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Originally Posted by 51st state
Can anyone suggest a way to promote pupping in Ensete (hormones perhaps?).
I just can't bear to risk my Montbelliardii with 'the chop'.
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In Musa, if you chop the meristem it will encourage the growth of the other meristems that are already there around the corm (axillary buds). With Ensete they only have one meristem with no axillary buds, so it can only attempt to regenerate itself, there are no other buds to take its place. When an Ensete "suckers" by force, its a different thing happening than when Musa do it, its not true suckering like in Musa. So an Ensete can't sucker without having the meristem damaged first.
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Originally Posted by larry
When a banana plant has a pup (Correct terminolgy?) what do you do with it, do you dig it up and replant elsewhere or what?
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Yes, they are used for propagation.
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