Originally Posted by Darkman

What if you just picked a single Banana?

Would it ripen by itself?

Would the hand left be OK?

My first bunch of bananas from a one year old Orinoco did not produce a lot of bananas. Most are filled out but each hand still has a few that are still plumping up. I would like to selectively remove a few at a time. Will this work or does the banana have to be attached to the hand to ripen?