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Originally Posted by Bananaman88
Also, in cutting the pseudostem to 3', isn't one taking a chance of accidentally cutting through the bud and ruining any chance of fruiting for that season on that particular stem?
Let's say the overall height was a 6' of clear "trunk" and the grower cuts the pstem to 3' but, unbeknownst to him/her, the bud was already at the 5' point inside the pstem and about to emerge. They just ruined the possibility of getting that pstem to fruit, correct? Seems to me one would have to weight the advantages and disadvantages of doing this and also have some idea how close their plant might be to flowering before performing this procedure.
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Understanding the basics of shooting is probably helpful. Shooting is when the growing point leaves the underground stem and travels through the above ground stem.
As the growing point travels higher and gets closer to the top there's probably a size difference in the length of the leaf blades and a time difference between each new precursory appendage appearing.