Musa coccinea problem

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Hi, guys. My beloved red ornamental banana has some sort of problem that causes early leaf and stem death. We have a lot of bananas in the area that have black sigatoka pretty badly, but the leaves on the coccinea look different- more little black speckles. I thought it might be fungal since we live in a rainy, humid area, but spraying the leaves with fungicide hasn't seemed to help. Most concerning is the way the stems turn completely brown before they even bloom.

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Thank you,
Josh

Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Environment: Humid and rainy
Elevation: 1000 feet/300 meters
Soil pH: 5.2

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