Fruit not setting
I have two bananas in bloom right now - both with similar problems.
The first is a Misi Luki, and it bloomed in June. When the first petals opened, some beautiful bananas started developing, same with the next couple of petals. Then, as new petals open, all the little bananas just fall off.
The second is a Manzano which bloomed in July. It has not set a single banana. Each petal that opens exposes a very sparse group of dried bananas that immediately fall off.
My question is what may be causing this. I don't think I've changed anything from the time I started getting good looking bananas forming on the Misi Luki until now, but something is preventing these plants from developing fruit. Could it be water, a nutrient, weather, something else? Any help is really appreciated.
BTW, I am in Orange County (Fountain Valley / Santa Ana border). Our weather has been hot, but that just means 80s and 90s.
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