Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 We eat cultivars... http://www.arc.agric.za/institutes/itsc/main/highlights/bananas.htm Propagation: Propagation of bananas is done with rhizomes called suckers or pups. Very small pups are called buttons. Large suckers are the preferred planting material. These are removed from vigorous clumps with a spade when at least three feet tall, during warm months. Pups should not be taken until a clump has at least three to four large plants to anchor it. When the pup is taken the cut must be into the mother plant enough to obtain some roots. Plant close to the surface. Large leaves are cut off of the pup leaving only the youngest leaves or no leaves at all. Some nurseries supply banana plants as container grown suckers. http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/banana.html --- John de la Garza <john wrote: > The seedless ones we see at supermarkets grow in the > wild dont' they? I > mean even if they don't have seeds in them they grow > somewhere. What I > mean by wild is not in a greenhouse or controlled > environment. Even if > someone has to plant them. ===== [...there'll be love and laughter, and peace ever after, just you wait and see... ---Vera Lynn] Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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