Re: banana bloom ?

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] banana bloom ?
• From: David Franzman d*@pacbell.net
• Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:01:06 -0800
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Well I know Jim knows more than I but I've heard you can "fool" the plant into
thinking it hasn't fruited yet by cutting them off and therefore the plant will
continue it's life.  Haven't tried it yet.

DF

Tricia wrote:

> I help to take care of the plants around an indoor pool at the YMCA here in
> Weatherford.  We have 3 banana plants and one is starting to bloom.  Should
> I cut it off the bloom to keep the plant from dying or just let it go ahead
> and try to make bananas?  The last time one of the bananas tried to make a
> banana, the fruit got to heavy and bent the stem so that the fruit withered
> up.
> I want the plant more than I want the fruit and thought I had read somewhere
> that the mother plant will die after producing the fruit.   Will it die
> anyway?
> Thanks for any help you can give.
> Tricia
> zone 6b
>
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