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Old 06-22-2012, 01:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: ANother question on how to handle fruiting bananas?

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Originally Posted by nph View Post
My flower stalk seems to ahve stopped producing bananas. Do I just it continue to grow or do I cut it off?
Seems to remember having read that the flower should be cut off once it has stopped producing new hands but at the same time I dont really see why so I am looking for some advice on this.

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I believe Gabe posted previously about a study that looked into whether cutting off the flower made any difference in fruit size or time to mature. It didn't. Keeping it on can help in identification. Since I read that, I just leave them all on. They're pretty and I can often get a taste of nectar from the male flowers when I'm out in the yard.
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