bigler190@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Brian Bigler) wrote:
> I live near Seattle, and last year installed three bananas in a deck
pot. I
> put these in the ground for winter, and to leave them permanently, but
have
> wondered what I can do about the dozen or more shoots that are arising
from
> the base of these three plants.
Bananas spread underground from the corm, forming a "mat." If you let it
go, it'll be quite hard to get out later. We had a single Dwarf Apple
plant
and wound up with a mat about 4' in diameter, a real pain to dig out.
If the "keiki" are healthy, you can separate them (chop through the "mat"
and take each one with some corm) and pot them individually. Heck, maybe
even sell them. ;)
Other than that... I'd suggest creating a scenario where the "mat" can
grow,
but only a certain amount. A big pot, a cinderblock planter, whatever.
Decide how many square feet you're willing to let the "banana patch"
occupy,
and wall it in somehow.
Oh, and after a given stem bears fruit, you'll have to chop it down; if
you
don't, it'll rot and stink to high heaven. ;)
-Dan
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