I'm going Bananas! <--see what I did there?
I attempted to trim our banana tree today. I've been wanting to do it for awhile now b/c ever since the cold weather hit, it has looked like this:
Actually, it ended up looking worse than this as all the green eventually turned brown.
If you will recall, it used to look like this:
Anyway, I finally bought some clippers, and I was going to trim it until it looked good. There have been some green leaves sprouting out of it lately, and I thought I'd be able to trim everything but those.
However, I never took into consideration that a banana tree is totally disgusting. It was all wet on the inside, and as soon as I started cutting, it stunk! Like rotten fruit and eggs, and UGH! I couldn't stand it. I also heard that spiders like to breed in banana trees, so the whole time I'm cutting, I keep picturing millions of baby spiders climbing out of the stems after I cut them. After a few cuts of nasty branches and an overwhelming smell of rottenness, I called Andrew to ask him if we had a saw.
"Uh, why do you need a saw?"
"I'm going to cut this stupid banana tree down! *insert rant about smell and spiders*"
"Wait, wait, you just let me take care of it..."
I've read online that you can cut them down, and they'll grow back. I've read it multiple times on different sites, so I think we'll be okay here. I mean, I like the novelty of having a banana tree, but I don't like the spiders nor the stinky smell.
On a side note, I detest plants with pokey things like thorns.
On yet another side note, I wish I had more King Cake.
Actually, it ended up looking worse than this as all the green eventually turned brown.
If you will recall, it used to look like this:
Anyway, I finally bought some clippers, and I was going to trim it until it looked good. There have been some green leaves sprouting out of it lately, and I thought I'd be able to trim everything but those.
However, I never took into consideration that a banana tree is totally disgusting. It was all wet on the inside, and as soon as I started cutting, it stunk! Like rotten fruit and eggs, and UGH! I couldn't stand it. I also heard that spiders like to breed in banana trees, so the whole time I'm cutting, I keep picturing millions of baby spiders climbing out of the stems after I cut them. After a few cuts of nasty branches and an overwhelming smell of rottenness, I called Andrew to ask him if we had a saw.
"Uh, why do you need a saw?"
"I'm going to cut this stupid banana tree down! *insert rant about smell and spiders*"
"Wait, wait, you just let me take care of it..."
I've read online that you can cut them down, and they'll grow back. I've read it multiple times on different sites, so I think we'll be okay here. I mean, I like the novelty of having a banana tree, but I don't like the spiders nor the stinky smell.
On a side note, I detest plants with pokey things like thorns.
On yet another side note, I wish I had more King Cake.