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Old 10-18-2009, 07:45 PM   #217 (permalink)
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Cool Re: Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

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Originally Posted by aupoet View Post
The local gardening expert who writes for our paper says to cut the large original stem completely down and only try to save one fair size pup from each main stem. He says the older stem that grew this year won't fruit next year and not to try to save it, is this right?
If main stem hasn't flowered there is no need to chop it off @ the base.. you can leave it as is if it don't freeze or you can cut 2 or 3 bags top to bottom and tape them up fill with mulch and save 8 ft of the main stem.. Or you can use a couple bails of straw or hay. :^)
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