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Old 01-28-2015, 03:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question What increases the girth of a banana?

Okay, so looking at my trees, I can see that as each leaf opens, it adds a little bit to the height by becoming part of the pstem. Does the stem itself increase its diameter with age like a tree as the mass of the plant increases?
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Old 01-28-2015, 04:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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yeah as the leaves come out they add to the diameter as well
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Awesome sauce! Thanks.
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some banana plants are just girthier than others. dwarf brazilian and praying hands seem to have more girth for me than some of the others i'm growing.
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Some of the Lady Fingers we use to cut when I was helping the father inlaw were huge, the size of a tree.
But they also were giving off good size bunches.
All needed propped up to help support the weight.

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Thanks for the info. I have Musa basjoo, and they are only an inch or so in diameter. I was just curious as to how they increase in girth as they get bigger.
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Okay, so looking at my trees, I can see that as each leaf opens, it adds a little bit to the height by becoming part of the pstem. Does the stem itself increase its diameter with age like a tree as the mass of the plant increases?
Yes the leaves are similar to rings on a tree, here is a photo for a non scientific comparison.
cut stem

Here is a post that is a good example of what to expect from your plant.
Read my posts in the thread.
It might answer some questions down the road.

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