Thank you for understanding.
It would be better to leave as much of it's rhizome intact after killing the growing point because the buds in the upper leaf scars are not going to be dominant. That's why I waited for the 7 green leaves before any manipulation.
And technically the growing point doesn't have to be killed if it can be made to go dormant. Making a main growing point go dormant gives the grower more time before any rots starts but because the Pisang Awak subgroup doesn't easily rot this isn't that important in this situation.
This is probably the last pup I'm getting from this mother plant, she was harvested a long time ago and she's been worked hard ever since.
Here's a pic of a nice offshoot I removed from her rhizome last year.
