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Old 05-14-2009, 03:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by momoese View Post
As for the leaves touching power wires I don't worry about it at all. Now if the P-stem (trunk) is touching then you have a problem. Lmk if you want to see the garden and maybe take some pups home.

Oh, Reds will loose their leaves and or at minimum turn yellow and look ugly during winter here, but I've never lost a plant completely and the fruit is amazing!
Yup, that is indeed the problem. They grow taller than the power line and then when they flower I can end up with the whole big bunch of bananas hanging hooked over the line! So that one clump will have to go.

Dwarf Reds sound like a possibility, then...
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