It probably has a restriction on fuel delivery in the carburetor. If its a Tecumseh engine, stand the mower up on its wheels so the carb is on the high side. Remove the brass bolt that holds the fuel bowl on. Clean this bolt which is also a metering device, particularly the tiny hole on a slant near the end of the threads. Strip the paper off a wire tie and use the soft steel wire to rod it out. Replace the metering bolt and be careful with the torque. Sometimes it will leak when the fuel reenters the bowl - tighten 1/8 turn at a time until it stops. If this doesn't fix it, get back to us.

Hi! ^ ^ I think it could be of use to someone if I type out my experience. Perhaps a collection of experiences will lead to some form of conclusion of the hypothesis about lighting etc. It began when one of my two orchids had a nasty little pussy cat tip over it's pot. The orchid's spike severed completely off. Since my orchids both bloom at the same time I cut the spike off the other orchid. Of both the spikes, the yellow had 2 blooms (1 bud spike was 6 inches long). The purple had 8 buds (one bloom spike was 10 inches long) which is the one the cat had tipped over. I will also note that I put the purple stem immediately into water since I had heard the plant crash. I have had both spikes into a clear glass vase (about 1-1.5 cup of water) in a pitch black game room except light from the teli and monitors. To be more specific the vase is in the shadow of the "light". The temp is always around 78 degrees fahrenheit. I enjoyed the blooms for a couple of weeks and the large bloomed ones finally started to look fatigued so I pinched those off (about 4-5). The rest dropped off by themselves. I totally forgot about these stems/spikes. Here is where it gets interesting, about 2-3 month later I was dusting and cleaning up the "mess" at the sink when I noticed the yellow spike was still green at the end, the purple was brown so I cut it under water to a healthy green looking point. I had decided regardless of the various postings on the intraweb saying that a spike couldn't grow roots I would still let these two try. It now has been 5 months, the yellow has a small root growing at the end, the purple is still green. They are in the pitch black room, I change the water sporadically from every 4 days to 3 weeks with tepid from faucet. Basically when I remember the poor babies but more so at the beginning than now (which changes now I see a little root). I will also mention I was using the cities icky chlorinated fluoride injected tap water, I will now change to bottled water and watch the results.

The banana entomologist worked all of his working years in Central America in charge of the large plantations making sure that they were disease free. I went on a field trip to Panama with the Topical Fruit Club 10 years ago for a tour. One of our visits was to a banana plantation where we got to see how they grow, harvest and box the commercial bananas. Quite impressive. Christine

I actually cut some of mine off and we have not had a frost yet (they get damaged from temps under 50F and were looking ragged). I had them in trade 2 gallon pots and I am moving them to trade 3 gallon pots. The 2 gallon pots were too small. I personally store them in the pot soil and all - never had a problem. I don't water them at all during the winter. - by keeping them in the pot, you keep them seperate and any rot will also be kept seperate. Here is a link that might be useful: Elephant Ear