my newest ae ae

sandy0225 · 10-30-2008, 07:15 AM

I've had this one about a month, but I've not had time to post.

Bob · 10-30-2008, 07:57 AM

Nice plant.Has it grown at all? I got one about a month ago too. It's about 2' tall and the 3 partial leaves it arrived with all promptly browned (at the white at first) and are pretty much dried up. There is a new leaf coming up ....very slowly, and that is starting to brown on the white as well. Since it was new I have it under a 400 watt halide about 4' from the light(which is on a 6' mover). Temperature can vary from 60- 80 , night and day. Do you think I should move it to an area with less bright light? All the other bananas and tropicals in this spot are growing fairly fast so, I'm at a loss on this one.

sandy0225 · 10-30-2008, 08:05 AM

I've had this one in the greenhouse and it lost two leaves that it arrived with but grew two new ones so far. I'd say yours is still adjusting. Don't overwater it from what I've heard, but keep the humidity up around it in the atmosphere. Mine's about 2 feet tall too. I did put it into partial shade while it was rooting in. Did you put yours right under the light as soon as you potted it? Maybe it was a little too much light. You could back it away a little bit and see if that helps. My basement MH is 1000 watts and I can fry things with it sometimes.
Did you get yours from Martha in SC? That's where mine came from. Fertilize sparingly when you do, she told me that will cause them to brown up on the edges too. She told me to fert. about 1/2 of what you'd give a regular banana and not to overwater. It made sense to me because that's what happens to Namwa Pearl too when you fertilize it, and it has a lot of white too.

hydrojeff · 10-30-2008, 08:25 AM

mine also had this problem when i first potted it up last winter ,it was root rot, i gave it a good soaking of liquid copper and did not water till i seen new growth...BTW Sandy your hua moa is doing great i got from you, thanks again so much!!!!

10-30-2008, 07:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 362,604 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	my newest ae ae I've had this one about a month, but I've not had time to post. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

10-30-2008, 07:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bob Orang Puteh Bob's Photo Gallery Location: Washington Twp N.J. Find me on the map! Zone: 6a Name: bob Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,528 BananaBucks : 208,757 Feedback: 12 / 100% Said "Thanks" 9,537 Times Was Thanked 4,058 Times in 1,694 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 565 Times	Re: my newest ae ae Nice plant.Has it grown at all? I got one about a month ago too. It's about 2' tall and the 3 partial leaves it arrived with all promptly browned (at the white at first) and are pretty much dried up. There is a new leaf coming up ....very slowly, and that is starting to brown on the white as well. Since it was new I have it under a 400 watt halide about 4' from the light(which is on a 6' mover). Temperature can vary from 60- 80 , night and day. Do you think I should move it to an area with less bright light? All the other bananas and tropicals in this spot are growing fairly fast so, I'm at a loss on this one. __________________

10-30-2008, 08:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 362,604 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: my newest ae ae I've had this one in the greenhouse and it lost two leaves that it arrived with but grew two new ones so far. I'd say yours is still adjusting. Don't overwater it from what I've heard, but keep the humidity up around it in the atmosphere. Mine's about 2 feet tall too. I did put it into partial shade while it was rooting in. Did you put yours right under the light as soon as you potted it? Maybe it was a little too much light. You could back it away a little bit and see if that helps. My basement MH is 1000 watts and I can fry things with it sometimes. Did you get yours from Martha in SC? That's where mine came from. Fertilize sparingly when you do, she told me that will cause them to brown up on the edges too. She told me to fert. about 1/2 of what you'd give a regular banana and not to overwater. It made sense to me because that's what happens to Namwa Pearl too when you fertilize it, and it has a lot of white too. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

10-30-2008, 08:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
hydrojeff Bananacitus Location: orange city,FL Find me on the map! Zone: zone 9b Name: jeff Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 250 BananaBucks : 20,250 Feedback: 8 / 100% Said "Thanks" 85 Times Was Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 98 Times	Re: my newest ae ae mine also had this problem when i first potted it up last winter ,it was root rot, i gave it a good soaking of liquid copper and did not water till i seen new growth...BTW Sandy your hua moa is doing great i got from you, thanks again so much!!!! __________________

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