A couple of us were a bit surprized that they used the same tool for all the plants. Actually, about 20 years ago I visited a banana farm down towards the Keys and the owner took me out to the field and we chose a plant and he too just took an old tool that looked like a machete on a pole and whacked off a pup and cleaned off the roots for me,. As I recall that was in early spring, I remember because he also let me pick some strawberries on his farm.
