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ronke · 10-16-2018, 11:48 PM

Over the past nine months, while I have been waiting for my Gros Michel bananas to ripen, I have been reluctant to remove pups from the mother plant. I have removed pups from the pups and given them away; but now that I have finally harvested the big bunch of 'nanas, I am staring at a dense mat that I really need to thin out (some pups are leaning across the fence into the yard of the neighbors who already hate me)

The biggest pup (15' tall) I will of course leave. I will probably leave one of the smaller pups as well. But that gives me at least half a dozen pups, one maybe 10' tall another 8' plus several of a more manageable size. I don't expect to be able to successfully transplant the monsters... but how -- short of dynamite -- do I get them out? What happens if I just level them with my Sawz-all and leave the roots? Do I risk disease? Thanks all for any advice.

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ronke Location: Santa Monica/LA border Find me on the map! Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 88 BananaBucks : 13,065 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 20 Times Was Thanked 124 Times in 45 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	How to Remove Really Big Pups Over the past nine months, while I have been waiting for my Gros Michel bananas to ripen, I have been reluctant to remove pups from the mother plant. I have removed pups from the pups and given them away; but now that I have finally harvested the big bunch of 'nanas, I am staring at a dense mat that I really need to thin out (some pups are leaning across the fence into the yard of the neighbors who already hate me) The biggest pup (15' tall) I will of course leave. I will probably leave one of the smaller pups as well. But that gives me at least half a dozen pups, one maybe 10' tall another 8' plus several of a more manageable size. I don't expect to be able to successfully transplant the monsters... but how -- short of dynamite -- do I get them out? What happens if I just level them with my Sawz-all and leave the roots? Do I risk disease? Thanks all for any advice.