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Bananagardendreamboy · 09-03-2020, 07:29 PM

I don’t have a place in the yard ready to put my pups in the ground, I’m working on preparing some areas. But I have had to get some of the pups off my dwarf cavendish and namwahs. The 3 water suckers I potted up with roots and a tiny bit of corm immediately after digging up. They did great! I dug up 2 namwah pups and a DC pup a week or so ago. I let them sit in the garage for about 6 hours before potting. I rinsed them off around the corm and the old dirt (I think that was a mistake) and I potted them up with the damaged corm side out without dirt on it. After a few days I covered them fully with dirt. The two namwahs look fine barely stressed. The DC rotted quick and I didn’t protect if from all the rain we got. The main plant had a new leaf but totally brown and I peeled a couple leaves off, brown underneath. But the corm has little pups going so it’s not all a loss.

Last night I dug up two DC off a plant I think will fruit in the near future and one big namwah. They’ve been sitting in a bin in the shade for a little over 24 hours to “dry out” because I’m scared that cut section will rot if I pot them up. In the future when I have some more areas tilled up and ready for bananas I’ll put them in the ground immediately I never have issues when I do that.

I’m just curious what you guys do if you can’t plant them into the ground right away. I see a common method is to let them dry out for a couple days and clip all the leaves but one. Also do certain species of pups propagate better than others for you?

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Bananagardendreamboy Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 82 BananaBucks : 20,168 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 12 Times Was Thanked 54 Times in 37 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Do you let your pups “dry out” before potting? I don’t have a place in the yard ready to put my pups in the ground, I’m working on preparing some areas. But I have had to get some of the pups off my dwarf cavendish and namwahs. The 3 water suckers I potted up with roots and a tiny bit of corm immediately after digging up. They did great! I dug up 2 namwah pups and a DC pup a week or so ago. I let them sit in the garage for about 6 hours before potting. I rinsed them off around the corm and the old dirt (I think that was a mistake) and I potted them up with the damaged corm side out without dirt on it. After a few days I covered them fully with dirt. The two namwahs look fine barely stressed. The DC rotted quick and I didn’t protect if from all the rain we got. The main plant had a new leaf but totally brown and I peeled a couple leaves off, brown underneath. But the corm has little pups going so it’s not all a loss. Last night I dug up two DC off a plant I think will fruit in the near future and one big namwah. They’ve been sitting in a bin in the shade for a little over 24 hours to “dry out” because I’m scared that cut section will rot if I pot them up. In the future when I have some more areas tilled up and ready for bananas I’ll put them in the ground immediately I never have issues when I do that. I’m just curious what you guys do if you can’t plant them into the ground right away. I see a common method is to let them dry out for a couple days and clip all the leaves but one. Also do certain species of pups propagate better than others for you?