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Originally Posted by Jeff zone 8 N.C.
In videos of commercial banana plantations there are usually more than five leaves at harvest.
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The amount of functioning leaves at harvest affects ripening. If the plant has less than 5 leaves at harvest the fruit won't qualify for export and instead will be used for the local market.
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Originally Posted by Jeff zone 8 N.C.
I think you only remove leaves when diseased,
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We call this Leaf Management, and removing leaves when diseased is better than not removing them but it's much more effective to remove them prior to becoming diseased because this will mitigate the spread.