Re: banana plant

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• Subject: Re: banana plant
• From: C* G* <c*@cbis.ece.drexel.edu>
• Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:47:15 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <346B263B.4969@student.luth.se>

>I got a banana plant towards the end of the summer. Big mistake and I
>should have known better (I don't have the capability to give it enough
>light). Well, it is slowly dying but I'm trying to save it. The other
>day I noticed two shoots growing up out of the dirt near the base. They
>are definitely not grass or anything else foreign. Is the tree trying to
>save itself? I didn't think that they could branch like that. Does
>anyone know what is going on?

They are suckers. Banana plants are monocarps (they only flower once, then
die), and are usually propagated from the suckers.

Is yours one of the dwarf bananas, or a full-size model?

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