Hardy Tropicals UK

I am far from experienced....but it looks normal... if any thing it looks as though it would benefit from being planted during the year and lifted during winter.

So I don't need too cut it.

I wondered if it could be the weather as its in full sun from around 11 in the morning til 7 at night andvascits been really hot it's shot up . It's got white bloom over the leaves too. As for winter in do dig out and dry store all my ensete's.

So perhaps just feed with miriclegrow twice a week half strength and see how it goes. I have no room to place in the ground so perhaps get a bigger pot.

What do you lot think?

Miracle Grow is quite a good fertiliser for bananas, high in nitrogen anyway.

Could it simply be that the older leaves were a little leggy (longer leaf bases) and the new ones are growing ultra compact bases in all that sunlight?

My Super Dwarf Cav had a similar problem early this spring. The new leaves were coming out smaller and I ended up with 3 or 4 leaves all trying (but unable) to unfurl at once. I removed 1 or 2 lower leaves and pulled apart the rest of the leaf bases, effectively shortening the p-stem and widening the plant. They all unfurled a few days later.

Well I looked yesterday too see there was around 2-3 leaves trying to open so I have taken action. I have cut it all down. I still have around 8-10 inches of main stem but cut it flush. Is this correct as I didn't really want to cut any lower.

I would leave it for another leaf or two but it looks, possibly like the strangles.

Did this ever recover naturally?

The leaves look like their not fully out .Looks like strangles in early stage .I had one grow out of it .