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ardesia wrote:
I came across these two babies recently and, sadly I was only the go between, they are now living in two other DG gardens. The grower told me the biggest cause of rot is that they are unusually susceptible to a fungal problem they acquire from other bananas. He said to keep them separate.

He also told me they have had bad luck TC'ing the A'e A'e but that they have come up with a different cultivar with similar coloration and they are starting to TC that one. Not exactly the real thing but most of us wouldn't know the difference.

Kell, I liked that idea about wood ashes/lava; it makes sense to me.