Help with my Ensetes

knotz · 05-19-2012, 03:55 PM

Can someone tell me how to make my Ensete Maurellis better??...They are growing, but the stocks look awful!!...What's wrong

They started getting like this in the greenhouse when they were overwintered...Should I just cut them to the pot or what??

kaczercat · 05-19-2012, 04:17 PM

oh no dont cut them down, where you located? if they're still putting leaves out let it be dont over water if in a pot. it should bounce back.

cherokee_greg · 05-19-2012, 04:27 PM

mine look like that too when they come back after winter mine stay in the ground cut the old daed leaves off there fine

knotz · 05-19-2012, 04:52 PM

Thanks guys...They are in pots but have great drainage...Should I cut those "black" parts off or leave it alone

I just LOVE my 4 Ensetes and don't wanna loose them. I'm in SW Washington by the way...I've had these for 3 years now and are wintered in my greenhouse that gets no lower than 40'...I got them as baby tissue cultures.

Olafhenny · 05-19-2012, 11:11 PM

For goodness sakes, have you ever considered giving the poor thing some room for its roots?

This pot is about 5 sizes too small. I transplanted a basjoo, which was smaller by PS diameter
than your Ensete last fall from a nineteen inch pot into the ground for the winter and it was
root bound. This thing is turning black for hunger.

knotz · 05-20-2012, 12:07 AM

Actually I transplanted them to this size last summer...There weren't as many roots in there as I thought there would be...I always see bananas and palms in such small pots...I will check them for root size tomorrow, but I'm not so sure they need replanted...Thanks for the thought tho

kaczercat · 05-20-2012, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by knotz

Actually I transplanted them to this size last summer...There weren't as many roots in there as I thought there would be...I always see bananas and palms in such small pots...I will check them for root size tomorrow, but I'm not so sure they need replanted...Thanks for the thought tho

for an ensetes epically, a pot as big as possible the better the plant will look.

knotz · 05-20-2012, 12:39 AM

They are in a 16" pot right now, so I'll go find some bigger pots

Bob3 · 05-20-2012, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kaczercat

oh no dont cut them down, where you located? if they're still putting leaves out let it be dont over water if in a pot. it should bounce back.

Yah, there's nothing "really" wrong with the critter, & this is the time of the year you have to be careful of over-watering.
If you want to trim off the black/dead parts, have at it!
Mine get whittled way down when they're like that; I use an old long thin boning/fillet knife with the tip rounded off.

I'd re-pot, as already suggested, but that call is dependent on what your final vision is for the plant. I've already had a 6 foot Blue Java jammed into an 8" diameter pot, there was nothing but corm in there but the height got "paused" at 6' - 8' tall instead of the 15+' it normally would have gotten to. (It started off as a pup & wouldn't otherwise fit in the greenhouse over the following winter).

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knotz Location: SW Washington State Zone: 8 Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 11 BananaBucks : 8,527 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 18 Times Was Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Help with my Ensetes Actually I transplanted them to this size last summer...There weren't as many roots in there as I thought there would be...I always see bananas and palms in such small pots...I will check them for root size tomorrow, but I'm not so sure they need replanted...Thanks for the thought tho

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