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just j
03-04-2009, 11:31 PM
i have a bunch of corms laying in my basement i was wondering this might sound stupid but i always have wondered this can u cut a banana corm directly in half and soak it in rooting hormone or powder it full will it grow new roots and produce 2 of the same plant

Richard
03-05-2009, 12:00 AM
I've eyed it but not tried it.

Tog Tan
03-05-2009, 12:07 AM
Hi J, it is possible if;

1. The corm is healthy.
2. The growing condition is right.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15977><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=15978 border=0></a>

Incident # 1 : I was digging up a corm of the Musa violascens in the jungle and accidentally hacked off a small block of approx just 2 x 2 x 3 in. I kept it in a very small pot and after 3 mths, a new shoot came up.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15977><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=15977&size=1 border=0></a>
Incident # 2 : Another incident was similar with a Pisang Abu. A flake of the top of the corm came off with a size of only 1 in thick and 2 x 4 in surface just like an iPod. I didn't want to throw it away and left it on the top of a pot under full sun. It was not even buried in soil. It got wet every time I watered that pot. A shoot came up after 2 mths.

'Naners are the most amazing plant I have seen! :ha:

just j
03-05-2009, 12:18 AM
i think im gonna have to try this just to see what happens
if anyone else has done so id love to here about it

momoese
03-05-2009, 01:12 AM
Yes, been there done that and it works providing there are eyes like on a potato. This usually happens when you cut down a plant after harvesting it. The corm will grow eyes all over it within a few months. At that point you can cut the corm into several chunks, let the chunks with eyes dry/scab a bit and then pot them. It's not the ideal way of propagating but it does work.