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Old 08-31-2008, 05:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Encouraging Pups

In my experience with Dwarf Cavendish, feeding the plant with a high Nitrogen fertilizer, like a 20-10-10 formulation, in combination with limiting the exposure to sunlight to no more the 35%, makes the plant produce pups. Obviously, with this combination, you have to watch the plant closely, so that you do not over water it. This procedure should work with most bananas, but you might be sacrificing fruit production.
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