Bananas like a lot of fertilizer.

Poor drainage, inadequate fertilization, overwatering and fungal infections are some of the most reasons for the yellow leaves of your banana plant. However, all these problems can be solved and require a simple fix!

A banana tree that lacks potassium will show yellow tips of leaves or margins. Mar 26, The following steps should be followed when pruning a banana tree: Use a sharp and clean knife or blade for pruning as the leaves of the banana tree are large and thick.

It is usually not Leaves that are turning yellow must be removed for better. Dec 14, Remove the entire infected banana plant, including digging up the main corm and roots, and dispose of the plant through burning, or allow it to rot in a black plastic bag.

Honestly, from my experience, Ensete Maurelii's are kind of a hassle.

Yellow Sigatoka. My previously healthy banana tree has yellow leaves now. They are a dark yellow, and all of them have turned pretty quickly. The pup that is right next to it is showing some yellowing too, but not nearly as much. And the banana tree on the other end of the bed shows no yellowing at all. At least, not yet. The whole bed gets the same amount of.

Oct 01, The bottom leaves naturally die back to form the pseudo-stem. The advice on feed is fine but the sunlight levels are rapidly diminishing and you need to be careful not to overwater in winter (yellowing is also a sign of too much water) or you will rot the banana. I've got a Dwarf Cavendish banana that over the past week or so has all of its leaves turning yellow.

As you can see in the photo below, even the new leaf that's unfurling is yellow and brown.

This was a pup that came up from the ground after last January's freeze.

Does anybody have an idea what could be the problem? Up to this point it has been green and healthy. The pup growing next to it looks fine. Jun 24, I recently purchased a new banana tree from a reputable nursery here in Chicago. When i first got it, it was full and lucious looking! But soon after weeks later, my leaves started turning yellow then brown starting from the tip of the leaves migrating inwards to the stem.

My tree faces westward getting about hours of good sun a day.