Fruiting p'stem rotting
This has only been happening to my dwarf cavendish which are interspersed with other varieties. The plant fruits with a moderate sized bunch and 2-3 months pass. Then as the fruit starts to plump out, the leaves start to die until they are all brown, then the stem turns to bad smelling mush and topples over. This has happened 3 times now but only to the dc, and 3 different mats. The weather has been hot, dry and humid and all the mats of all the varieties have been watered and fertilized the same. I suspect it is cultural but what? more fertilizer? and why aren't the others affected?
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