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Old 11-30-2014, 09:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: What exactly does a banana stem do when it dies?

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Originally Posted by CGameProgrammer View Post
Obviously after fruiting that stem will soon die, but what does it do when it dies? Does it just fall over one day or does it slowly dry up and shrink down like the old leaves do?
Don't know I have never waited long enough to see. After the fruit has been harvested or what ever, the stem has had it. Just cut it down to the soil. By then you should have plenty of babies. Cut the babies off and leve the corm and see if it will sprout some more.
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