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JustAGuy
02-28-2017, 09:43 PM
My unknown banana flowered in November, bad timing. It formed some baby bananas, size of a finger about and they were destroyed by the winter weather. The main stem looks okay.

Should I just cut the flowering part off? Will the same stem flower again?

Just cut the whole thing down and let one of the pups take over?

Was the first time my banana flowered.
Thanks

JP
02-28-2017, 10:42 PM
I would cut it down.

Tytaylor77
02-28-2017, 10:55 PM
Cut the whole flowering pstem down to the ground. It will not grow anymore. It last job will be mulch for the new pups.

edwmax
03-01-2017, 07:20 AM
The pstem is spent when it flowered. It would normally keep growing to support the banana bunch until they ripen, then die. There is no bunch, so cut it down to encourage new growth with the pups.