To ripen your pineapple quickly, place it in a brown paper bag with a ripe banana or apple. The ethylene gas produced by the other fruit will help ripen the pineapple faster. How to cut a pineapple This guide for how to cut a pineapple is the easiest method that I’ve found after ...
Only take suckers from vigorous banana plants. The suckers should have small, spear shaped leaves and ideally be about four feet high. Smaller suckers will take longer to fruit and the first banana bunch will be smaller. Cut the sucker from the main banana plant with a sharp shovel.Cut down...
How to cut cauliflower into steaks and florets, and even turn it into rice! I’ll also show you how to make the most of the core (it's edible!)
Banana plants Potted banana plants should be cut down to soil level when the first frost browns their leaves. Store the containers in a dark place at roughly six to seven degrees Celsius. Look at the soil monthly, wateri...
Remove yellowing leaves at the bottom of the plant to allow for more sunlight on the stalk and to focus plant energy on healthy growth. To encourage the sprouts to mature faster, cut off the top leaves 3 to 4 weeks before harvest. ...
Fruit WonderHowTo Sometimes when you have a really ripe banana or a green one it might become difficult to open it, or you break the banana when you open it. Bummer, I know! Well, all that headache and risk is over because I took a solution right from the animal kingdom. In this...
(fiber) banana: an ornamental plant; winter-hardy in Zones 9 and 10, overwinter indoors elsewhere; grows 6 to 14 feet tall, with paddle-shaped green leaves up to 6 feet long and 2 feet wide; cream-to-yellow flowers may appear on mature plants (although not on those cut close to the...
Procedure for overwintering banana trees in the ground 1. Once freezing temperatures have caused the leaves to turn brown and collapse,cut off the topof the plant, leaving 3-4' of pseudostem remaining. It is okay to leave the brown leaves on the plant since they will provide additional ins...
To use fresh lemon grass, remove the tough outer leaves to obtain the slightly softer core. Cut into small pieces, and you’re ready to go. You can add this to almost any smoothie recipe of choice. One of my favorites includes lemon grass, a cup of coconut milk, a banana, strawberries...
Choose a sucker from a vigorous banana plant. Choose a sucker that has small, spear-shaped leaves. A sucker about 3 or 4 feet tall is optimal. Smaller suckers take longer to fruit and the first banana bunch will be smaller. Cut the sucker from the main banana plant with a sharp spade...