banana problem

Hi guys my basjoo looks terrible i dont know whats going on.The last leaf whent like this one also.It seems verry week and wiltery..daz

 

have you been watering it too much??? Could it be rotting? Is it outside? I know Bananas like lots of water, but the combination of wet and cold could do untold damage (and we did have some VERY cold nights last week - I took mine inside and I'm down south!!!)
Also, have you fed it at all? A good dose of chicken poo does wonders.

 

hi Daz and Debs, is this your first leaf this year. if it is dont worry about it, mine too were like that but now picking up fast. your tree is not dying, have a look inside the middle of the leaf and if you can see a little green stump it is producing another leaf. the winds dont help ,mine took a real battering and ripped the leaves to shreds. dont cut the leaves off the must die naturally, if you prematureally cut them you are cutting all the nourishment that feeds the trunk of the plant. hope this will help. that leaf is not open properly so give it time.

 

Daz what is the recent history of this nana. It should be fine TBH, just give it time. It could be over watering just be patient for now. I had a similar problem with my siki, but I chopped him back and now he is shooting up like a NY junkie. Don't chop him back yet I think with some heat he will perk up.

 

hi BM, I planted a Musa basjoo on the allotment and its causing a stir. one day I will put a bunch of bananas on it that will make them go in sixes and sevens smiling.

 

Add a monkey too for the complete look



I wish I had an allotment, my aunt has the most enormous cardoon on one side of hers, it is huuuuge. Getting some nice comments about my flowering phormiums out front today.

Sorry daz back on thread :D

 

Hi guys thank you for the feed back.Right here goes.I planted it in the ground about mmmmm late march it looked ok it was on about the third leaf indoors.planted it out it slowed down so i fed it watered down chick poo. [dustbin full of water and a couple of pints of chicken pellets]Started growing pritty fast again. read on other forums LOADS OF WATER THATS THE TRICK.So i think you guys are probabbly right to much water and to much feeding.Do i stop watering and feeding?.What do you think.I would hate to lose it..daz