Ensete Maurelii sprouts pups after spring slug attack
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:17 am
I had a small Ensete overwintered in a 2 litre pot, which although late was doing quite well, however, like many plants it was overcome by the explosion in the slug population all hunting for succulent new shoots
The slugs got into the pseudostem and ate the middle out, leaving a hole where the growing point should have been. I didn't have time to investigate much and it was left in the Lunar Module for 2 months. Then last weekend I noticed it had grown another shoot from the hole.
Yesterday I got around to tidying it up, removing the old leaf bases, to find several new shoots coming from the rhizome There are roots emerging from the base of the new growth points, so I've buried them under new compost/perlite. These will be left for a week or so then I'll look at removing the sprouts to grow on as separate plants
The slugs got into the pseudostem and ate the middle out, leaving a hole where the growing point should have been. I didn't have time to investigate much and it was left in the Lunar Module for 2 months. Then last weekend I noticed it had grown another shoot from the hole.
Yesterday I got around to tidying it up, removing the old leaf bases, to find several new shoots coming from the rhizome There are roots emerging from the base of the new growth points, so I've buried them under new compost/perlite. These will be left for a week or so then I'll look at removing the sprouts to grow on as separate plants