This practical guide was adapted by the Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola (FHIA) and is applicable where banana trees are grown. Traditionally, the banana producer plants new areas with shoots (sprouts from the base of the mother plant) obtained from plantations intended for the production of fruit. This practice weakens mother plants and reduces productivity. Rapid multiplication consists of the accelerated sprouting of shoots from the plantations of banana trees (mother plants) and the rapid development of young banana trees, blocking the apical dominance of the mother plants.