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Originally Posted by Jack Daw
Wow, those leaves are just massive. You must have really slow winds, because they are not shreaded too much.
Good luck on the flower, any chance of surviving the winter? (I mean bunch)
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these leaves seem thicker than any plant i have. they are slow to tear the leaves are thicker shorter and broad. i have a taller banana plant which will tear like tissue paper untill it dries. its probably because the leaves are thinner and longer. they dont really shread like pics i have seen on the net.
as for fruit,my bunch probably wont ripen. usually people in the middle ga area harvest bananas as late as mid november.depending on when we get a hard frost.
this one got a late start because i probably did more harm than good by wrapping it. i had to chop it so low. maybe this time i will cover the top of the p stem not just wrap the sides. maybe the cold wet snow or rain wont get in and rot it out. if i can root the stalk that i separated, i want to experiment with it. last year i had to root the pup i separated from this plant..pups have little or no roots..just get enough corm for the pup to survive and grow roots.