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S

Hello community sorry my english is not very good but I hope someone can help me with my banana plant. Please look at the pictures I'm happy for every message. I can try to translate it, but the most important is the Diagnose of you :)

The leaves which are older getting Brown powder (eggs?) , Special on the upper side and I see little small white/ beige animals, long time ago my banana plants inside of the apartment had spider mites but i think these are not such. It is a banana plant which should be conditionally winter proof. I would also like to know from you whether I can put it in this size (from 80cm trunk minus the pot that is about 15 cm high. I had to cut off three leaves now it has 2 about 67 cm long) outside ( In the garden in the flower bed(?) ) this autumn and whether you then have to cut them off and cover them or whether it is safer if I try to overwinter them in a pot on the balcony for another year. in an emergency, I would take them in if the temperatures were too clearly in the minus range. my balcony is very sheltered in the corner and always a few degrees warmer than 'outside' , I could also cover it there, if necessary, I would also like to know if I have to cut it short.

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S

Hi Sandy I think it's due to Aphids. Please check this link for more details and preventive measures.

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S

Hi, thank you very much, I had already suspected that, but I have the feeling that it could also be something else, several herbs that are nearby have strong powdery mildew infestation, do you know whether bananas can get that too? I have an insecticide which you mix with water and which is also against lice to spray on the leaves, against powdery mildew I had sprayed with milk for a while, that helped for a short time but unfortunately kept coming back. I am thinking of spraying the banana with milk and alternating with the insecticide against lice, do you have experience with biological agents against lice? a flower that is pretty close also had lice two months ago but they were black ... I actually wanted to fertilize the banana again before winter, does that make lice even more or could it strengthen the plant?

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S

Sandy You can use Neem oil and garlic mixture in soap water repeated application might be required.

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S

Thank you so much! I added to my question from the beginning a second- because of the overwintering, can you maybe tell me something about that too?

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