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I've grown bananas at our backyard and our family farm in Kerala, and my oh my do I hate them haha. Story time. Anyways, one thing really annoying about banana
by fakedang 6y ago
I've grown bananas at our backyard and our family farm in Kerala, and my oh my do I hate them haha. Story time.
Anyways, one thing really annoying about banana trees is how dry them get during the summers. It's literally just a husk of dried plant matter that's upright. So you can guess what happened when I had to burn some compost and organic waste, while not taking into account windspeeds. Nearly burned down our neighbor's clothes hanging on the side, and possibly his house too when the fire nearly went out of control.
The trees are too hardy that even if you cut them by the stem, then burn the remainder, they'll still grow after a few months. If you really want to pull out a banana tree, you better get an excavator to grab them by the roots.
Another thing, the sap from the Banana tree can really mess up any clothing you have, especially white ones.
- liotier 6y ago> Another thing, the sap from the Banana tree can really mess up any clothing you have, especially white ones. Seriously. The first time I wielded a machete and went cutting plantain on my friend's plantation in Cameroon, the outing cost me a set of clothes. See the black spot on a ripe banana ? They are oxidized sap, which is effectively indelible on fabric.
- valarauko 6y agoThat's because they're not really trees, and the above ground portion of the plant is more accurately a pseudostem. The actual "stuff" is underground as a corm.