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Originally Posted by Anekin007
Not in the case of my namwah. Fruit bunch will be depends on stalk size/thickness. The bigger, thicker stalk will have more bananas in the bunch. I have 15 in here, not counting the ones I already took out. I took out 10 this year and still have more continuing to pop up. I’m about to get my 8th flower this year in this bunch. Late bloomers doesn’t mean less bananas. It’s the size of the stalk. My biggest one I counted atleast 100 bananas. It was my 4th flower.
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How long have you been growing it?
I agree that regardless of how many pseudostems you have in a mat, the bigger ones will make bigger bunches. The trick is keeping big ones coming when you allow mats to get and stay big for long periods of time. Generally they get smaller as the years pass, because the fertilizer and water needs are big for a big mat, and there is competition for light, nutrients, and water among the different pseudostems. Also, for many (most?) varieties, the new pseudostems emerge higher and higher and so are not well rooted in the ground and get unstable.
So, for me at least, limiting the number of pseudostems per mat is helpful. And I know some people are way more ruthless about limiting the number of stems per mat. But do what works for you!