Ugh... the wind is EVIL...
 

We had a wind advisory, which included gusts of about 50MPH (though I don't think they got THAT strong in the city). It wasn't good on my bananas... on the plus, it gives it an even more tropical "just got out of a hurricane" feel to it. Some leaves were snapped off, others torn. To think these plants had lmost every leaf nice n' green and bearly a slash on any leaf just two days ago. It's too cold for them to recover leaves, so I guess it's time to chop them down. It's a shame because I wanted to keep them up until maybe November... = (

Re: Ugh... the wind is EVIL...
 

don't cut them Banana leafs are good even if there shredded its beneficial to them they brake like that to save the plant from blowing over in high winds its perfictly normal

Re: Ugh... the wind is EVIL...
 

We had that same wind 2 nights ago & it all went your way. Lots of branches down & some places w/ power out. I picked up 10 big potted plants that fell over. Thank God none were broken!

Re: Ugh... the wind is EVIL...
 

I had 3 leaves snapped - 2 on my Margarita & 1 on my Dwarf Red... Am feeling with you!! ~Cheryl

Re: Ugh... the wind is EVIL...
 

The problem now is that if it were warmer out, nice new leaves would grow in and take over in no time... that's not so - it's barely hitting 50°F to 60°F daytime... it's not gonna look good again until April or May.

Thanks for the reply's.... good support group! = )

Re: Ugh... the wind is EVIL...
 

Shredded leaves are not a problem for the plant - they may not give you the look you wanted but the nana is happy with shredded leaves! So don't cut them off just because they are tattered - that is what bananas do! You can't always keep them pretty!