They are still inside, and seem to be doing ok. I've been putting them outside on nice days (when we have sun, which has been scarce lately!) to help them get used to it, not long.... We have still had some freezing nighttime temps, we just had sleet/snow a couple days ago, now it's been a cold rain all day today. I'm eager to put them outside myself... I see our lowest low forecasted for the next 10 days is 35, with a couple 38's, the rest in the 40's. So I'm hoping we're done with freezing temps now...but those lows in the 30's could still dip lower than they forecast...so I want to wait that out I think. Overall, the basjoos look good, I had repotted them in larger pots, and both of them sprouted a new leaf quickly, one is wide open, the other has some curl to it yet but will be fully open in the next day or so? The only issue is the bottom leaf on both of them has gone yellow, then brown on the tip....this happened before, too, I just peeled the leaf off of each plant. But now the newest bottom leaf is doing the very same thing. I will be eager to get them outside where they can really grow! I have already noticed a difference just in the house...both in height, and with each of them getting a new leaf! This is pretty fun for me, but will be moreso when they are out where they belong! Angie

those are banana spiders. Put a tiny bit of liquid hand soup and mix with water. Wipe down with little rag or spray on plant. Several times until the bugs are gone. There are other remedies on bananas.org Tommyg

Some great advise already. I would get a bright light and check the underside of the leaves for mites. These tiny animals are the size of the sharp end of a pin. Look carefully under each leaf. Indoor potted bananas usually are attacked because of the ideal environment. They tend to suck the sap from the leaves, weakening the plant, slow growth, leave droop, leaf drop, death of plant. If you find them, wipe off with warm moist rag,rinse well. Or gently spray with hose under the leaves. Other than that, a transplant into a larger pot would be beneficial.

Thanks all. I've been duped! Maybe thats why they died so fast. Or perhaps thats why they didn't have them this year because they were informed they were not Basjoos. I'm determined yet to get some to grow on the South side of my mobile home. If anyone would like to see more photos of the Basjoos that I took a while back, they are here in my photobucket album. - http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/io555/musabasjoobanana To change the name of that photo-album to DwarfCavendish would break all the links to the album so I should leave the web address like it is for now, musabasjoo. I didn't think I'd have bananas with basjoo, I don't really want bananas, that would be asking a bit much! I know some people in more southern climes, I'll have to suggest DwarfCavendish to them so they get bananas. Here is where I'd like to plant them, along with my Red-Tipped Photinia, 3 Crape Myrtles and some Tulip bulbs scattered about. - http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v243/w4i0a/mobilehome/mobilehomesouthsidefrontflowerandtreebed/ That flower bed is on the South side so I am hoping for good things! In any case, I keep receipts, for returns, especially on marginals. The trees are in the ground below the flower bed, I cut slits in the weed fabric to fit around them. Will