Musa Bajoo rotted from the inside out ?????

Naughty Bit's · 07-29-2013, 09:05 PM

A first for me and kinda bizarre. In a grove of about 4 Bananas, all protected the same way about a two year old 7 ' Banana started to put out it's first leaf then stopped. As time passed I started chopping it at about 6 inch intervals to see if I could see what was up.All the way to the bottom I was greeted with rot, right thru the center yet the stalk itself was hard a rock and didn't look any different than any of it's buddies that were happily spitting out leaves. I have never run across this and was wondering if anyone else had come across this. My biggest fear was whatever it had could infect my other's.

Olafhenny · 07-30-2013, 05:06 PM

Hi. Naughty (I like that handle

).

Chilliwack is a soggy place. Did it maybe get too much water before the leaves sprouted and had
the opportunity to disperse of it? I do not share the concern of most here about too much water,
- once they have leaved out.

More maybe later. I have still alot to do before the Lion's game.

Best,
Olaf

Naughty Bit's · 07-30-2013, 07:20 PM

No I doubt it's the too much water angle. This grove is in a bit of a raised bed and other's that sit under water for days have never done this. I just wondered if the plants were susceptible to some kind of blight or something I hadn't run across before. None of his buddies have caught it. I may have left this group wrapped too long (even though I unwrap before the recommended time as a rule anyway's).

P.S. - GO LIONS GO !, off to a bud's whose taped it to watch .........

Olafhenny · 07-30-2013, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naughty Bit's

P.S. - GO LIONS GO !, off to a bud's whose taped it to watch .........

Unfortunately they sat down instead

Boohoohoo!

I thought, that the problem plant was probably sitting in a dip and the others weren't, but the
raised bed made that unlikely.

pmurphy · 07-31-2013, 08:43 AM

It is possible it was wrapped too long and accumulated too much moisture or that the bed was not raised enough, or both - I lost a musella lasiocarpa this past winter that rotted out (it looked fine from the outside) and it was not only in a raised bed but a terraced one, and yet a second lasiocarpa only about 3ft away is still doing great.
Perhaps it was damaged prior to wrapping and that made it more susceptible to excess moisture........anything is possible
I'm sorry for your loss

2woodensticks · 07-31-2013, 09:16 AM

bugs???

Naughty Bit's · 07-31-2013, 01:18 PM

No bugs present. The interior rot looking down on it varied from about the size of a quarter to a dime. On the upside it appears to be a one off and the 30 or so others are doing just fine.

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07-30-2013, 05:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 297,528 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: Musa Bajoo rotted from the inside out ????? Hi. Naughty (I like that handle ). Chilliwack is a soggy place. Did it maybe get too much water before the leaves sprouted and had the opportunity to disperse of it? I do not share the concern of most here about too much water, - once they have leaved out. More maybe later. I have still alot to do before the Lion's game. Best, Olaf __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.

07-30-2013, 07:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Naughty Bit's Location: Chilliwack, BC Zone: Zone 6 Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 6 BananaBucks : 6,059 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Musa Bajoo rotted from the inside out ????? No I doubt it's the too much water angle. This grove is in a bit of a raised bed and other's that sit under water for days have never done this. I just wondered if the plants were susceptible to some kind of blight or something I hadn't run across before. None of his buddies have caught it. I may have left this group wrapped too long (even though I unwrap before the recommended time as a rule anyway's). P.S. - GO LIONS GO !, off to a bud's whose taped it to watch .........

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Naughty Bit's Location: Chilliwack, BC Zone: Zone 6 Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 6 BananaBucks : 6,059 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Musa Bajoo rotted from the inside out ????? No bugs present. The interior rot looking down on it varied from about the size of a quarter to a dime. On the upside it appears to be a one off and the 30 or so others are doing just fine.

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