So I have this string of bananas I keep inside – I only brought it out here for the rain earlier today because the soil was dry. What is going on with the leaves right at the soil / on the top of the plant? (Second picture) And – how do I save it?
by Economy_Leopard3938
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I meant to say – those stems that are brown and look dead are attached to alive and thriving trailing bananas. Did I already kill the plant? Or is something weird happening?
Too much water or soil staying wet too long. You can tell by the dark dark green bananas. Those are probably squishy af.
I use at least 50% perlite in my string soil so it dries out relatively fast and almost all my strings are in terracotta and I avoid plastic because it keep soil wet too long
If the end of a string is attached to any of those shriveled brown stems towards the top then that strand will probably die unless you cut it and prop the healthy bit. If the stem is shriveled and dead then no water or nutrients can reach the end of the string. You see that strand on the top towards the left that is more of a sagey green and the bananas are still wrinkled? That’s what your other strands will likely look like eventually if they’re left attached to the shriveled stem. Also there are lots of ways you can propagate strings. I usually have the best luck with water, but my bananas didn’t wanna root in water. They did great with sphagnum moss though.
Too much water. Try watering from the bottom (google it)