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sloot95 · 05-31-2013, 12:12 AM

Hi

Whats the easiest way to get rid of excess pups? My banana crop in the corner of the yard is getting quite crowded I want to remove some of the larger pups around 1.5m of pstem. I dug one out yesterday man it was a bugger i had to dig all around it, bent one of shovels up trying to leaver the thing out and off the parent plant. I read somewhere you can cut a pup off near ground level then pour some kero over the wound to kill it im worried this will damage the parent too. Any other suggestions? Or am i just going to have to suck it up and go dig them out hoping not to damage the mothers too much.

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sloot95 Location: Australia, Townsville Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 86 BananaBucks : 16,716 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 47 Times Was Thanked 71 Times in 27 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Dispose of excess pups Hi Whats the easiest way to get rid of excess pups? My banana crop in the corner of the yard is getting quite crowded I want to remove some of the larger pups around 1.5m of pstem. I dug one out yesterday man it was a bugger i had to dig all around it, bent one of shovels up trying to leaver the thing out and off the parent plant. I read somewhere you can cut a pup off near ground level then pour some kero over the wound to kill it im worried this will damage the parent too. Any other suggestions? Or am i just going to have to suck it up and go dig them out hoping not to damage the mothers too much.