How to Cut a Banana Stem

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    • 1). Cut all sprouting flower stalks -- except for the first one -- at the base of the plant with a machete. This will keep the stalks from regrowing. The one sprout you saved will develop another stalk.

    • 2). Trim the fruiting stalk down 30 inches from the ground once it is harvested. Chop the banana stem at the base three weeks after harvest.

    • 3). Cut any dead flower stalks into chunks to use for mulching for other plants.

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