fishoifc

hey guys I was trying to get a head start on a couple of plants.I removed two plants from there overwintering spot and potted them up.One of these plants was green and one was brown.The brown plant was about four foot and firm to about three foot,so I chopped of the soft top and put it in front of a sunny window.Its been about two weeks now and the brown plant seems to have got worse.No signs of growing.Should I continue to chop the soft top off or let it go.There is only about two feet left.I am in zone 8a so I am planning for a couple of weeks of cold weather. Thanks for any advice on this. Btw the green plant looks the same as it did when I potted it.

colldp68

I am new to bananas, but what I understand it is probably rot. I would cut it all the way back until it is all green. If you leave it on, the rot will spread down and you might loose your plant.

enigma99a

Yep, look for brown in the middle. If it's still there, you gotta keep going down 1 inch at a time until you find all green.

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fishoifc

thanks for the input last night a pup came up a few inches from the what is now a stump.I chopped it almost to the soil no green it is white in the middle hopefully something will push through. thanks

colldp68

Glad to here it is okay

fishoifc

would like to update this.My plant that I had that never turned brown was my Saba.When I pulled this plant from under the house it was green with a new leaf showing.This plant stayed this way,it was the last one to break.since then it has been struggling.The one leaf came out then half of leaf;now as of today the newest leaf is about 8 inches.The other plant mentioned was a Dwarf red.this plant did benefit from starting early.This plant sent a pup then the main stem and is now planted in the yard and growing fast.I did alot of chopping this year always looking for the "Green".I will have to disagree with cutting the stem till you see green.This never happened for me.I cut five plants this year and never any green,for me it was white.I really feel that this cutting back led to rot on others.Thanks guy I will post a few pics to help with my story.

john_ny

I don't think that you can take the, "Cut until you see green" too literaly. In another thread I had mentioned that, when I uncovered some basjoos, the p-stems were green to the tip. Actually, because of lack of light when they were covered, they were yellow to the tip. After being exposed to the light for a while, they greened up. I think it would be better to say, "Cut until you no longer see black or brown." I think, if you see white, it's good; just needs a little light to get green.

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