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Originally Posted by AaronTT
I keep hearing that a banana plant can mature fruits, even if it had little to no leaves, but has a pup with leaves. My experience has shown this to be incorrect. In fact, this year my Saba bloomed right after a freeze, that killed the leaves. Despite having two pups with leaves in the mat, the fruit did not mature. This has happened twice.
I would love to see some evidence.
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Please see the photos and narrative in the attached article:
https://goldengategarden.typepad.com...s_banana_.html
Note that the fruiting pseudostem is leafless, but the other p-stems with leaves.
Chong