View Single Post
Old 03-12-2021, 06:13 PM   #4 (permalink)
cincinnana
container grower
 
cincinnana's Avatar
 
Location: Southwest Ohio U.S.A.🇺🇸
Zone: HZ 6/5 Microclimate - Elevation 750 feet- 228.60 meters
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 8,882
BananaBucks : 420
Feedback: 7 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 3,917 Times
Was Thanked 11,791 Times in 4,916 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,959 Times
Smile Re: Are my bananas dead?

Quote:
Originally Posted by tcupurplefaith View Post
So a little about my situation, I moved into a new house in October of last year that had a beautiful bunch of banana plants, probably my favorite part of my backyard



Well I live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and we were hit with a big freeze. Before the freeze I trimmed the plants leaves and I tried to maintain them best as I could but a part of me feels like they are dead now. After the weather calmed down I went back out to check on them and I found that all of the stems were soft/mushy to the touch, no longer hard and a few had fallen over because of this. I took a machete and cut them down to ground level and what I have been seeing is that a few look like they are rotting. They are oozing white and reddish/orange fluid.




IMG-3804

Can you all give me advice as to what I should do? Are they long gone?
Like many plants in your area they will pull back in the winter months...
I have the same plants.
My guess is Musa Basjoo.

Like everyone had implied.....your good.

The plants you have will do this annually.

Great looking garden area you have .
__________________
🌴

Last edited by cincinnana : 03-15-2021 at 04:46 PM.
cincinnana is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To cincinnana
Said thanks: