my dwarf cavendish started leaning in its pot right after i brought it outside for the season. it was pretty sunny and hot when it came out after being under shop lights all winter. i also noticed the stem was cracking at the base on the opposite side of the direction it was leaning.
my guess is it just got too much sun too quickly on that side and stressed it out there or something. or maybe it started growing too quickly 
its put out this one new leaf and another is following per usual.
Impressive to grow that in Iowa. Good luck!
@kinghat
What you are seeing is normal. Replant it in vertical position in a larger pot. It is corm bound.
By the way, bananas do not have trunks. The crack you see is an old leaf stem peeling off.
is corm bound different from root bound? also, will it continue its lean after up potting?
ya, i said the stem cracked. it looked more like a violent stress crack compared to any other outer leaf that was shedding.
Bananas are rhizomatous. They grow from corms – a bulb like structure. Corms send out rhizomatous roots which in turn develop more corms. A potted corm bound plant is also root bound.
Just to be clear, it’s a leaf stem, not a plant stem. The outer leaf stems peel off as the plant matures.
Plant the current rootball crooked in the new pot, so that the pseudostem is vertical. A larger pot will be necessary.
BTW, nice wagon!
Looks good. What size container? I’ve never seen a plant or tree root grow like my Dwarf Namwah I put from a 5g to 30g in months the roots ripped through the screen mesh under the pot and grew another 4-5 feet searching for ground. 30g was way too small! It was so vigorous so many leaves plus 5 pups I had to get rid of it. I have a pup of a Double Mahoi banana which is a sport of yours and stays short.
im not sure. maybe double the previous pot? i did trim some roots to get it to fit in at an angle, though.
double mahoi is a dwarf spot of dwarf cavendish?
Everything I’ve researched claims DM is a sport of a DC. I searched for Gabe15 but Bananas.org is not working. And on another device is warning not to open their page for security reasons.
Here’s from a quick google search-
The Double Mahoi banana plant is a unique dwarf Cavendish mutation that produces two or more bunches of sweet, dessert-quality bananas on a single stem. The plant itself is relatively small, reaching a mature height of 5-7 feet. The term “Mahoi” means “twin” in Hawaiian, referring to the plant’s ability to produce double fruit bunches.
Richard, With that said I trust you much more than google or other sellers that regurgitate each other’s descriptions. Since I can’t find Gabes post can you remember what it is?
Also I did find this from 19 years ago by Gabe15 which is good info!
‘Mahoi’ needs to be at least second generation in order to have multiple bunches, which means you must not seperate the pups you want to fruit, they need to stay attached in order to actually make the divided bunches. Seperating the pups essentially resets the clock for the pups and then they will need to be fruited twice to get multiple bunches”
@Plants
The Cavendish are a genetic group.
The dwarf cavendishes are a subgroup of them.
There are also super-dwarf cavendishes (with pencil size fruits).
The double mahoi is a sport of one of the dwarf cavendish cultivars – but not necessarily the one widely circulated in the U.S. as tissue culture from AgriStarts. In particular, the double mahoi appeared in Hawaii prior to the AgriStarts introduction of a dwarf cavendish as a consumer plant. Previously they distributed standard orchard cultivars by the thousands to plantations.
Thanks Richard! I’ve heard it can be more of a novelty but the gal I got it from said it’s one of her favorites and very sweet. She was Thai.
shes still splitting and leaning after up-potting. ill just leave it in there till its stops or goes horizontal 
The pictured split in the old leaf stem is normal.
weird. never saw it split all last year or when it was in the basement. only since ive put it outside. didnt start leaning till then either. it was up potted once before this last time.
normal.
