What is the best way to kill a banana shoot but not the entire plant?

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Well the recent winter was pretty bad for the bananas, so I cut them down to ground level, and new shoots are coming up. Great (although that means no flowers or bananas this year).

The problem now is that I have a shoot coming up in the lawn! I can easily cut that back, but it will keep growing. Banana 'trunks' are just leaves wrapped around each other. Even if I cut the shoot, the inner leaf will keep growing. So how can I kill this one shoot but not kill the entire plant/clump?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '14 at 18:10

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You can't very easily - I'd dig around the base of the actual plant and isolate the root/shoot that goes into the lawn and cut that off below ground, together with any others which are straying where you don't want them too.

answered Apr 24 '14 at 18:10

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Thanks - I'm going to try that this weekend. I may have to lift a border, though! – winwaed Apr 28 '14 at 13:21

What is the best way to kill a banana shoot but not the entire plant?

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