hi i bought a ensete maurelli from a tropical garden store in the uk,i bought it for half price,it had been cut down at the stem and over wintered in there greenhouse,there isnt any sign of life,the roots are alive and the stem is hard,i was going to damage the centre to produce more pups,but the thing is the centre is very hard,so what do i do?when i cut the bulb right back and removed all the surrounding leaves off,i noticed lumps,which may turn out to shoot pups?the thing is which may sound confusing is,do i just leave it and hope it shoots or do i go in for the kill,and damage the centre even though it really hard and pinkish looking?please can anybody help this poor woman whos going bananas in the uk
