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Kostas · 09-12-2011, 04:45 PM

Hello,

One of my bananas has corm rot which seems to have at least partly stopped but has rotted a good portion of its corm. The corm is hollowed out on the inside but with a fair amount of the outer ''skin'' alive as well as the top,above ground portion attached to the pseudostem. So,the healthy part of the corm sit on top of a hollow with some live skin being the only thing that connects the live corm and pseudostem/leafs to roots. The banana is growing at a slower pace but it does is continuing to grow but has started leaning now as the dead part of the skin and roots are detaching from the live corm and is no longer supported well. How should i deal with this situation? Should i bareroot,wash away everything dead and rotting and then pot it up again,a little deeper in new,well draining soil? Or should i bareroot and clean and then let everything dry for a day or 2 in open air and then repot? Wouldnt the second kill the live roots as well and wouldnt it be more of a setback? What would you suggest me do?

Btw,the weather has not cooled much as it is around 30C every day(as a max) but bananas seem to be more vulnerable now already unfortunately...

Thank you very much in advance!

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