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Bananaman88 · 04-08-2008, 08:29 AM

Karen,

How large is this mat of bananas? At 40 yrs. old it must be quite large! Probably one of the reasons that you haven't seen a bud up to now is that there are most likely WAY too many pseudostems coming up together. Most of us here (I think) manage our bananas to where they have the main pstem (the one we are expecting to fruit that year) along with no more that one or two replacement pups. This allows the main plant to put most of it's energy into flowering and fruiting. Of course, you'd have a lot of work to do to clean up a 40 yr. old mat. Maybe it's best to leave well enough alone if you've got a bud already. Just food for thought in case you get ambitious! Good luck!

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