NANAMAN

I have a general rule, not to remove any pups from the mother corm until a fruit bunch is harvested from it. Then I decide which ones I want to leave,(for the next harvest), and remove pups from the opposite side of the corm. Usually, by the time the bunch is ripe, 1 or 2 of the pups will be considerably larger than the rest. These are what I keep. Any that are growing close to the ones I'm keeping, I whack them of at ground level.The only pups that ever get removed,are ones that I give away. I live in a windy coastal area, and mostly developed this method, to keep the roots strong, and keep them from being blown over. This leaves me with several plants per mat, and usually a few ripe bunches per year, per mat. Before anyone mentions mat management, production does'nt seem to suffer in my climate. The plants are fertilized and watered heavily,and produce multiple bunches simultaniously.

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