dead, or what
I got this black banana late 2014 - it was dug off a mat and as you may be able to see below, it was kind of a slice of the corm. But it was big, so I thought it would be OK. Didn't have many roots when I got it.
It grew OK the first year in a pot, but never pupped. When I went to repot for Spring 2015, it didn't have as many roots as my naners usually do.
Spring 2016 I took it out of it's pot and planted it in ground. I don't recall what the roots looked like, but iirc it did have some!
I planted a different banana next to it in the bed.
November 2016 I dug up those naners for the winter, before we had enough cold to do any damage. The black banana had NO live roots. Just a few dead ones. The naner next to it looked just fine. So there is probably not an issue with the location.
I didn't find anything soft/rotted to cut off on the corm, so I potted it up and brought it inside. I just left what roots it had - I was pretty sure they were all dead, but just in case any of them were still good, I left it. Cut the pstem back when the leaves died. But a few months of sitting in my warmest, sunniest room, and it hasn't grown.
I pulled it out of the pot to check it again. Still no roots, and the pstem is doing nothing. It's all still solid.
I assume it's dead. Is there anything else I can do here?
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