on wed 25 oct 06

HI all,
My banana tree has over 100 bananas that will be ready to eat in December.
I'm doing research on the internet because I am a new gardener...I am finding
there are two schools of thought on cutting the bloom after the hands are
formed. Some say that the bloom will extract all the nutrients from the bananas
if I don't cut it off. I need help from the experts. Logically, nature
doesn't cut off the bloom so it doesn't make sense to me.
Karen?
Dev?
Byron?
Anyone!!!
Thanks,
Karin
South Florida

Karen on wed 25 oct 06

I agree with you though no one does this in nature and I really doubt
that the flowers would extract all the nutrients out of the fruit.
Doesn't the flowers dry up when the fruit starts to form anyway? Or are
these new flowers? I'd love to see a picture of your tree, sounds like
it's really happy to be producing that much fruit.
Karen, SC zone 8

katfields1@aol.com wrote:

on thu 26 oct 06

Karen,
I put them in my Karin Fields file...take a look...I have two blooming!
Karin
South Florida

Karen on thu 26 oct 06

OH wow, that is beautiful. How big is the tree?
Karen

katfields1@aol.com wrote:

on fri 27 oct 06

Karen,
The trees are approximately 12 feet tall.
Thank you for all of your wisdom oh great Garden Guru!
Karin
South Florida

ckavin on sat 28 oct 06

Your right. People do give you dumb advice.

Charlie

on sun 29 oct 06

Thank you Charlie!

Karin
Zone 10 South Florida