Is this rot?

caliboy1994 · 05-13-2012, 10:19 PM

This always keeps appearing on the outer leaf sheaths, and it slowly spreads down them. It's a little bit softer than normal, but still pretty firm. If I prune it off, it just appears again and continues spreading. Is it rot? Do I keep trimming it?

pitangadiego · 05-13-2012, 10:25 PM

Keep trimming.

If it is dry and light brown, not a problem, if is it dark brown and heading toward mushy, lose it.

Iunepeace · 05-15-2012, 12:08 AM

Like pitangadiego said, keep trimming it. It's just what happens to banana leaves as they die back naturally, and isn't an indication of rot. But like pit also mentioned, dark mushiness is no good. The pseudostem looks nice and healthy though so no worries

caliboy1994 · 05-15-2012, 12:16 AM

I trimmed it back today. Hopefully it doesn't come back. None of my other plants are doing this. The other ones are just drying up immediately and this one is turning dark brown and getting a little soft first.

Iunepeace · 05-15-2012, 02:59 AM

By other plants I assume you mean bananas. Like growth habit, bananas can show a great variation in leaf dieback across the varieties. Some leaves dry up and stay on the plant, some wither off leaving the pseudostem that slowly turns brown, and some get soft and brown before drying. It's probably just how the leaves/outer pseudostem sheaths of that particular banana plant you have die back. I have a banana plant by my coconut grove that exhibits similar tendencies, and it hasn't rotted in the year or so that I've had it, so don't worry if it's recurring as long as the alive leaves are healthy and it's not dark and rotted-looking

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caliboy1994 <div style="font-style: italic;"><div style="font-style: italic;"></div></div> caliboy1994's Photo Gallery Location: SFV, California Find me on the map! Zone: USDA zone 10a; Sunset zone 18/19 Name: Andreas Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,301 BananaBucks : 322,943 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,474 Times Was Thanked 2,197 Times in 1,148 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 236 Times	Re: Is this rot? I trimmed it back today. Hopefully it doesn't come back. None of my other plants are doing this. The other ones are just drying up immediately and this one is turning dark brown and getting a little soft first. __________________ "The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings." ~ Masanobu Fukuoka Find me on linktree here as Solarpunk Farmer: https://linktr.ee/solarpunkfarmer

05-15-2012, 02:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Iunepeace Baha Guy Iunepeace's Photo Gallery Location: Bahamas Find me on the map! Zone: 12b Name: Dan Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,552 BananaBucks : 44,068 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,453 Times Was Thanked 229 Times in 147 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 236 Times	Re: Is this rot? By other plants I assume you mean bananas. Like growth habit, bananas can show a great variation in leaf dieback across the varieties. Some leaves dry up and stay on the plant, some wither off leaving the pseudostem that slowly turns brown, and some get soft and brown before drying. It's probably just how the leaves/outer pseudostem sheaths of that particular banana plant you have die back. I have a banana plant by my coconut grove that exhibits similar tendencies, and it hasn't rotted in the year or so that I've had it, so don't worry if it's recurring as long as the alive leaves are healthy and it's not dark and rotted-looking __________________ Weather