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Originally Posted by Jeff zone 8 N.C.
Just like other bananas the corm will form. If you mean by "pruning", you are referring to the removal of leaves, I always leave any leaf with any amount of green, at all, on the plant till it completely dries. I think banana plants pull resources from those leaves as long as they have any life left in the leaf. I will usually save dead leaves to use in the bottom of the pots when I pot up new bananas.
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I know that this will be unrelated to the "Container Grown", but with that advice (makes sense) do you also leave the leaves on the bigger plants in ground aswell?
I watch a few guys on YouTube who say that it's best to trim the leaves once they get past 5 so it stimulates new and faster leaf growth.
But I'm seeing a new leaf every 5 days now for my Namwah. I can assume that the growth is related to the overall health of the plant including bioavailability of nutrients in the ground and a regular supply of water keeping the area around it moist.
Do you know if the leaf trimming actually stimulates growth or and does the tree use more nutrients to keep the leaves alive, therefore slowing down the production of new leaf growths or would the trimming keep more nutrients available for the flower and fruit once it eventually comes?
Thank you,