uellee

Here are a couple pictures I just took. Let me know if you need any other information.

Thank you!

2woodensticks

looking like tall orinoco...are the stems between leaf and main trunk open,touching,slightly open..any color on edge of leaf stems

uellee

It looks like the leaf stems are mostly closed and I think the only color is some dead material. I would guess this is due to the cold weather as it is late in the season.

caliboy1994

Yeah, I'd say tall Orinoco too.

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Jose263

Yep -looks like my T orinoco. I
I'm probably going to lose the last two bunches that bloomed in Oct -We'e already had two frosts here. your leaves still look green. How high is the pstem?

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venturabananas

I'll jump on board, too. Orinoco.

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uellee

Jose263 - The p-stem on my largest plant is 9ft tall.

Last year I chopped every single stem down to about 6 inches above the ground and, coincidence or not, this is the first year of the 3 years I've been at my house that I've actually seen the banana plants produce.

I'm not too familiar with the annual maintenance required or how I can best help my plants to produce.

Jose263

We had a great winter and warm season for nanas this year. You can cut the pstems that bloomed. I usually leave aboput 3-4 feet of those stems some say the mat continues to get nourishment as it decomposes. If you have pstems that haven't bloomed try to keep as much height as you can and protect them from freezing this winter - if you can manage that you will have nanas in early summer - there are several posts in the cold hardy forum about putting your nanas to bed/sleep for the winter.

Good luck and happy growing.
Jose

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Abnshrek

I say leave it all and trim as necessary come spring.

I say Orinoco too.. :^)

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