I have grown a banana plant (Musa Sikkimensis) from seed,now about 1 metre high.?

Question

It has an offshoot coming up beside it.,300 mil high. Can I separate the two plants without damaging both?

Answer 1

Um... I don't really know. Ask the banana.

Answer 2

Bananas naturally clump, and this can look more attractive than solitary stems - it also means that a clump will have differently aged plants within it, ensuring that younger parts remain alive when the older parts die back.  

Answer 3

in my own experience, yes you can separate the two plants bit make sure each one has root

Answer 4

It's a lovely plant and will grow many offshoots probably more than you want. You need to dig right down to the roots of the mother plant and check the 'pup' has some roots too. If you just cut it away with no root it will die. I've grown a couple this year and they were about a metre high when I put them in May, they are now 2.5m high. Eventually they can reach about 4 or 5m probably more depending on where you live. They like plenty of moisture to do well but are quite tough.

Answer 5

I passed your question to someone who grows bananas here is their answer:

Don, my neighbors & I have some banana plants; we dig up the young shoots with some root attached.  A lot of times, the parent plant dies after it bears (they're actually herbaceous perennials).  They're very easy to transplant when they're small.  I leave the new shoots; they eventually take over from the exhausted ones.