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New born banana plants that are still growing a few days after cropping in Kerala, India. There are certain steps to follow in order to grow this tree: To bury banana seed needs enough depth in order to grow. A sucker is a lateral shoot that develops from the rhizome and usually emerges close to the mother plant. Other names for sucker are keiki (in Hawaii) and pup. A sucker that has just emerged through the soil surface is called a peeper. The clump of plants formed by the mother plant and its suckers is called a mat or stool. Growing bananas does not take much effort, but it does require that you get a few things right when you first get started. A banana plant takes about 9 months to grow up and produce a bunch of bananas. Then the mother plant dies. But around the base of it are many s
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