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Old 08-25-2005, 07:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Need advice on pup management...

Some varieties do not care if you take the pups or not, their yields are not affected. But most cavendish types are really sensitive to overcrowding. Lacatan for example will bear succeedingly smaller bunches of fruits if not thinned out.

Another important thing is that if your clump is nearby other clumps. If for example your friend has a single banana clump in their entire yard and is not being crowded by other bananas or fruit trees or shaded out, then I don't see those bananas yield smaller bunches.
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