Bananas.org

Welcome to the Bananas.org forums.

You're currently viewing our message boards as a guest which gives you limited access to participate in discussions and access our other features such as our wiki and photo gallery. By joining our community, you'll have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos, and access many other special features. Registration is fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Go Back   Bananas.org > Banana Forum > Main Banana Discussion
Register Photo Gallery Classifieds Wiki Chat Map Today's Posts

Main Banana Discussion This is where we discuss our banana collections; tips on growing bananas, tips on harvesting bananas, sharing our banana photos and stories.


Members currently in the chatroom: 0
The most chatters online in one day was 17, 09-06-2009.
No one is currently using the chat.

Reply   Email this Page Email this Page
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 04-21-2008, 01:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
Guero fronterizo
 
Location: San Diego, CA
Zone: 10
Name: Guerote
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 226
BananaBucks : 78,754
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 74 Times
Was Thanked 84 Times in 61 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Send a message via AIM to Zacarias
Default dying banana?

Hey all,

I come here because you guys rock! Anyway, the picture below is a unknown small nanner that had some yellowish leaves a few weeks ago and now a lot of them have turn crisp brown on the edges, even the new leaf. The surface looks dry in the pic, but trust me, it gets plenty of water...if not too much?
The scoop is, I water it in it's pot about everyother day. I did fertilize it like every two weeks 10-10-10, but I'm concerned that I may have been overfertilizing it, given that it's in a container. I also discovered it has bad spider mites or aphids (couldn't see webbing) and so I first sprayed it with pyrethrin, and then like a few days later, I sprayed soapy water.
I'm trying to get a handle on weather the spider mites caused all this damage or if the chemicals I sprayed had something to do with it. The mist it now UNDER the leaves too (that part is very important I found out), and I have a large plate with water and pebbles underneath now. Hopefully this will help keep away the mites in our dry Phoenix weather.
Even the pups look sad now. I don't know if anyone can notice anything wrong right away from the pic or if I should keep trying to keep away the mites and see if the banana gets over it with new leaves? Thanks guys.

Zach




A rose that bloomed yesterday here.


Last edited by Zacarias : 04-21-2008 at 01:42 AM. Reason: addition
Zacarias is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Zacarias

Join Bananas.org Today!

Are you a banana plant enthusiast? Then we hope you will join the community. You will gain access to post, create threads, private message, upload images, join groups and more.

Bananas.org is owned and operated by fellow banana plant enthusiasts. We strive to offer a non-commercial community to learn and share information. Receive all three issues from Volume 1 of Bananas Magazine with your membership:
   

Join Bananas.org Today! - Click Here


Sponsors

Old 04-21-2008, 05:57 AM   #2 (permalink)
Not far from Yellowstone
 
High_Brix's Avatar
 
Location: Idaho Falls Idaho
Zone: 5
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 55
BananaBucks : 15,312
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 3 Times
Was Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Default Re: dying banana?

Im not sure what the problem is, but here's what I would do...I would bring that plant in the house and make a humid banana hospital out of a small room in your house. Keep it out of the sun and Have a humidifier running with low lighting. Whenever I have a young naner getting away from me, I take it to my hopital room and it seems to recover.
__________________
High_Brix is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To High_Brix
Old 04-24-2008, 03:20 AM   #3 (permalink)
Guero fronterizo
 
Location: San Diego, CA
Zone: 10
Name: Guerote
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 226
BananaBucks : 78,754
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 74 Times
Was Thanked 84 Times in 61 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Send a message via AIM to Zacarias
Default Re: dying banana?

Now that banana plant I stripped of some leaves and the pseudostem is progressively growing black. I mean it's not a big banana but it's been around a while and was growing before....don't why now it would suddenly rot!!! I did kill all the mites I THINK though...I just wish I wasn't such a novice.

Zach
Zacarias is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Zacarias
Old 04-24-2008, 06:41 AM   #4 (permalink)
banana junkie
 
mskitty38583's Avatar
 
Location: north carolina
Zone: 7b
Name: mskitty
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,071
BananaBucks : 193,588
Feedback: 26 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 82 Times
Was Thanked 890 Times in 617 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 136 Times
Default Re: dying banana?

at one time all of us didnt know what to do with a nana tree. ive only been growing them since october of last year. it is a learning experience. my first banana tree died. i was devestated. but i got another one and hey that one is still living. here at the org we have an archive. scroll down to the bottom of the page it is on the right hand side at the bottom. click on it.there is a lot of info in there for newbies like us. thats what i did when i first joined. and i asked alot of questions. if something is going on with your nanas that dosent look right, if you can post a picture it can help someone tell you whats going on. we are all here to help you. and if one of us cant there is another person who can. dont give up. we like you here.
__________________
WELCOME TO THE GATOR NATION



mskitty38583 is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To mskitty38583
Old 04-24-2008, 09:20 AM   #5 (permalink)
 
Dean W.'s Avatar
 
Location: Cedar Park, TX
Zone: 8b
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,279
BananaBucks : 240,303
Feedback: 13 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 6,325 Times
Was Thanked 2,130 Times in 972 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 300 Times
Default Re: dying banana?

Maybe, to much fertilizer?

