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TNAndy
06-03-2014, 07:32 AM
I've got a Super Dwarf Cavendish in a 24 inch diameter pot. The original pup I planted flowered, fruited, (HOORAY!!!) and now the flower stalk has died back to the top of the pseudo-stem. There are three or four green leaves remaining, but they are slowly turning brown, too. (I realize this is normal.)
It took a couple of years to flower and fruit. During that time numerous other pups sprouted around it. One pup has grown into a full-sized tree (well, as full sized as SDC gets, anyway). A couple more are a foot tall or so; the rest are much shorter. The few remaining leaves on the old pstem are shading some of these pups.
My question is, will those green leaves contribute anything to the root mat or is that old corm over and done? Are those shading leaves doing more harm than good? Should I cut the original stalk or leave it there until it dies of its own accord?
kubali
06-03-2014, 08:13 AM
I've got a Super Dwarf Cavendish in a 24 inch diameter pot. The original pup I planted flowered, fruited, (HOORAY!!!) and now the flower stalk has died back to the top of the pseudo-stem. There are three or four green leaves remaining, but they are slowly turning brown, too. (I realize this is normal.)
It took a couple of years to flower and fruit. During that time numerous other pups sprouted around it. One pup has grown into a full-sized tree (well, as full sized as SDC gets, anyway). A couple more are a foot tall or so; the rest are much shorter. The few remaining leaves on the old pstem are shading some of these pups.
My question is, will those green leaves contribute anything to the root mat or is that old corm over and done? Are those shading leaves doing more harm than good? Should I cut the original stalk or leave it there until it dies of its own accord?
if it was me I would cut it down and make compost out of it,i mean it will die own it own soon anyway...
Abnshrek
06-03-2014, 08:24 AM
If you decide to separate the pups keep a portion of the mother corm attached to each one if possible.. :^)
TNAndy
06-03-2014, 01:26 PM
If you decide to separate the pups keep a portion of the mother corm attached to each one if possible.. :^)
Oh. I was only considering whether to cut the stalk. I'm not doing anything with (most of) the pups. (I'm going to cut one out that's in a tight spot next to the edge of the pot, then repot it for propagation purposes.) My only question is whether it is more beneficial to the pups to leave the green leaves of an old stalk (because they derive energy from the mother plant) or cut the stalk so the pups get more sunlight.
The corm is the ground level to underground part, right? The area where the leaf stems connect? I wasn't thinking about cutting into that... certainly not digging it out.
Olafhenny
06-03-2014, 04:54 PM
I tend to agree with Richard, who once said: "A green leaf is a solar panel."
Thus I would leave the leaves, where they are, until the wilt on their own.
Good luck,
Olaf
TNAndy
06-09-2014, 08:29 AM
if it was me I would cut it down and make compost out of it,i mean it will die own it own soon anyway...
I tend to agree with Richard, who once said: "A green leaf is a solar panel."
Thus I would leave the leaves, where they are, until the wilt on their own.
Good luck,
Olaf
OK. By my count, that's 1 vote for cutting the bloomed-out pstem and 1 vote for leaving it be.
I'd like to encourage MANY, MANY MORE responses so I can see if there is a consensus one way or the other. PLEASE CHIME IN, FOLKS!!!!!
Duckfood
06-09-2014, 09:38 AM
I would agree with what Olaf said about Richard's comment... Leave it for a while...
Olafhenny
06-09-2014, 09:44 AM
OK. By my count, that's 1 vote for cutting the bloomed-out pstem and 1 vote for leaving it be.
I'd like to encourage MANY, MANY MORE responses so I can see if there is a consensus one way or the other. PLEASE CHIME IN, FOLKS!!!!!
Meanwhile I am going to have it "my way". You will have to leave them, until you
decide not to cut them off. :ha:
Have a nice day!
Olaf
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