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trauts14
07-29-2009, 03:36 PM
can anyone provide a link from bananas.org that has pics of what a banana plant will look like just before the flowers come out? i don't know what to look for.
sunfish
07-29-2009, 04:46 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18850&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18850&ppuser=2868)
You will see a flag leaf. The small leaf in the photo.
Patty in Wisc
07-29-2009, 05:59 PM
I also heard that the Pstem swells esp at the base.
sunfish
07-29-2009, 06:05 PM
Also a smaller leaf than usual before the flag leaf
Simply Bananas
07-29-2009, 07:00 PM
I noticed in my Ice Cream that the midrib is more red prior to the flag leaf. I call it a signal leaf.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19628&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19628&ppuser=226)
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