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Old 07-23-2016, 05:41 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Third banana plant on the mat fruiting first

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Originally Posted by scashaggy View Post
The one fruiting is the smallest of the three.
My basic understanding of banana growth is that the bloom travels up the pstem and the bloom emerges after a prerequisite number of leaves (35-40) have emerged from that pstem. What you describe seems to contradict that..unless the older pstem growth was stunted (cold weather?) unlikely in Miami..
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