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Old 03-21-2011, 12:19 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: It's green and It's outgrowing the house!

That is definitely a tall banana plant! I would cut it back just enough for it to handle being indoors. I did that with my Ensete (mostly because of the aphids it had) and so far its still alive. Im not sure how it will do when it goes outside this summer, but with all the bugs its had, its definitely been an uphill battle for it. But the fact that it continues to grow after being cut down (for the 3rd time since it went inside) proves that bananas are very tolerant of this! Just make sure you dont cut it down when its about to flower or else it might now end up flowering. Yours looks like its definitely near a flowering size. Maybe you'll get a bloom this summer!
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