Dean
__________________

Dean W. is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Dean W.
Sponsors

Old 04-24-2008, 10:09 AM   #6 (permalink)
3rd winter growing indoor
 
D_&_T's Avatar
 
Location: Northern Indiana
Zone: 5
Name: Dan
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 877
BananaBucks : 30,865
Feedback: 4 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 2,437 Times
Was Thanked 260 Times in 169 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 342 Times
Default Re: dying banana?

How wet is the soil almost sounds like root rot from over watering.
__________________


INDIANASTATEBEEKEEPERS.ORG



D_&_T is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To D_&_T
Old 04-24-2008, 05:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
chong's Avatar
 
Location: Seattle, WA
Zone: 8-9
Name: Chong
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,851
BananaBucks : 98,959
Feedback: 6 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 1,310 Times
Was Thanked 1,702 Times in 759 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 991 Times
Default Re: dying banana?

From the picture, it looks to me, like the soil is dry. Also, from the looks of the leaves, the brown spots would indicate to me that at one time the plant experienced drought. Thereafter, it may have been watered regularly, but in my experience, after the soil dries out in a pot, the water just runs through the pockets of wet soil to the basin, by-passing dry pockets of soil. When I discover a pot has dried out, I usually immerse the whole pot in a basin of water halfway up the pot, for about an hour, or until the the water has soaked through to the top of the soil by capillary action. This is the only way you can be assured that there will be no pockets of dry soil in the pot. When the top 1/2 inch of the soil gets dry, then start watering again regularly.
chong is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To chong
Said thanks:
Old 04-24-2008, 05:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
Mechwarrior
 
STEELVIPER's Avatar
 
Location: Riverside,CA
Zone: 9B
Name: Mark
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 724
BananaBucks : 76,768
Feedback: 2 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 44 Times
Was Thanked 102 Times in 62 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 169 Times
Send a message via Yahoo to STEELVIPER
Default Re: dying banana?

I agree with chong. Looks dry. Bananas need lots of water.
__________________
STEELVIPER is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To STEELVIPER
Old 04-25-2008, 09:13 PM   #9 (permalink)
Guero fronterizo
 
Location: San Diego, CA
Zone: 10
Name: Guerote
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 226
BananaBucks : 78,754
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 74 Times
Was Thanked 84 Times in 61 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Send a message via AIM to Zacarias
Default Re: dying banana?

I'd love to believe that it just got too dry..but in reality, I don't think it is that. I'm a novice but I tend to overwater and have lost bananas to rot, so I'm wondering if that is what happened or if it's dry like you said. Goodness I hate banana care! ;-)
Zacarias is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Zacarias
Old 04-25-2008, 11:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
chong's Avatar
 
Location: Seattle, WA
Zone: 8-9
Name: Chong
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,851
BananaBucks : 98,959
Feedback: 6 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 1,310 Times
Was Thanked 1,702 Times in 759 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 991 Times
Default Re: dying banana?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacarias View Post
I'd love to believe that it just got too dry..but in reality, I don't think it is that. I'm a novice but I tend to overwater and have lost bananas to rot, so I'm wondering if that is what happened or if it's dry like you said. Goodness I hate banana care! ;-)
I still think it's dry. Squeeze the base of the P-stem gently. If it's firm, it's not rotting from the outside. If it's rotting from the inside, the new emerging leaf in the middle will be coming out black and soft, like long boiled vegetable.

Since the picture shows the soil dry, how long ago was it, since watered the plant when you took the picture? The moisture should be even if you are watering it regularly. The picture shows none but dry surface.
chong is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To chong
Old 04-25-2008, 11:57 PM   #11 (permalink)
Guero fronterizo
 
Location: San Diego, CA
Zone: 10
Name: Guerote
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 226
BananaBucks : 78,754
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 74 Times
Was Thanked 84 Times in 61 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Send a message via AIM to Zacarias
Default Re: dying banana?

um, that pic was about two weeks. Chong, in Phoenix, AZ...the superficial layer of dirt turns dry within an hour. So soil may look dry, but isn't.

I'm trying to remember if I waited too long to water and one point and if the plant did suffer from that. I don't think so but who knows. I have watered evenly since and I know that all the dirt is soaked when I water. So hopefully, it will come back. Thanks again!

Zach
Zacarias is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Zacarias
Old 04-27-2008, 07:49 AM   #12 (permalink)
 
shopgirl2's Avatar
 
Location: Camp Lejeune, N.C. area
Zone: 8
Name: Carmensol
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 212
BananaBucks : 146,919
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 61 Times
Was Thanked 48 Times in 27 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times
Send a message via Yahoo to shopgirl2
Default Re: dying banana?

I believe the hanging container is inadecuate and they do dry up a lot being that it is hangingm and it looses moisture that way.

Try another pot and do not hang it. It looks awfully dry to me.
__________________
Orinoco by the sunlight.
shopgirl2 is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To shopgirl2
Reply   Email this Page Email this Page

Previous Thread: Saba Hurricane resistance?
Next Thread: yak, maggots





Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Dying Bromeliads (Pineapples) and palms... HELP!!!!! jpfloors Other Plants 10 03-02-2008 06:51 PM
dying banana tree hotgirlz514 Main Banana Discussion 6 10-19-2006 07:05 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:35 PM.





All content © Bananas.org & the respective author.