Bananaman88

I had a lot of damage on my bananas in the Pearland/Friendswood area. My 'Orinoco' was unprotected and died back to within about a foot of the ground but is now pushing new growth. I lost all growth on my 'Raja Puri' and it was wrapped; same for 'Hua Moa' and 'Dwarf Red'. I also had 'Dwarf Cavendish' wrapped (dead to the ground) and 'SDC' unwrapped, dead to the ground and showing no signs of retuning. An unprotected 'Dw. Ladyfinger' is coming back from the base. My 'Ice Cream' was wrapped and did the best. It had good pstem to a height of about 5-6' and is pushing out new growth. 'California Gold' was wrapped and is pushing out new growth from a height of about 3'. I have now removed 'Dwarf Cavendish', 'Dw. Red', and 'Hua Moa' from my collection.


(Edit at 8:42 p.m.)...after re-reading my post I realized that I sort of misspoke about the 'Raja Puri'. It didn't die to the ground; I cut it back a bit at a time until I saw good growth. After letting it grow for a couple of weeks I noticed that the growth coming out looked strange...not like a leaf emerging. After closer inspection, I realized that it was the bud trying to emerge but it was damaged and there were no leaves to support any fruit anyhow, so I had to take it to the ground. I actually have two nice sized pups growing off the main pstem.