Originally Posted by Rtbeebe

I have had a banana plant for going on three years. It had put out one pup last year, that I detached and repotted, and is putting out another this spring. This plant has never flowered or fruited. 1) What is the life of a banana plant and 2) should I leave the pups in the same pot or transplant to another for maximum growth? Don't know what kind of banana plant it is. It has just regular green leaves that are not "attached" and it never got taller than 5 feet.