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Originally Posted by Mckenziea
Hi Banana crew!
I need some advice with this Musa Blood Red… As you can see from the photo, the growth is leggy perhaps from a lack of light. If I cut this in half , will it grow new leaves ?? I want to start over again but don’t want to kill it .. Can I chop??
Many thanks in advance  🍌🍌🍌  |
I agree you should let it grow. Did you grow it from seed or buy a plant? The reason I ask is, long before tissue culture was in use I had a Blood banana that was not like the ones you find in the market today. Mine had a much narrower and longer leaf and a thinner, taller trunk. It also seemed to want to form open clumps. It was very easy to see the difference against todays blood banana. Both forms have the same blood red patches on the leaf. I wish I could find one of the old types again but today all I see are the broader leaf and shorter trunk type. I think maybe the original type I had was a wild type whereas the new broad leaf type is what, I think, is a hybrid. Some others may see the new type as improved.