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Originally Posted by jen
Thanks for the quick reply. So when it's done with the fruit cut it down like out of the ground?? Then keep the 3 bigges and should I let those get babies or then does that mean every time a pup pops up cut it out? or only do major trimming after it flowers? I'm sorry I am such a newbie. I also have no idea what kind of plant I have but from my research today on the net I think its a Musa Iholene ???
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Don't worry about firing out the questions, we were all newbies once...well, maybe not Gabe
Like buzzwinder said, leave the corm (bulb) alone. It is the source of your plant's energy. Just cut off the stem that produced the fruit. Also, you may not want the 3 largest pups, as each pup you save will fruit for you, and you want them to fruit over time, not all at once. Your harvest will go down if 2 stems fruit simultanaeously from the same corm. 2 bunches are taking more energy. Keep the next largest, and one that is the smallest, and one somewhere in the middle. I have had a large pup on my Ice Cream have a pup of it's own (3rd generation). Musa Double Mahoi is the exception to this rule as a double bunch of fruit is it's 'thing'.
The rest you can trade/sell/donate/plant in another spot in your yard. Hope this isn't too complicated...