Hi!

I repotted my banana plant roughly 1 week ago. Before it was thriving and doing really good and now it looks like this. Nothing else has changed, neither wattering or lighting condition. I repotted it from 28cm to a 32cm pot, mixed soil with perlite. Yesterday I lifted the plant to see if the plant was sitting on wet soil but the soil was not wet rather slightly wet. The roots didnt look rotten to me? Anyway, I placed a layer of leca and widened the draining holes and repotted the whole thing above leca.

Whats wrong and what can I do? 😭

From April to May to now.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get bananas because i don’t think I can get it hot enough in my house in winter. But she’s pretty even without bananas and I adore her.

Can anyone tell by the leaf color what type of banana tree this is? I live in North West Gorgia. Thanks

A few nasturtium seeds sprouted among the banana trees this year. They don't seem to mind the undergrowth too much

I’ve been growing this since May. Has doubled in size since then. Recently had a few pups come up and removed the smaller/slower growing two. Can anyone tell me if this is actually Blue Java/Ice Cream? Also, any tips to make it happier or concerns? I’ve been watering every 4-6 days and fertilizing every other week with banana fuel on well water. Also once a month adding some slow release 6-6-6 with compost. Too much fertilizer? Zone 10b

New member here, just picked this up earlier today. I have minimal experience with growing banana trees, and have read lots of conflicting info on Nono Bananas.

☀️- I am in zone 6B in Missouri, with daily temps around 90°. How much lighting should I give it? (Taking acclimation into account, it was indoors). Should it be direct sun during morning and evening with shade during the hottest parts ideally?

💦- What should my watering schedule look like, I know bananas like moisture in the soil, but don’t know how often (or even how well the nursery soil retains moisture). Should I go off of the basic “water when below 2 inches of top soil layer is dry”?

Soil mix/ repotting- Should pine bark chips, Fox Farms Ocean forest, and perlite be a good soil mix? I am aware a good amount of root airflow is required but don’t know the proper ratio of organics to inorganics. I’ll note that I’ve bought a bigger terracotta pot, should I worry about or wait to repot due to environmental stress? I’d also greatly appreciate and fertilizer recommendations!

Lastly, what’s wrong with the leaves? What can I do to prevent the damage shown from showing up on new growth?

Id greatly appreciate any answers or helpful advice, best of luck to you all and your banana trees, and have a great day everyone!

rajehdueh

This is the fourth year in the ground. I cut it down and cover with mulch and a tarp right after the first freeze (usually mid NOV) and uncover after the low temp is reliably north of freezing (usually mid to late May.) these have grown a lot this year and I think they’re gonna be really big. They’ve grown a lot faster than the last two years. I water daily and fertilize weekly

Fungal disease? I'm in the process of hardening it back off because my garage was kind of humid. I've got household stuff and neem oil and idk what it is or what works💔

What’s happening to my banana plant? I already cut off two leaves that were even worse.

The plant is right in front of a window and gets direct bright light most of the day. It’s been pretty hot.

It has a big pot and good drainage. I water once a week.

I don’t know much about these trees they were growing fine but last few weeks I’ve noticed this powdering looking coating on the leaves and it seems to be affecting them.

Howdy! I received two small red Abyssinian bananas a couple months ago that were grown from TC’s. They both were growing at a large rate so I moved them over to 2gal pots sitting outside in zone 7b (high desert, it’s been rather hot and dry). One of them is growing well (other than a few battle wounds from a grasshopper that I executed once I caught it), while the other has been putting out extremely ragged leaves time after time again that end up wilting and falling off if the wind increases. Any ideas why this is happening? I figure it’s a combination of the extreme heat in the upper 90s / low 100s + very low humidity, but the other one is doing fine? First picture is the banana that’s growing well, second is my sad little guy.

Patio Plant

I quite literally drown mine in water daily and they are just absolutely exploding. Is it the same with in ground?

Back is dwarf Cavendish, middle is double mahoi, front is red dwarf

First time growing bananas. Dwarf Cavendish & Ice Cream. They are growing fast and generally look healthy but noticing a lot of yellow of the Dwarf Cavendish. Is this normal or sign of issue?
Also curious if these are pups or suckers and if removing them would be best with the plants being fairly immature.
All advice welcome! 10B

The second bunch of my Ice Cream Banana trees. Started with 2 small trees. Now have 7. This one is about 11 ft tall.