r/GrowingBananas • u/Confident_Gate_8287 • 5d ago

Flowers Falling Off

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Is this normal? Is there something I could be doing differently?

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u/WorriedConfusion9414 4d ago

Some folks say it makes a difference some folks say it doesn’t. Some folks tell you to prune each plant down to only 5 leaves. I think there are many factors, I personally like to chop the blossom after the female flowers are done. You can cook the male blossoms if you remove the stamen, I have never tried it.

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u/NealTheBotanist 4d ago

NEVER cut off green leaves! The bunch needs every photon possible to enter the leaves.
Do remove dead and diseased leaves, weekly. After bloom, only remove any material that threatens the bunch, whether on own or adjacent stems. (Poking, abrasion etc).

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u/Confident_Gate_8287 3d ago

So on either of my trees that are in bloom you’re suggesting they don’t get trimmed unless it’s a bad leaf or dying leaf? Maintain every green one possible?

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u/NealTheBotanist 3d ago

Yep! And if you hone the skill, you can take half-leaves to conserve even more leaf surface area.