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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce
I know a guy growing bananas and after winter and they have no leaves at all. If not for the sucker bananas there would be nothing feeding the fruits. Also when he removes pups they stop producing fruit right in the middle.
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Pups do nothing for the mother; once they have they have their own roots the mother does nothing for the pups. However, disturbing any plant's roots (as you do when you remove a pup from alongside the mama) will have repercussions. Unless absolutely necessary you should allow the older plant to finish bearing then cut off the spent p-stem, dig up the entire clump and redistribute the plants/corms.