Should I just cut it?

ASerkes · 10-20-2023, 04:20 PM

I've had this Musa Acuminata Zebrina since April 2022. I repotted it once in Nov. of 2022 as it had clearly outgrown its original pot. My ceilings are 10 feet and the new leaves keep getting bent and folded as they emerge. Should I just allow it to keep going or should I cut it back by 5 feet or so? It seems that once they are cut back new leaves will grow from the cut. It looks like it's also growing a pup again. I removed one when I repotted it in Nov 2022.

It is also leaning quite a bit. I had been rotating it in 2022 but the leaves go too big to continue rotating in 2023. It was leaning before I stopped though.

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Jeff zone 8 N.C. · 10-20-2023, 05:00 PM

If you do not have an outside place to plant where it can grow then it looks like you will need to cut it.

sirdoofus · 10-21-2023, 02:49 AM

That’s a great looking plant. I am assuming that has been, and will continue to be, it’s permanent home?

Petey · 10-21-2023, 01:13 PM

I've been thinking about the same kind of thing — I just moved my probable namwa inside and it's a little too tall to be getting light from the windows, but I haven't wanted to cut it yet. Maybe I will next spring when I move it back outside.

10-20-2023, 04:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
ASerkes Join Date: Oct 2023 Posts: 3 BananaBucks : 880 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Should I just cut it? I've had this Musa Acuminata Zebrina since April 2022. I repotted it once in Nov. of 2022 as it had clearly outgrown its original pot. My ceilings are 10 feet and the new leaves keep getting bent and folded as they emerge. Should I just allow it to keep going or should I cut it back by 5 feet or so? It seems that once they are cut back new leaves will grow from the cut. It looks like it's also growing a pup again. I removed one when I repotted it in Nov 2022. It is also leaning quite a bit. I had been rotating it in 2022 but the leaves go too big to continue rotating in 2023. It was leaning before I stopped though. [IMG][Banana Gallery - Musa Acuminata Zebrina http://www.bananas.org/gallery/water...&filefix=.jpg] (credit [Bananas.org - View Profile: ASerkes ASerkes])[/IMG] [Banana Gallery - Musa Acuminata Zebrina http://www.bananas.org/gallery/water...&filefix=.jpg] (credit [Bananas.org - View Profile: ASerkes ASerkes])

10-20-2023, 05:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jeff zone 8 N.C. Junior Member Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 252 BananaBucks : 9,096 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 579 Times Was Thanked 494 Times in 226 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 26 Times	Re: Should I just cut it? If you do not have an outside place to plant where it can grow then it looks like you will need to cut it.

10-21-2023, 02:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
sirdoofus Location: Central Vancouver Island, BC Canada Find me on the map! Zone: AgCan 7b, USDA 6b Name: Mike Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,088 BananaBucks : 29,479 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,215 Times Was Thanked 1,272 Times in 633 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 98 Times	Re: Should I just cut it? That’s a great looking plant. I am assuming that has been, and will continue to be, it’s permanent home? __________________ Who keeps calling me nuts??

10-21-2023, 01:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Petey Location: boston/NH Zone: 6b/5a Join Date: May 2021 Posts: 58 BananaBucks : 19,389 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 13 Times Was Thanked 104 Times in 37 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Should I just cut it? I've been thinking about the same kind of thing — I just moved my probable namwa inside and it's a little too tall to be getting light from the windows, but I haven't wanted to cut it yet. Maybe I will next spring when I move it back outside.

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