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Ripsaw · 09-16-2017, 02:27 PM

Hi, I used to live in Mulberry, Polk, FL. Nice looking naners before Irma. I now live in SW Florida and am happy that I did not get the storm surge of 20' forecast for my neighborhood. I get a lot of wind damage here and lost my mango tree (so sad!) which just had a bumper crop of fruit.

Anyway, my opinion is to leave those fruiting plants alone, especially the one leaning on the fence. Cut the bunch as you would normally when it plumps up. I get a lot of wind damage here and just try to prop the stalks up when this happens Usually am successful at getting the bananas.

As for the any of the plants that have not fruited, cut them just under the the bend. They will send up more stalks and should survive. I cut mine broken plants two days ago and they already have one to 3 inch stalks coming out of the center. I will try to send a photo later.

Hope this helps. Ask your neighbor not to bother the plants and be happy to share some fruit with them. Good luck!

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Ripsaw RipsawFF Location: SW Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Ripsaw Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 47 BananaBucks : 3,434 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 115 Times Was Thanked 71 Times in 35 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 4 Times	Re: Hurricane Irma Damage Hi, I used to live in Mulberry, Polk, FL. Nice looking naners before Irma. I now live in SW Florida and am happy that I did not get the storm surge of 20' forecast for my neighborhood. I get a lot of wind damage here and lost my mango tree (so sad!) which just had a bumper crop of fruit. Anyway, my opinion is to leave those fruiting plants alone, especially the one leaning on the fence. Cut the bunch as you would normally when it plumps up. I get a lot of wind damage here and just try to prop the stalks up when this happens Usually am successful at getting the bananas. As for the any of the plants that have not fruited, cut them just under the the bend. They will send up more stalks and should survive. I cut mine broken plants two days ago and they already have one to 3 inch stalks coming out of the center. I will try to send a photo later. Hope this helps. Ask your neighbor not to bother the plants and be happy to share some fruit with them. Good luck! Last edited by Ripsaw : 09-16-2017 at 02:51 PM.