Before frost I dug up this large banana plant, I knew the frost would kill it and protecting from the cold by cutting it down I feared would be a flop. So I dug it up and put it in the greenhouse, the greenhouse was not high enough so I lay them sideways, how can it hurt to try if it would have died anyway? and just perchance it might make its fruit. The greenhouse got down to low 40s on really cold nights, one day recently I decided to chop of the top of the plant so that it fits and plant it beside the stove where I had another plant that was doing great down there.
This is now that picture, the interesting thing was the stem I left sticking out turned at the angle it was when I had layed it sideways, even tho it was straight when I cut it!
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picture taken 12-30-18
After a few days I started messing with the leaf that was coming out and found out the center was rotten shortly below the leaf that was coming out, so I thought "I guess I'll have to cut it down till I find a healthy middle"
I got out my knife and cut it down carefully about a 1 1/2 feet. the next day I started chopping slowly away inch by inch so if there was a flower there I would not cut into it. but sometimes I got tired and would cut 1/2 foot sections. I was about at 3 foot off the floor when I did that once and as I peeled away the trunk I saw pink "Flower!" but I had cut the into the bulb
As you can see it was a choke, I thought "well its just an experiment we'll see what happens"
So here is the picture how it looked the day I cut into it, now all I am going to do is wait and see what happens.
It's already been growing since this picture, I'll keep it updated what happens with it.
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picture taken 1-11-19