That's kinda what I figured. I cull bunches from my grapes and I cull fruits from my peach trees so that more energy can be spent on the remaining fruit. I also cull out unproductive vegetation - balancing leaf to fruit. That is - I cull out branches that are shaded or bull canes on my grapes - vegetation not contributing to the strength of the plant or quality of fruit. And, I've read similar techniques are used to get really gigantic pumpkins and watermelons - culling out all but one or two per vine. Having never grown a nanner to fruit, tho I've read just this that stools are limited to one fruiting stem at a time by keeping a mother and a pair of keiki, I'm happy to have guessed right!
Thanks,
Mike
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Originally Posted by eggo
You would think a giant banana mat will year after year always be having fruit or blooming all the time with consistency, but it really doesn't and when there are several blooms, it seems to produce smaller inferior fruits.
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