Did my Ensete died?

[Hardypalms]

Hi

I am in a zone 7b. These bananas are fairly common here and survive mulched overwinter.Mine would be in their second year but everything else is coming out but them. I cut part of the trunk to see inside. It’s wet and mushy. Did they die? Or they haven’t come out yet? Winter was real warm.

Thxs

Pat

[Merlyn]

I'd guess that one is dead, especially if the center brown section smells like rotting garbage.  Usually bananas/ensete grow back for me if the center is still nice and white.  I don't know if that species pups, but sometimes the main trunk dies and rots, but you get pups off the side.

[Hardypalms]

Thanks for your help. Not sure what happend, they both died when they did fine last year.

maybe they will pup.

Pat