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Originally Posted by RandyGHO
I think I will in general, not have a permanent mat. I will pull a large pup and replant in a new location then rejuvenate the old planting mat after fruiting.
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There is one advantage to having a permanent mat, and that is that pups attached to a mother plant produce fruit a bit faster than pups that have been separated. In "banana speak" the "ratoon crops" are normally faster and somewhat more productive than the "plant crop", which makes sense because the attached pups can use energy from the mother corm to grow faster.