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![]() has anyone tried cutting the stalk of a banana with fruit and move it indoors in a bucket of water so what energy is left will go to the fruit will so it will finish a women at local nursery says she does it every year and it works for her. has anyone here tried this when it gets cold.
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![]() I've never tried it, but I doubt it would work. I've had bunches fail to fill due to leaf loss.
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![]() I don't doubt that what she did worked, but I think there is a misinterpretation of what was going on. The fruit will ripen after it is cut, almost regardless of the maturity. If the bunch is put into a bucket of water, it would still ripen and "finish", but it will not get any larger, and I doubt that it would act any different from if you didn't put it in water.
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![]() Yeah, I'm in agreement with the others....I don't know that this would work very well. I think Gabe hit the nail on the head....the fruit probably would have ripened if just cut (without the water), but wouldn't get any larger.
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