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Gabe15 · 09-26-2020, 04:10 PM

It’s really not a big deal what you call them, but when I give talks on banana cultivation I always start with stressing the importance of the fact that they are not trees. I do this because nearly every single decision that is to be made about how to grow them has at it’s core the concept that they are not trees and should not be treated as such. Most of the standard recommendations and considerations for growing trees just don’t apply at all to bananas because they are not trees. So call them what you want, but know that they are not trees and you will have a lot better insight on to effectively care for them.

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