It's fine. When I was in Israel in 2007 all the banana plants in the banana plantations all had wind torn leaves - they have some wicked sandstorms there sometimes too(I never knew they grew bananas in Israel until I saw them with my own eyes) I'll try and get some pics posted tomorrow if you would like to see them.

Thanks for your help. Yes I would very much like to see the pics you took. Thanks again.

I reduced the size so it would show up in the thread. You can see the full sized image by following the link below. This is the only one I had of the bananas on my laptop - I have more pics of bananas in the Jordan Valley on my desktop computer I'll post later. This pic was taken on the Mt. of Beatitudes (Golan Heights) looking towards the Sea of Galilee (you can make it out through the haze / humidity) and was taken august, 2007.

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Bananas growing in the Jordan Valley, Israel in august 2007. Pic on the link is full size so you can zoom in and see the shredded leaves better.

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I have a granda banana tree and a strong wind came out of nowhere and now all the leves are shredded. Should i trim it to the side of middle part of leaf? What should i do?