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Originally Posted by lorax
Corm division in the manner described above is also what is done on the large plantations here with Gran Nain and Cavendish, to rapidly get new pups after the mother plant has fruited out. I've found that with a mature corm about the size of a football (soccer ball for you Nortamericanos) I can get between 6 and 8 pups with this method, where the plant would normally only throw 2 or 3 if I just let it be.
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Yep, it's primarily used in South American plantains, no offence, but I think that Central American are little bit more advanced than this.
Kalabrian, this confirms it, when you cut the corm, you force ALL the eyes to form a pup. If you let it be, only few/little will wake up! That's why.
