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Originally Posted by lkstapleton
I have a banana that died back to just the flag leaf and one other small leaf, but the little guy is putting out flowers and bananas. I heard that you need at least 4 or 5 leaves to actually get ripe fruit, so I'm wondering if I shouldn't get my hopes up, or if the fruit could actually ripen? So far, it looks like I have about 30 small ones, about 4 inches long, and the flower looks like it is just getting started.
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It's not a sure thing, but you could get fruit without any leaves. I have, but it probably depends on the health of the corm, the other shoots in the mat, etc.