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rscotth
07-08-2009, 01:28 PM
I was reading an eHow on how to grow bananas and they mention not eating bananas from a tree until the third time the tree produces.
What is the logic behind this?

How to Grow a Banana Tree | eHow.com (http://www.ehow.com/how_2111811_grow-banana-tree.html)

RSH

Lagniappe
07-08-2009, 01:40 PM
Oye!
That article is silly.

lorax
07-08-2009, 02:19 PM
That's very silly - banana plants fruit once only before they die...

Patty in Wisc
07-08-2009, 03:01 PM
How come none of us knew that we can plant a leaf to grow a tree? And, don't forget to add sand to the soil to help hold water!

browndrake
07-08-2009, 03:04 PM
think of all the money we could save...not having to buy pups and tcs. And that sand...maybe that is why the nana I rescued from the grocer yesterday was doing so poorly...(it was way over watered)...maybe they had too much sand holding the water...
no..wait..there was no sand.

aaron

stumpy4700
07-08-2009, 03:05 PM
It only takes about 10 minutes in this forum to realize that the only thing that they said correct is that it needs water......sheeeez they'll post anything on the net!!!!!

Gabe15
07-08-2009, 03:11 PM
Agreed, disregard everything in that article, the logic is, there is no logic....

Patty in Wisc
07-08-2009, 03:19 PM
I'm tempted to sign up there so I can post a comment. Put that author to shame LOL.

LilRaverBoi
07-09-2009, 02:56 AM
LMFAO....wow. Really? Well I guess I've been doing it wrong for all these years! Thanks for the great info! I'm gonna plant some leaves tomorrow! LOL....sorry for the facetiousness. Yeah, that article is total bogus crap....disregard 95% of what it says.

Like Beth said, banana plants fruit once, then die back to the ground. And there is no reason why you can't eat fruit from any age plant you can get to produce....well, unless it's an ensete and you enjoy biting down on seeds! :ha:

ArchAngeL01
07-09-2009, 05:30 PM
i think its a religious thing-to wait till the third harvest b4 you harvest any tree for some reason

lorax
07-09-2009, 05:37 PM
Yes, but in this case it's clearly absurd. You'd never harvest any fruit at all.

alexizhere19
07-09-2009, 05:39 PM
I wonder how many people have read this and tried it. LOL. I wish we could direct people to informational sites such as this one without having them see this crap. But seriously, I don't believe this guy has a clue about plants period based on the sand holds water comment. But hey, maybe we could root some AE AE leaves and spread the joy.

alex