I should be checking this community more often. It's fun in here.
Anyway, something I considered unusual happened in my garden this year. A few of my plantain plants just began splitting into two from the top as seen in the image below:
The splitting later advanced to the bottom of the plants like this:
The splitting also happened to coincide with when they are supposed to start producing flowers. Others that are planted at the same time have started flowering. My curious mind started looking for answers. Guess what!
They are double-bunch plantains. It seems this attribute made the stem to split, something I have never experienced before with double-bunch plantain. The one I have fruited without the stem splitting like this:
To cut the long story short, the divided stems have each started flowering:
That's really cool. You know I've never even tried a plantain. I eat loads of different foods but that's one thing i haven't had opportunity to try. Oh the comment challenge is always a blast. Sometimes if you are a little late, like this one, there's notuch engagement but in first two days or so it's a blast. New one comes out later today.