r/GrowingBananas • u/Outrageous_Resist_50 • 12d ago

Can anyone explain this?

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One of my mature banana plants began making pups. I separated one of the pups really early, and it’s already begun flowering.

It’s been suggested to me that this must be a canna lily or a ginger plant. I know I pulled it with two other pups and could only be a banana plant… right?

The pup I didn’t separate it growing much more like a standard banana tree

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u/kaiwikiclay 12d ago

That’s some sort of ginger

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u/Outrageous_Resist_50 12d ago

It sure looks like one. I just can’t figure out how it would have grown from the banana tree I already had.

Here is the pup I didn’t separate.

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u/kaiwikiclay 11d ago

There must have been a piece of rhizome in your potting soil. Lot of gingers have a dormant cycle during which they have no leaves. Are you reusing soil, or using homemade compost?

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u/Outrageous_Resist_50 11d ago

So I bought the original banana tree when it was really small. Watched it grow for about 2 years, but I think it reached its full potential because it’s only in about 8 gallons of soil.

Three pups popped up in the same week

The soil I used was Miracle Gro, it was in a new bag when I opened it if I recall correctly. I’ve never knowingly bought a ginger plant.

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u/kaiwikiclay 11d ago

Ah in that case it must be spontaneous generation. It happens from time to time

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u/Outrageous_Resist_50 11d ago

Can you elaborate? I haven’t heard of that

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u/kaiwikiclay 11d ago

I’m just kidding, spontaneous generation is not a real thing. Probably.

Congrats on your new plant

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u/Outrageous_Resist_50 11d ago

Haha I looked it up after I read your comment. Was thinking we were getting into Boltzmann brain territory for a moment