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Originally Posted by Kalabrian
Pitangadiego, what I cannot understand is in which terms this is useful. In fact, if a plant fruits and one cuts the pseudo-stem, these eyes in the roots will not become pups anyway which sprout from the ground also if they are not divided?
And moreover, if I need the corm of a plant to do this operation I have to take the corm of a plant which fruited already. But in this way will not I damage the pups attached to the plant?
Thanks
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I know I'm not pitangadiego, but I most certainly can answer this one.
a) remove the pups that are already attached to the corm, that will stimulate THEM to grow new roots, put the energy into making new corm and eventually also stimulate them to make another pups earlier
b) you can do this with
any plant,
not only those that flowered. It is only done with those that had flowered already, because the people in the plantains don't want to lose large numbers of bunches.
c) Not all the eyes that you see there would normally grow to pups. They would be timed out, so that each time only one or a few will pup.
Cutting the corm will also cut their source of photosynthesis (it will cut it from dying motherplant and rising new pup that should replace mother)
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Originally Posted by jmoore
Can ensetes be propagated this way? Does the plant have to have flowered?
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It is Ensetes that are primarily propagated like this. The corm of an Ensete is an especially delicious and traditional food in Africa as well.
And ewitte:
Finally, against ants: Brute force only, dig in, remove the living tissue, pour boiling water into the nest, than make the sourounding area either too acidic or too salty. Let it stay like that and make it into the contrary environment in 1 hour. After that, the pH should return back in a week or so. If you don't want to wait, you can always fasten the process.