Re: Pup's
on the plantation after fruit harvest we leave the mother for a period of time to help the follower (sucker) grow. after the daughter has reached a certain size we cut down the mother plant. we rarely get any new suckers after removing the mother plant, about 10% of the time we will get a new sucker.
in trials with musa in which the mother has been removed without suckers, new suckers appeared after a time, appearance was dependent on the temperature. rarely more than one will appear - about 12% sent up 2 suckers. these plants were grown at 27C (80.6F)
keep in mind this is for musa, i can only assume ensete would do the same.
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