Hi folks, I'm new to the forum and to growing bananas. I wonder if you can give me some advice.

I've just recently (about 2 weeks ago) transplanted a couple bananas, 'blue java' and 'raja puri.' The raja puri was bareroot and has already put out its first new leaf. It looks good. Blue java has also put out a new leaf, but that doesn't seem to have gone quite as well.

The leaf opened a couple days ago, but it did so before exiting the pseudostem all the way. So the bottom part of the leaf stayed curled up inside the pseudostem. Not only that, but the next new leaf was already formed when the last one opened.

Here's a photo. The leaf on the left is the previous new one, and you can see where the leaf is torn, with the next new leaf emerging from the center of the still-curled-up old leaf. The new leaf was already almost that big when the previous leaf opened!

I know that if something like this happens to the flower, that's called choking and sometimes you can cut the stem open to release the flower, but this is certainly not the flower (the plant is only 5' tall).

Is this normal, or bad? How bad is it? Might the "traffic jam" clear up on its own? Should I perform some sort of surgery? Do I just have to wait for it to pup and try again with a better pseudostem?

I can think of a few things I might have done wrong that could maybe have caused a problem. Some feedback on which of these might be most likely to cause this particular issue would be much appreciated.

There was a hot (105F) spell right after I planted it, and then the weather cooled down and there were some cold (55-65F) nights. That seems like a big temperature variation and might have stressed/confused the plant.

The banana isn't in 100% full sun. It's near the (east-ish) side of the house and gets full sun from around sunrise until about 2pm. So probably only 7 hours or so of full sun,though it will get a lot more when it's taller. The roof isn't that high so if it reached full height the upper leaves would be above the edge of the roof and getting full sun all day.

I might be watering too much for a new transplant (it's on a daily drip system).

I fertilized (organic tropical plant food) when I transplanted, which some people say to do and others seem to imply is a bad idea.

Thanks in advance for your advice!