Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
I say leave 'em be. I would just wait until your fruit is done before doing too much hacking and slashing.
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Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
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Works for me.. just let nature take it's course... What do you think about the trail of water pups extending away from these two primaries/large ones? Btw - here's the latest one as of this morning: |
Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Btw, any idea what type of bananas these are based on the current photo?
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Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
My .02
Leave the large plants alone don’t disconnect anything that is blooming! Water pups? Or perhaps a new shoot from corms left in the ground after someone has cut down a stand of banana plants? TAKE A PICTURE and post it My thought on water pups is cut them away! Or at least that’s what I do. They have no corm and will take sometimes a complete season longer to produce fruit. Swords are real plants! just this morning saw a guy selling water pups on the side of the road here. People were walking away with them like they had gold in their hands! REMEMBER A PHOTO HELPS TO SEE whats what :-) |
Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
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Take you hand and flip dirt away at the base of the small plants in question see if they have a corm! You could very well have 3 more bananas growing there.. |
Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Agreed! I think those are not coming off your two main pstems, but are separate plants that were planted previous, or growing off of old corms.
Keep an eye on them, you may end up with more than one variety depending on what the previous owner had growing. And if they are all the same species, you look to be on your way to having a good mat to grow from! Good Luck! |
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As for suckers, I'm in the camp of any pup is a good pup, so I keep all of mine. However, this is an opinion open to much debate. |
Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
If you get time take another picture of the two large plants from far enough away to show all the plant top to bottom like 20 feet away . That way someone can tell if its a Plantain or a desert banana. But any one who can ID that will know from the flower.. I just grow them and eat them ha ha ha .. But all in all I think you in great shape.. gonna have lots of something there this summer. Id be looking into fertilizer :-) of some compost . Or some cow poopie..
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Re: Where to go from here? Banana noob. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Likes others have said I wouldn't cut any of them. The two 1-2 footers to the left of the flower pot are definatly not water suckers off the two large plants. I'd let the two large plants fruit and then cut them down after you harvest. Some good compost lightly mixed in to the soil and some mulch on top will help them along. Have fun!
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