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Once one specific mat has established you can clearly see that height is a good predictor of flowering. Also you can keep and eye out and watch the trunk swell. Trunk swelling is a noticeable change also not near as good a indicator as height but still it occurs. I never counted leaves produced and I think it might be different on a PUP taken from a corm over a TC. But I too have read it's about 42 – 44 leaves produced ..
Then different plants will act differently in same area.. I have a silly banana plant here that after 5 maybe 6 years it decided to flower.. It looks like “itchy brother” the fruit is sparse and has 4 hands.. Im not complaining but I'm not going to continue to grow it ! After this fruiting is done so it that plant !
It's next to my best producer (apple) and it gets all kinds of care

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