I have a banana tree that has produced fruit, there is still a flower bud below the fruit, is this removed?

Question

Okay - the banana plant was given to me by my mom, in a bucket, half dead. I never thought it would grow - now there are three and the biggest one is taller than the house. How do I know what kind of banana tree it is and when do I remove the bananas, which are still green?

Answer 1

You don't need to worry about the "bud" ... it is the tip of the flowering/fruiting structure and I very much doubt it will produce extra fruit. The fruit that are there will ripen hand by hand from the top down ... unless you bag the whole thing so that the gas released from the skin of the first bananas to ripen will be caught and stimulate the whole lot to ripen, too.

You actually still only have ONE banana plant .. the three "plants" you have are just shoots from an underground stem. Once a stem has finished flowering and fruiting, it will die. However, over time you plant will produce more and more shoots and you will end up with a grove of banana "trees".

Answer 2

you may cut it off its not a problem on the growth of the fruit...in some countries they Cook banana flowers as veggies...

there is no way of telling what kind of banana cause you didn't explain how it look like, its time to harvest the fruit when all the bunch turns yellow...but some types of banana remains green or turns red..

Answer 3

There is no advantage to leaving
the bud longer then necessary; it may be broken off a few inches
below the last viable hand of fruit.

Answer 4

That is so cool! You can fry up the bannana flower as long as it doesn't stink, or decaying. You can fry some green banannas, you can keep'em ripening on the plant if you want, or pick them and bring them in to ripen.

Answer 5

Nah, go ahead and leave it there unless it's bothering you. it will eventually fall off on its own, petal by petal.

Answer 6

no leave the stake as is it will curl up on its on, there are seeds around the head that will flake and fall off.