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sandy0225 · 09-19-2006, 01:31 PM

I saw another post on here where someone was trying to pup their ensete maurelii. I'd like to try that too. I have one about 5-6 feet tall that I'd like to try this with. It's about 5" diameter at the bottom of the stalk near the ground. Do you suppose it would be big enough to cut off and try it? Or will it need to get bigger first?
Has anyone tried/done this? I was thinking about cutting it off, scooping out the center of it so that it would destroy the main stalk and then repotting it to see if it would stimulate the rest of the corm to produce offsets.
Or does anyone know of a wholesale source for liners of the ensete maurelii?
Thanks
Sandy@ Northern Tropics

09-19-2006, 01:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 364,025 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	ensete maurelii how to get pups? I saw another post on here where someone was trying to pup their ensete maurelii. I'd like to try that too. I have one about 5-6 feet tall that I'd like to try this with. It's about 5" diameter at the bottom of the stalk near the ground. Do you suppose it would be big enough to cut off and try it? Or will it need to get bigger first? Has anyone tried/done this? I was thinking about cutting it off, scooping out the center of it so that it would destroy the main stalk and then repotting it to see if it would stimulate the rest of the corm to produce offsets. Or does anyone know of a wholesale source for liners of the ensete maurelii? Thanks Sandy@ Northern Tropics __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!