To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
Several of my bananas have multiple pups. I have searched and searched on line and have not gotten a definite answer, hoping not so much for a definite answer here, but atleast enough pro and con info to make my decision. I would like to remove the pups to keep the mother plant growing straight and keep the bananas as neat as possible. I would like to take the banana pups (1 st and 2nd from mother) and plant elsewhere along fence line after a bit in a container. Not a fan of the big mat look and also have more long wards space (if that makes sense) than wide space. Aside from the initial shock to the pup removed from the mother, will the mother be hurt? Once mother fruits I can remove from ground and start over, kinda like recycling different areas one plant at a time. I have read on one forum some do it for same reasons I am thinking, but some say it should not be done, that pups should not be removed from mother. Should I only transplant sword pups?
Thanks
Gio
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