Hi everybody, this is my first post even though I've been getting a lot of information from this site for a few months now. I've recently gone bananas over banana plants, but as I live in an apartment, I can only grow them in pots. Nevertheless, I have a bright and sunny apartment with a balcony so I'll do what I can.
My question is this: I have a musella lasiocarpa that is grown indoors.
As you can see, the pups are getting quite big.
About two and half weeks ago, I decided to try separating a couple of them. So I dug the soil around them a little bit, and I sawed them away from the main plant. The part that was below the soil was thicker than the pseudostem and white. And on one of them, had some roots. Unfortunately I accidentally sawed off most of the roots leaving some stubs. I then stuck them in a pot with some potting mix, and watered them using a couple of drops of Superthrive. I placed them in a bright room but making sure there was no direct sunlight.
As each day passed they started to wilt more and more, and eventually I cut off all leaves except for the newest one.
It's been two and half weeks, and the stems still feel firm to the touch. Should I have cut off all the leaves right from the beginning and just planted the stems? Do you think there's a chance that these will take root? I've searched for all the separating-pups topics and read them all but none of them mention anything about whether to cut off the leaves. Is there anything else I should know? Any help is much appreciated.