newflemmli

I got an Musa corm without many roots, just a few black ones, but a 1,20m high stem.
I planted the Musa into a slight wet soil. I can even see a new leave.

My question: do Musa corms like heat in the soil? I put it on a heating mat .

jpfloors

Wow, pics are a bit large, can you reduce them and repost... can't really see what the pics are of. I've received some like that, just plant them in the soil and put them outside and don't over water them.. maybe once every 2-3 days!

damaclese

Musa do like warmth but id take it off the heat mat they will grow just fine in the summer heat
were do you live what zone are you in that would help us to help you to know how to take care of your Banana and do you know what variety it is? that would help to after you plant a corm and water it throughly its best to let it dry out a bit this encourages root growth if you keep it to wet it will rot so when the top 2 or 3 inches of the soil dry then you can start to water it they don't like boggy soil just moist never wet and don't put it right in to the sun they need to be eased in to over a period of a couple of week to a month or so depending on your zone and the temps they tend to sunburn until they adapt don't fertilize it for the first 6 weeks they need time to recover from the transplanting and the firt. will burn the newly developing roots always keep the fertilizer at least 5" away from the stem it can burn the plant i have all my Bananas in pots to i just put the firt out at the edges of the pots when there in the ground the have a pretty big root system when you start to see roots coming out the bottom of the pot its time to repot it to a bigger one

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mm4birds

I have the same situation you have. Do not overwater or the corm will rot. Leave outdoors in a shady area and the suns warmth will do it's thing. My plant looked the same for 3 months and being curious I slowly cleared away the soil looking for rot or signs of life and low and behold there was a beautiful white root. By the way I don't suggest doing this, but I just had to know. Now my question to anybody is do I cut off the dried tip of the pseudostem to allow the emerging leaf to grow or just leave it? Will a new leaf be able to grow past what looks to me to be the plants way of drying out?

mskitty38583

i would leave the tip of the p-stem the way it is...if you cut it you could be opening it up for bugs or rot. put it in the pot or ground and watch it take off like a shot! when you do plant it, keep it in the shade for a week or two and then slowly move it into the sun.if your putting it right in the ground get some shade cloth or something to shade it for a while. if you just put it in the sun it will burn. jmo.btw....your nana could just be "stressed", maybe thats why the p-stem is the way it is...but without pics we dont know.

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microfarmer

I'd only remove the tip/top if it were looking like it were rotting and not growing. Sometimes you need to clear the top to get it going if it's mushy.

I had to cut my Dw Brazilian 4 times before I got it to grow. I'd cut into the nice part of the pstem, and it wouldn't dry out, but only get mushy. I'd cut it lower and it would mush out again...

It's growing now....

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Dean W.

Great looking nanaers!

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dablo93

If I had those corms i planted them outside, because inside they rot easier (thats my experience in winter)

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