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Old 07-15-2008, 08:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I transplanted these two musa basjoo from another location in my yard into this new bed last week, and today I noticed these two things that look like pups growing next to the banana. Looks like the leaves unfurl from the center like bananas, but the main plant is only 1 ft tall so I'm wondering how it would be pupping already. Let me know what you think.
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Old 07-15-2008, 08:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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thats just some grass.
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hehehehhhheehehehe Gabe!!!
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thats just some grass.
I've never seen grass unfurl leaves from the center.
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I transplanted these two musa basjoo from another location in my yard into this new bed last week, and today I noticed these two things that look like pups growing next to the banana. Looks like the leaves unfurl from the center like bananas, but the main plant is only 1 ft tall so I'm wondering how it would be pupping already. Let me know what you think.
Lose any banana seeds lately?
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I've never seen grass unfurl leaves from the center.
common trait of most monocots.
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Looks like a nice crop of corn - not corm.
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Looks like a nice crop of corn - not corm.
Wouldn't doubt it....have a bird feeder around? Problem solved...
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Let it grow little more and see what it does, worst thing you'll pull a big weed!
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Default Re: Pups or weeds?
Two of them nearer the mother look like pups to me but the one's in the background look like grass. I have many banana plants smaller than yours that are producing pups so I wouldn't be suprised if thats what they are.
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Old 07-16-2008, 06:13 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Pups or weeds?
Did you remove any cannas from this bed recently? Almost looks like cannas to me. Any little portion of canna tuber left in the ground usually resprouts.
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I agree with Pitangdiego, I'm betting they are corn plants.
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My bet's on some type of bulb, or canna seeds sprouting.
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looks like we have the makings of a new contest !
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I sayyyyyy ~CANNA~
(small voice)..........might be nanna though
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Old 07-16-2008, 11:57 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Do you have any Johnson grass up there? Sometimes we are hesitant to pull a weed in our corn patch as it'll be a look a like for awhile.
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I think its grass or so
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How could it be a canna? Canna veins run like a bananas, going outwards. Corn run down the length of the leaf, as yours shows.

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I'm going crab grass
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looks like cannas to me too.
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