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LilRaverBoi · 05-29-2009, 09:02 PM

Ever since I moved my bananas outside (weren't transplanted...just moved the pots outside) a few of them have started to split open. It's kinda weird. Basically, the leaf and outer part of the pseudostem is separating from the rest of the pseudostem. So rather than being a thick stem, it's a bunch of parts of the pseudostem with leaves fanned out from the base of the plant by the soil line. The leaves aren't breaking off or dying...just separating from the main stem. My ice cream seems to be affected the most. I don't know what the deal is. Is this some sort of disease? Is it something I'm doing wrong (under/over watering/under-fertilizing)? Is it just the wind or heat damaging them in some way? Please let me know. Thanks.

05-29-2009, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
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