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 10-23-2007, 02:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
Been nuts, gone bananas
 
harveyc's Avatar
 
Location: Isleton, Calif
Zone: 9b
Name: Harvey
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 5,119
BananaBucks : 274,271
Feedback: 5 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 6,025 Times
Was Thanked 4,460 Times in 1,896 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,785 Times
Default A problem with my baby Ae Ae

Don't confuse this with my other thread posted on Ae Ae growth tonight.

I got this Ae Ae as a very small pup a couple of months ago and it had a couple of nubs showing on the corm, but no roots. It was a sword pup and lost its leaves and then I performed surgery since the next couple of leaves got hung up trying to emerge. Then, last week, things looked much better and a leaf started to emerge. On the downside, it looked to be all green. To make matters worse, this morning I got some black spot on part of the leaf and tonight it looks much worse.

I've been careful with the water, keeping it mostly on the dry side, but I did water it slightly just before taking this photo. Maybe I need more water, but I doubt that is the problem, I'm tempted to dig it up and see what's going on below. Maybe it's an insect problem? I don't see any, though.

Sorry for the focus point being too low, but you get the idea. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

__________________
harveyc is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To harveyc

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 10-23-2007, 03:29 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
valerie@flower's Avatar
 
Location: California
Zone: 10
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 91
BananaBucks : 4,934
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 7 Times
Was Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Hiya Re: A problem with my baby Ae Ae

Is the leaf with the black spot the one you did the surgery on? If so then that leaf is not black spot just bruised from the surgery. The stem looks like it is in good shape. If you dig up the plant to see how the roots are doing you might put the plant into shock. You might want to just poke around at the top roots very carefully. If they are not black or dark brown then all is OK. Another question for you, I see some white spots on the big leaf is that from the camera? I hope this baby makes it.
valerie@flower is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To valerie@flower
Old 10-23-2007, 09:14 AM   #3 (permalink)
Been nuts, gone bananas
 
harveyc's Avatar
 
Location: Isleton, Calif
Zone: 9b
Name: Harvey
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 5,119
BananaBucks : 274,271
Feedback: 5 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 6,025 Times
Was Thanked 4,460 Times in 1,896 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,785 Times
Default Re: A problem with my baby Ae Ae

No, that leaf did not have surgery on it nor was it bruised from the surgery. I thought my comments were clear, but I guess not. This leaf emerged last week, well after the surgery.
__________________
harveyc is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To harveyc
Old 10-23-2007, 09:30 AM   #4 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Steve in France's Avatar
 
Location: Bethesda, MD
Zone: zone: it says 6 to 8
Name: Steve in France
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 381
BananaBucks : 110,732
Feedback: 12 / 93%
Said "Thanks" 1 Times
Was Thanked 52 Times in 28 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Default Re: A problem with my baby Ae Ae

Harvey , too me the soil looks a bit heavy , perhaps it's too moist. New single leaves cannot handle excessive moisture , it looks like water damage to me. I'm no expert but if that kind of thing has happened to me I put it down to moisture. I'd unpot it and have a look at the roots for signs of rot and excess moisture. Then repot with a bunch of perlite , this should get it to the next leaf then the problems should be over. It's the trouble with these small divisions and rootless divisions , they drive me nuts. In future before I send out a division I'm going to root it and make sure it's a viable plant before it hits the Post . Divisions I make here for myself seem to have few problems because they are separated and potted within a few minutes and recover and start growing in a week instead of a month or three.
Later
Steve
__________________
Always looking for a lost pup
Steve in France is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Steve in France
Old 10-23-2007, 10:45 AM   #5 (permalink)
Been nuts, gone bananas
 
harveyc's Avatar
 
Location: Isleton, Calif
Zone: 9b
Name: Harvey
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 5,119
BananaBucks : 274,271
Feedback: 5 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 6,025 Times
Was Thanked 4,460 Times in 1,896 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,785 Times
Default Re: A problem with my baby Ae Ae

Thanks, Steve. I did add perlite to a potting mix that had perlite in it already and quite a bit of compost. It seems fairly "fluffy" and, as I wrote, I've been keeping it on the dry side. Another friend suggests that I probably should have held off on the fertilizer, even though it got very little.
__________________
harveyc is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To harveyc
Sponsors

Reply   Email this Page Email this Page

Previous Thread: Hello All
Next Thread: Discount Prices?





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


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Baby Pineapple NANAMAN Other Plants 67 10-19-2008 09:04 AM
Another baby Pineapple! momoese Other Plants 44 10-20-2007 09:02 PM
My little baby is all grown up frankthetank Main Banana Discussion 11 08-24-2007 07:07 PM
Yeah baby!! momoese Main Banana Discussion 4 06-15-2007 09:22 AM
Eating my first bananas baby!!!! doubravsky Main Banana Discussion 7 10-19-2006 06:05 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:22 PM.





All content © Bananas.org & the respective author.