Growing bananas in north FL, 30 degrees N latitude

[kinghat]

@jamie

@kinghat - i wouldn’t cut off any leaves since you’re bringing it inside

would heading it kill it? its a width thing more than height in terms of space inside. maybe i could cut all the leaves in half and then let all the new leaves grow full size when i put it back outside next spring?

@jamie

i would remove the pups though since you are growing in a pot, you should only grow one stem at a time, when it flowers/fruits, you can let as many pups grow as you want as the main stem will be at the end of its life cycle and you’ll need a pup to replace it, otherwise too many pups will compete for resources and space in that pot

are you saying this slows the time to fruit or wont fruit at all because lack of resources? otherwise there is a ton of growing space in the uppotting to this tub i just did a couple weeks ago:

btw do you know about the “water” vs “sword” pups and what mine might be? Banana Questions - #16 by kinghat