What would you do with a huge mat ? Is it feasable to cut off all the younger plants and leave the one or two largest ? I have a big IC and would like to save the largest in hopes that it'll bloom early next year . The mat is way too big to move in one peice . Would it be wiser to divide the corm and is it too late to do so ?
Thanks
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Originally Posted by bigdog
Hi Joe,
The only trick that I've found to work is to just plant hoards of bananas, and maybe one or two will bloom at the right time  ! Of course, my fruiters don't stay in the ground either. I also like to have the biggest corm possible, so I haven't been separating any pups recently. Makes it a bit more difficult to dig and store, but the rewards are great. A trick that I've heard of, and that I may try this Spring, is to spray gibberellic acid on plants that are close to blooming. Supposedly gibberellin stimulates plants to bloom early. I also may try some bloom booster fertilizer on a couple of plants. If all of that fails, I plan on yelling and screaming at my plants to hurry up and bloom! |