Question
I recently planted a red banana tree and a dwarf cavendish banana tree in my backyard.  I live in Austin, TX.  It's been about 1 month, and they were both doing great, looking perky and tall, now the cavendish is slumping way over and it's stem looks like it's been stripped with sap coming out.  I don't see any insects/pests and the red banana tree next to it looks fabulous.  It's watered everyday on a drip system. All the leaves are looking dead but the smooth part on the inside of the stem looks healthy, any suggestions on why it might be doing this and if it can be saved?  Thanks.

Answer
Hi Keele..my thought is that you are overwatering the poor plant.  Bananas are 85 % water but they do not want to sit in it.  A good weekly watering will make it very happy otherwise it will rot.  If you dug it up and seperated it from another banana plant then water once and not again till new leaves appear, as the plant has to regrow its roots.    From a container a good weekly watering.