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Originally Posted by Foreverlad
Out of curiosity, were any of the roots visible above the soil line before the accident? It's hard to tell from your photos. At a guess, I'd say the corm was very close to the surface and roots were just barely submerged in soil.
Not that there's anything wrong with that on a potted banana, but from your own experience, I'm sure you can appreciate the value in potting a banana slightly deeper =)
Edit: btw- I notice some of your older leaves have large black spots on them. I just recently came across this in another post on another forum re: bananas. Was your pot completely saturated prior to the storm? Trying to discern the cause for blackening of leaves.
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First, thanks everyone for the input. I did just finish repotting the plant, and as soon as I finished the winds started kicking up and another thunderstorm is rolling in. I staked the plant so hopefully it will make it through this storm and tomorrow, I can reinforce it a little and give it a good shot of SuperThrive, which works miracles on stressed plants (and, this one needs a miracle!
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The answer is, "YES!" the plant was definately up a little high, especially after a year of the soil settling. I noticed this when I removed her last pup and could see that she was blowing in the wind pretty far over, so it occurred to me that it could happen, which actually makes it worse, cuz' I decided not to do anything about it. I was worried that if I piled some compost/soil mix, it would end up rotting the pseudostem and worsen the issue, so I left it alone.
All of the blackening of the leaves happened after she fell over and was sitting in the sun all day today.
Here's what she looked like 10 days ago:
Should I Remove This Pup?
And, only 4 days ago I thought I might be getting my first flag leaf:
Is This A "Flag Leaf"?
I'm a banana "newbie", too, so I guess that's called "learning from experience"! My bananas will definately be planted deeper in the future!
