banana tree (growing, trees, how to, plant)

[Iatrogenic]

Have some banana trees that should produce fruit and this will be season 2 with me. they stayed green all winter long. Do I chop them down for a fresh start or let them keep going? I'm in Texas.

[maggie2101]

When we first moved into our house in Houston, the realtor said to cut the banana tree halfway down the trunk every year around Valentine's Day.

[wit-nit]

OP maybe this site will answer all your questions.
How to Grow Banana Trees in Texas | eHow

[asimegusta]

I would encourage you to visit bananas.org fórums before chopping away.

[flamingGalah!]

If you want your banana's to produce fruit then don't chop them at all. Cutting them down to the ground or at any point will just give you a shorter plant & they will carry on growing from that point & take longer to fruit. Once a banana plant fruits that stem will die but the plant will produce many "pups" around the base, so you will get new stems growing all the time. You can cut some of these pups off if you don't want a big clump or just let nature take its course...

[asimegusta]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

If you want your banana's to produce fruit then don't chop them at all. Cutting them down to the ground or at any point will just give you a shorter plant & they will carry on growing from that point & take longer to fruit. Once a banana plant fruits that stem will die but the plant will produce many "pups" around the base, so you will get new stems growing all the time. You can cut some of these pups off if you don't want a big clump or just let nature take its course...

You said it all. I have a Lady Finger Banana plant. I find it a very unusual plant, the way it grows.