also remember when you are wacking off the stalk to get your nanas down, wear clothes you dont care to get very nasty.the sap that comes out of the stalk will not come out of clothes, and youll have a hard time of getting it off your hands.( i learned that from on here. LOL!) congrats on your purchase of a house and you got lucky it had nanas there. wahoo! if the nanas get to heavy for the stalk to hold, it could break, so if you want to leave the nanas on the trees longer you might have to support the whole bunch! no worries! and its great to have you here!