CraigSS

I moved my banana plant and the top to leaves (the latest to emerge) bent over and are now dying. Seeing that the next new leaf was to come from the previous leaf that emerged (last November) will a new leaf come from the plant or do I need to cut the P-Stem to allow a new leaf to emerge from the P-Stem?

The plant is 10' tall and I want to save it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Craig[IMG]C:\Users\craig\Pictures\Arboretum\2016-03[/IMG]

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Botanical_Bryce

In Florida we chop them all the way to the ground and we also deal with freeze damage. Just removing the damage won't hurt it a bit unless it has no corm at all.

Kat2

Craig,
You need to upload your picture somewhere and post a link in order for it to be seen; none of us here (except perhaps that visiting spam group) have the ability to read your C drive. IMO you don't have to cut anything; new leaves will continue to push up through the P stem and really have no relationship with prior leaves.

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CraigSS

I have tried to post pictures with no luck. I am not computer literate and trying to resize photos from my camera that have been downloaded to computer is a grandchild thing and I have to wait to summer for that.

As far as the next new leaf to emerge, the previous leaf that the new leaf comes out from broke off right at the top of the P-Stem. Should I cut this top piece off and hope that a new leaf will emerge?

Craig

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cincinnana

A situation happens to me in early spring with many of my taller plants when I reintroduce my plants which have not seen wind or rain in seven months from being in my zone 6 basement.
The petioles bend within a week..


You will get a lot of answers but for me since it is spring (I have five months of season left) and for cosmetic reasons I will cut the bent ones off in a week or so.

In fact if any leaves on any plants bend I cut them off for cosmetic reasons.

BUT IF IT WERE FALL I WOULD LEAVE THEM ON ...The plant will need them for the winter.

Cut the leaves but not the stem or you could let the whole plant sort itself out in a couple of months ....then cut the bent ones off.
These plants are resilient
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Bent petioles
by

Hostafarian,
on Flickr

If you can handle your plant looking like this for a while do not cut them.


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Hostafarian,
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cincinnana

Your image made it to your gallery.......but it will not post....you are missing some of the url..you could delete the photo and resubmit it and carefully copt it over to yur post.
I you click on the link you can see CraigSS'ss photo.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59530

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cincinnana

Here is CraigSS'ss photo.

You did it..got the photo work that is
Don't let that banana juice get on those nice white walls ....it stains.

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crazy banana

First, congratulations. You have mastered to start a new thread and upload some photos. Hope the PM was helpful.
What variety of banana is this? You have stated that it is 10' tall, but it appears smaller in the photo. There is no reason to trim the p-stem, as a matter of fact, if its true height is 10' there might be an inflorescence forming inside the p-stem. If you damage that or chop it off like suggested by Botanical_Bryce, no other inflorescences will come up from this particular p-stem.
I would not be worried about the bending of the leaves after the winter. New leaves will emerge stronger.