Hi Nick, Java's question is a good one, I don't know the answer, but maybe you can check it out w/ the airline before you hack up the plant; otherwise, I'd just give her the leaves you've started. They're very slow to grow that way, but they will grow & maybe the airline would have less of an issue w/ just leaves. I've started them from single leaves & bare stalks, but have never tried cutting a tuber. I'd suggest you divide it w/out cutting the tuber, for best results, but I'd GUESS, they'd be OK, they're pretty strong, rugged plants. If it were mine, I'd lift out a single stem (or 2), w/ the whole tuber attached & let yr. guest take it home unpotted & dry, to pot up & water once she gets it home. These plants are somewhat succulent in their growth & their fat, fleshy stems hold enough water that it will make it through the travel just fine, bare-root dry (& will be less likely to rot too). This IS their time of new growth, in my experience, mine tend to put on huge new growth starting around Sept. (I had one I'd started that put out a 14" stem in one month before it unfurled.) While mine aren't doing so right now, if yours are, I'd suggest you maintain yr. regular 'more active' watering while they put on their new growth. I keep mine active all yr. tho' maybe cut back my watering from once a wk to once every 2 wks during winter. I'd advise against fertilizer as the fish tank water you're using is already serving that purpose. Hope this helps!

I had that happen to one of my Ensetes...I just cut that leaf off of mine...It's sad, but it grew back just fine. knotz

Back again to report. I double clicked on the coffee cup icon, the box that came up had tabs. General, Update, Java, Security and Advanced. I clicked on Update. It is set to notify me before install, there is a check mark next to check for updates automatically. When I clicked on the lower button to check for updates the msg read: You already have the latest Java (TM) Platform on this system. But the version is 6 Update 11 according to this info and what's in the add/remove section. I can't make sense of this. When I went to the Java site, there were so many different 6 Update 13 that I didn't do anything there. Should I just not worry about the strangeness of this whole matter, or should I be looking to get 6 Update 13 for my XP? Thank you. Sapphires

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