To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

Several of my bananas have multiple pups. I have searched and searched on line and have not gotten a definite answer, hoping not so much for a definite answer here, but atleast enough pro and con info to make my decision. I would like to remove the pups to keep the mother plant growing straight and keep the bananas as neat as possible. I would like to take the banana pups (1 st and 2nd from mother) and plant elsewhere along fence line after a bit in a container. Not a fan of the big mat look and also have more long wards space (if that makes sense) than wide space. Aside from the initial shock to the pup removed from the mother, will the mother be hurt? Once mother fruits I can remove from ground and start over, kinda like recycling different areas one plant at a time. I have read on one forum some do it for same reasons I am thinking, but some say it should not be done, that pups should not be removed from mother. Should I only transplant sword pups?

Thanks
Gio

Re: To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

fisherking73, your profile doesn't say where you are located (or what your name is :)) so I hope the following is useful. If not, feel free to PM or email.

Here's a guide I wrote awhile back: Banana Cultivation In Non-Tropical Climates

Re: To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

Hi I'm a grower we keep one sword pup and remove all other ones this won't shock the mother will make it grower better and bigger fruit. If u remove a pup make sure u remove properly and cut the head off the pup before u plant will throw new leaves out within weeks if warm weather only plant in spring or warm weather

Re: To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

...cut the head off the pup...
Do you mean the corm(Hersheys Kisses shaped)
with no petioles or leaves yet?
How much of the tip do you cut?

First time Ive read this.

Thanx.
Ritchy

Re: To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

1) Limiting root damage during pup removal will be critical. Other wise fruit production will suffer greatly.

2) Some varieties need to have pup(s) to provide anchoring and stability to the parent plant because the parent does not maintain enough roots after flowering and while the fruit is maturing. This is probably more of an issue away from the tropics, esp. with fall flowering plants that are overwintered.

Re: To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

It's pared at the 1 minute mark.

CULTIVO DEL PLATANO 2/4 - YouTube v

Re: To remove or not to remove pups for replanting purposes
 

Thanks. will follow up on the links posted. Name is Gio, down in South FLA