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Originally Posted by venturabananas
I just see damage to the leaves that left black areas. Physical damage (e.g., from getting rattled around in the box during shipping) will cause black spots. I don't think you have a disease problem, from what I see. Also seems unlikely given that these were disease-free, tissue cultured plants, that were most likely grown in a greenhouse.
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My concern was that, while these plants arrived at the retailer's nursery as disease-free tc's several months ago, they have been sitting in the retailer's greenhouses for months...and these greenhouses pump in a lot of outside air...and right outside these greenhouses are probably many, many large adult plants that could harbor and transmit diseases.
But I'm glad you and Richard don't think it looks like anything nasty. You guys have a heck of a lot more experience than I do, so that certainly helps dial down the panic
Being a first-time banana grower is apparently like being a first-time parent. ("OMG the banana plant has a blemish--does it have sigatoka?!?" = "OMG the baby's crying--does it have ebola?!?")