Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Musa Sikkimensis Darjeeling Giant, 1 by keonikale

keonikale wrote:
Also, I never split a water pup/sucker bc they never do that well split off from the mother plant. Try and always separate sword suckers if you can. A quick Google search should help clarify the difference as should this diagram below.

I had a photo that showed the difference in the root structure for the two, will try and find it. It's incredible how few roots a water sucker has on it versus a sword sucker.

Large Diagram:
http://www.uq.edu.au/_School_Science_Lessons/51.13.2.GIF