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PeteMoss
05-28-2020, 05:52 PM
Hi! I have a dwarf cavendish with two pups sprouting. The main plant is like 8 or 9 inches high excluding the new leaf unrolling, and each pup is maybe an inch or two. I couldn't really find much about pup removal for plants this small.

I would like to save the pups and start new plants, is it too soon to remove them? how big should the mother and pups be before doing so?

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Iowa
05-28-2020, 06:10 PM
I would let them grow a little more. Next time you put it in a larger pot if they have some roots, it would be easy to separate the pups with it out of the pot.

PeteMoss
05-28-2020, 06:44 PM
I would let them grow a little more. Next time you put it in a larger pot if they have some roots, it would be easy to separate the pups with it out of the pot.

That's what I was thinking... which leads me to my next question: how do i know when to repot? this thing puts out a new leaf every week or faster. biggest size i have on hand is 2gal. I know with palms you don't wanna go too big, but those also don't grow as fast.

EDIT: it's in ~1/2 gallon right now

Iowa
05-28-2020, 07:05 PM
When I get to it sometimes on my plants. If it's not growing out of the pot or too large and blowing over it's good. I take some of mine out of a gal pot and put in the ground, that's the biggest pot I can find.