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Sammie
10-08-2014, 12:53 PM
I have three banana plants shooting their flower heads now. Sweetheart, Dwarf Brazilian and Dwarf Namwah. Their flowers are all hanging to the SSW direction. Is that the norm?

Abnshrek
10-08-2014, 12:56 PM
They flower the Direction away from the Mother plant or away from the cut from the mother thus when planting a pup you can orient the plant initially so you know where the fruit is going to go (like not over your fence onto neighbors property).. :^)

Nicolas Naranja
10-08-2014, 04:14 PM
Know here is the big mystery...which way do the flowers come from TC plants

scottu
10-09-2014, 03:18 PM
You can flip them to the opposite direction if you need to.

Abnshrek
10-09-2014, 03:27 PM
I always mark my pots when potting up a pup the opposite side of the cut so I know how to orient the pot before I put it in the ground.. In a pot you can always spin it.. :^)

2woodensticks
10-10-2014, 08:36 AM
mine always start to lean before they flower..i have one going west now,my praying hands went north and south and my ice cream went east...

Dplaza
10-11-2014, 10:01 AM
They flower the Direction away from the Mother plant or away from the cut from the mother thus when planting a pup you can orient the plant initially so you know where the fruit is going to go (like not over your fence onto neighbors property).. :^)


Thanks for sharing, I had did not know this. I used to just plant or pot them up, but now I will mark the direction and consider this first!