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sputinc7 · 03-12-2016, 09:19 PM

I bought three banana plants last year when I first moved here to Florida. My Manzano has performed wonderfully, producing several pups, all sword suckers, as well as having flowered late last fall. They are still green, and don't seem all too filled out yet, either. Anyway, I had an "Ice Cream" banana also from the grower and a dwarf cavendish from Lowe's. The last two had an issue with only having 3 leaves. Once a fourth appeared, the oldest browned up and died off, eventually killing the ice cream, and nearly the cavendish before some research led me to what I believe is black sigatoka. Systemic fungicides hold some promise, yet the fruit isn't supposed to be eaten for like a year... Anyone know something about these issues? The manzano has only recently had a few streaks on some leaves with our recent wet winter, and I removed the affected parts. Thank you for whatever help you can give...

03-12-2016, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
sputinc7 Location: Palm Bay, Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Steve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,394 BananaBucks : 130,586 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,430 Times in 971 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Fungal issues, I think. I bought three banana plants last year when I first moved here to Florida. My Manzano has performed wonderfully, producing several pups, all sword suckers, as well as having flowered late last fall. They are still green, and don't seem all too filled out yet, either. Anyway, I had an "Ice Cream" banana also from the grower and a dwarf cavendish from Lowe's. The last two had an issue with only having 3 leaves. Once a fourth appeared, the oldest browned up and died off, eventually killing the ice cream, and nearly the cavendish before some research led me to what I believe is black sigatoka. Systemic fungicides hold some promise, yet the fruit isn't supposed to be eaten for like a year... Anyone know something about these issues? The manzano has only recently had a few streaks on some leaves with our recent wet winter, and I removed the affected parts. Thank you for whatever help you can give... __________________ If you lose your head and give up, you neither live nor win. https://sputinc7.wixsite.com/covwc Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel. What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.