Dog-Damaged Red Banana: Cut Below Wound for Regrowth

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Cut the pseudostem just below the chewed wound. A new shoot will emerge from the cut center within days; full crown in a month.

Wound invites pathogens; structural weakness risks toppling. Clean cut is safer and stimulates vigorous regrowth.

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