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Old 09-12-2009, 12:57 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: To Cut the Rachis or Not, That is the Question

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I'm still considered a newbie but I believe I was told to wait until you have 8-10 inches before you cut. I guess it can die when you cut it and it will travel back up towards the bananas and sometimes the bottome bunches end up being affected and dying too...I think????
Hmmm....very interesting. This sounds like 'retrograde degeneration' we learned about in neuroanatomy. Basically, when nerves are damaged, components of the dead tissue cause adjacent tissue to degenerate and die. So I would say this would at least make sense with bananas.
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