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Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja
I am quite confused by the statement "tops of dwarf leaves that under male buds that constantly make nectar." but basically if you have a plant sucking insect it's excrement is going to be sugar rich honeydew, and sooty mold grows on honeydew.
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Ok I'll try to better explain myself. I have some dwarf banana plants growing under the canopy of tall banana plants. When the tall plants bloom and I don't cut off the male buds they drip and make a mess on the leaves of dwarf plants which then get some sooty mold on them. Is this from the the nectar of the male flowers dripping on them? I don't get it anywhere else in the garden.