Saved by the wall. Otherwise, the plant would be in a horizontal position by now…

We’re still waiting for the bananas to ripen, and while that’s going on, the tree has been slowly keeling over from the weight of the fruits pulling it downward.

Thank goodness it’s near the wall! If not for that then I would have had to get creative with some sort of support for the whole plant, which I think would have been a losing battle for me.

And yes, we finally caved and removed the heart, as well as most of the male flowers. Now it’s just a matter of time before we can harvest the bananas! After all, it’s coming up to 3 months now, and that’s how long Master Weed said it took their fruits to mature – and since our plant was a sucker separated from their plant, it makes sense that it would also be a 90-day plant. Let’s see when the signal banana will make its appearance…

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