticking up is NOT a leaf coming out but is instead the inside that was left after I cut out the outer rotting layers.

Any idea what I should be doing with this plant now?

06-15-2011, 04:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
JW JW's Photo Gallery Location: Central Ohio Find me on the map! Zone: 6 Name: JW Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 57 BananaBucks : 20,234 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 94 Times Was Thanked 42 Times in 19 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 32 Times	Advice Needed I have a struggling banana and at this point I am not sure what to do. Any suggestions will be appreciated!!! This banana has been in a container for the last two years and spends winters inside and summer's out. I moved him outside on May 12 this year and shortly there after the last leaf the remained bent over and began to rot (a black mushy rot) at the stem. See the pictures from May below I removed the leaf and shortly there after had to remove a section on the top of the pstem. Everything was green and looked good for being leaf-less. I went ahead with my plan to transport this plant into a bigger container on May 26. I know there is adequate drainage holes in the new container and the two new plants I planted in pots with the same soil mixture are thriving putting out a new leaf each already. Since the transplanting there has been no growth and I have had to remove more matter from the top due to rot. A week ago I stopped watering the plant to see if the roots were too moist. Of course it then rained for 4 of the next 5 days. Below are pictures from today. I will try to add some better angled pictures tonight or tomorrow. The green part sticking up is NOT a leaf coming out but is instead the inside that was left after I cut out the outer rotting layers. Any idea what I should be doing with this plant now?