Bananaman88

I had almost the same situation today as Jarred...two pseudostems almost exactly the same size (about 8-9'), though neither blooming yet, with about 4 pups. The pups varied in size from one just poking through the mulch, to one about 1' tall, one about 3', and the last about 4'. I decided that I needed to remove some of the pups to facilitate (I hope) blooming and fruiting. I left the two large pseudostems and removed all pups with the exception of the one barely poking through and the 3-footer, mostly because I was trying to take into consideration where it was growing and whether I wanted my big banana next year to be closer to the house or closer to the lawn. I removed them with as little roots as possible so as not to disturb "Mom" too much. I am donating them to a horticulturist friend of mine at the Houston Zoo tomorrow. Hopefully I will see bloom within the next couple of weeks. We don't normally see frost here until sometime near Christmas but temps do cool and slow the growth of my bananas before that. So, if I'm going to get fruit before it cools off I really need my nanners to get with it!