Bye Bye Banana

My banana is no more. It was being overcome by the mites and I was going to have to bring it in for the winter *sob*. So I decided to hack it down with a butcher knife and clean the root ball and repot it. What I didn't bargain for was that there would be 3 new growths already shooting up from the rhizome! I trimmed the massive roots to about 6-8 inches long and then scrubbed and blasted them with a hose. Then I divided the ball into 3 sections and repotted each one. Hopefully at least one will grow!!

The root ball before I divided it. To the left of the freshly cut stalk is a hard brown mass that is left from last time I hacked it. Scar tissue I guess you would call it!

The most promising shoot

The underside of the root ball before I divided it

Potted and ready to grow!! I will keep updates about these three if they make any kind of progress!!