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Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:44
Banana Tree - Help
Author: Gw�dE
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:44
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:44
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Hello All! I am in Houston, TX and have a banana tree flowering and producing fruit. The red flower part is very heavy and making the tree to lean from all the weight. Can I cut the red flowering part off and still have the fruit grow successful? Thanks for all your help! *rdbe
Re: Banana Tree - Help
Author: Cereus-validus
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 20:33
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 20:33
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Very simple game. No flowers means no fruit. "Gw�dE" <Gw�dE@there.com> wrote in message news:c0K_c.7800$It2.6008@fe2.texas.rr.com... > Hello All! I am in Houston, TX and have a banana tree flowering and > producing fruit. The red flower part is very heavy and making the tree to > lean from all the weight. Can I cut the red flowering part off and still > have the fruit grow successful? > > Thanks for all your help! > > *rdbe > >
Re: Banana Tree - Help
Author: Cindy
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 02:58
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 02:58
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NO! "Gw�dE" <Gw�dE@there.com> wrote in message news:c0K_c.7800$It2.6008@fe2.texas.rr.com... > Hello All! I am in Houston, TX and have a banana tree flowering and > producing fruit. The red flower part is very heavy and making the tree to > lean from all the weight. Can I cut the red flowering part off and still > have the fruit grow successful? > > Thanks for all your help! > > *rdbe > >
Re: Banana Tree - Help
Author: Lou Minatti
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 05:02
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 05:02
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"Gw�dE" <Gw�dE@there.com> wrote in message news:<c0K_c.7800$It2.6008@fe2.texas.rr.com>... > Hello All! I am in Houston, TX and have a banana tree flowering and > producing fruit. The red flower part is very heavy and making the tree to > lean from all the weight. Can I cut the red flowering part off and still > have the fruit grow successful? Yes. In fact, it would be a good idea to do so if you want edible bananas. http://www.kprcradio.com/gardenline-bananas.html
Re: Banana Tree - Help
Author: MrChaos007
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:20
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:20
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Gw�dE wrote: > Hello All! I am in Houston, TX and have a banana tree flowering and > producing fruit. The red flower part is very heavy and making the tree to > lean from all the weight. Can I cut the red flowering part off and still > have the fruit grow successful? > > Thanks for all your help! > > *rdbe > > NO! The flower makes the fruit. Support the tree!
Re: Banana Tree - Help
Author: Chris
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 21:52
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 21:52
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Yes, actually, you can. The flower part works it way down a really long stalk and produces bananas as it grows. You can easily see where it stops producing fruit and chop the flower thingy off well below that. The tree somehow knows how many bananas to produce - maybe from the weight or who knows. But after its last row of bananas, no more will be produced from the flowers even though the big red flower thing keeps producing the flowers. Someone has already posted an informative link on bananas and their fruit. Go read up on that. :) Chris "MrChaos007" <mrchaos007@ev1.net> wrote in message news:10jufradelt8f8a@corp.supernews.com... > Gw�dE wrote: > > Hello All! I am in Houston, TX and have a banana tree flowering and > > producing fruit. The red flower part is very heavy and making the tree to > > lean from all the weight. Can I cut the red flowering part off and still > > have the fruit grow successful? > > > > Thanks for all your help! > > > > *rdbe > > > > > NO! The flower makes the fruit. Support the tree!
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