Mhende

Sitting on the front porch sipping a cold drink searching the web for an answer to my question. So far, no luck.

I have 2 dwarf cavs that I bought at local nursery. Each plant 2-3 years old in pot busting at the seams. Pots are full of babies. Separated them all and now all those have babies. The larger 2 of the originals are growing but not very fast but are pupping like mad. Would it be beneficial to remove most pups so parent plant can grow or is it ok to leave them together until babies are large enough to safely separate. What would produce best growth for original plant?

Thanks much for any and all info.

Mike

crazy banana

The easiest answer: take them out of the pots and plant them in the ground.

Mhende

With or without all the babies attached?

Mike

Kat2

I'm by no means an expert but I would dig a mighty hole (at least 2x bigger than the pot), amend it with compost or some rich soil and plant the entire package. Water well and let them grow.

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Mhende

Thank you both..I plan to put several naners in the ground this year and am hoping for the best.

Mike

crazy banana

Most people probably would recommend to reduce the number of pups to two or three followers. I personally suck doing that. My banana mats are way too big. But sometimes it can also be beneficial if you want to increase the corm mass. So having said that, for now I would probably just plant it in the ground with pups like Kat said and see how it will do.