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Originally Posted by Worm_Farmer
Hello,
I was cutting out some pups that were not doing so well just to thin out my matts. I found on one of my mats grubs are tunneling into the corms. I looks like little holes in the sides of the corm so I shaved the corm with a razor until I found two white grubs hidden deep inside these corm. Should I spray some good old poison around the corms? I also thought if I fertilize the corm will grow almost fast enough to repair the damage. Some at the Rare Fruit club suggesting digging out the matt and keeping the best pup and plant it about 4 - 10 ft away from the old location before they just kill off the entire matt.
What do you guys think?
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You have the most devastating insect of the banana world.
This insect quickly spread to all banana growing countries because people failed to follow the proper protocol for transporting banana plants.
The Good News is, you can stop worrying about getting them.
The Rare Fruit Club suggestion is about as effective as dumping your waste water on one side of a pond and using the other side for your drinking water.
You should inform the folks you shared corms with.
Shipping dirty corms like this is a terrible practice.
