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Originally Posted by CMatt527
Wow, I didn't realize that the corm itself would take up so much space! My manzano is in a 25 gallon and has 1 large pup 1 foot pseudo stem and 4 smaller pups around the main p-stem which is not quite 4'.
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I would thin those pups out now. You really only want the corm complex working on one fruit stalk. Pups will come monthly. Keep removing them. When the "mother" stalk produces a bud, let one of the emerging pups continue as next years' crop.
I have grown and fruited bananas in 15 and 25 gallon pots -- not purposely, but because not all nursery stock sells and at some time the plant is going to bloom. Both the quantity and the quality of fruit produced by these container grown plants was inferior to plants in the ground.
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Originally Posted by CMatt527
My wife and I are hoping to are planning on buying a house in the next few months, but I have a line on a few dwarf brazilians now and wanted to get them started before I can get them in the ground.
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I really can't see the purpose of buying them now other than to satisfy the "banana growing" disease. Dwarf Brazilians will be available for years to come. Once you find a house, its going to take you months to set up irrigation, etc. If you absolutely have to buy one now, then get one and put it in a 15 gallon pot. I can't see buying two, because you can't afford a large enough lot to plant just one of all the varieties you will want to grow.
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Originally Posted by CMatt527
As I am just getting started in the world of bananas what is the benefit in or when does it become necessary to trim back the corm?
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Some folks don't care about the corms turning into an ever expanding mat. I'm trying to keep each of my varieties focused in 6' x 4' area. So once they reached about 8-9 cu.ft. in size (2' wide, 4' long, 1' deep) I cut them each back to about a 2' x 3' area.