just j

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

I've eyed it but not tried it.

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Tog Tan

Hi J, it is possible if;

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



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.


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!

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just j

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

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.