Orinoco time to bloom, fruiting and average life expectantcy
 

I know that once a banana blooms they usually die at least that p-stem does and I know that there is a relationhip between how many leaves a plant has produced and when it blooms. Also the leaf production is directly related to environmental conditions, so what happens with a Orinoco that is close to the leaf requirement count has cold weather burn the leaves and then the next spring it sets just two or three leaves before blooming? Would the plant have any chance of producing edible fruit or would they be stunted and probably just bloom with no fruit set?

Thanks Charles

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Re: Orinoco time to bloom, fruiting and average life expectantcy
 

Sunfish,
I read that post and if I interpreted it right the success was predicated by the presence of healthy pups some large enough to set bloom themselves. So what would happen absent the pups? I guess that also promotes leaving the pups attached and allowing mats to form.

Thanks,

Re: Orinoco time to bloom, fruiting and average life expectantcy
 

I don't know if the pups had anything to do with the fruit maturing. I thought pups were removed because they take from the mother plant not add to it.

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Sunfish,
The way I was reading, it was the attached pup that was supporting the dying p-stem since from the pictures it could not make food from it's condition but maybe once it fruits all it needs is a root to mature the fruit. I certainly don't know.

Thanks Charles

Re: Orinoco time to bloom, fruiting and average life expectantcy
 

This happened to me with my Ice Cream, it only have 2.5 leafs and flowered right after winter. The bunch never plumped up that good, then the fruits got black spots till they turned black and soft. I just cut it down and threw it to the worms.

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Worm Farmer was it a single P-stem or were there pups present?