It was staked with a chair and that is where it broke. Did it rot? I wonder if I have been watering too much. When I pull off a dried up leaf I notice that there is lots of water between the leaf and the pseudostem and wondered if that indicated over-watering. I am getting lots of bananas, but some have areas near the flower end which rot. Last year the rot spread to the entire bunch, so this year I am removing any showing that black rot. I am growing in well enriched areas of sandy soil in North Central Florida and was given this unknown variety.
I have uploaded photos to my gallery but I'm not sure if this will work:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.
Banana Gallery - banana bunch on the ground
Banana Gallery - banana bunch on the ground
Banana Gallery - shows flower tip rotting
Banana Gallery - 26 pound bunch from cut after pseudo stem broke