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JoeS475
01-23-2007, 11:52 PM
Hi guys,
I'm looking for a healthy Saba pup, in the 2'-3' size range, that can be shipped to New Jersey. I'm happy to pay all shipping costs, plus the price of the plant. I would need to receive it in April or early May.

Please let me know if you can help!

Thanks!

~Joe

chong
01-25-2007, 03:29 PM
Joe,
Contact Chris (aka: Rmplmnz) from Tampa. I just got an email that he has lots of Sabá pups and he is thinning them out. Here's a thread about his "plantation". I'll let him know that you are looking for some.

http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?t=1078

Rmplmnz
01-25-2007, 04:18 PM
Thanks Chong...yep all the sabas you want...they send out (huge) pups like crazy.....email me.

Rmplmnz@tampabay.rr.com

jeffreyp
01-25-2007, 09:14 PM
I have some too..

JoeS475
01-25-2007, 10:16 PM
Thanks guys, as the weather gets warmer I'll be in touch... it's currently just 7 degrees at my house, I'm shivering just thinking about it!

Looking forward to growing some monster Saba's this year!

~Joe

Rmplmnz
01-25-2007, 10:17 PM
I endorse Jeffrey..bought a nice banana pup from him last year.

Rmplmnz
01-25-2007, 10:29 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1935

chong
01-26-2007, 02:52 AM
Say, Chris,
Couldn't you make the photo any larger???? LOL. Beautiful!!

Rmplmnz
01-26-2007, 09:32 AM
oops...next time I promise to preview the msg.....first pic I have posted within the "message"..........Thanks though...

How do you typically post pics within the message?

chong
01-26-2007, 01:04 PM
You mean like this? Just right-click and copy the url of the smaller photo from your gallery. Then paste it on the "Insert Image" icon's window.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1934&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1934&ppuser=59)

Rmplmnz
01-26-2007, 01:21 PM
Got it..thanks!!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=635&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=635&ppuser=59)

chong
01-26-2007, 07:55 PM
Gee, I thought you said that the Sabá only grew to 12' or so. The one with the fruit looks more like 20' to me.

JoeS475
01-27-2007, 12:35 AM
I love that last picture - I've seen it before and it's the main reason I want to try and grow a Saba!

Fantastic!

~Joe

mudcat25
01-27-2007, 01:25 AM
Joe what's wrong with people like you who know they don't live in the right region to grow plants like this?

I'd love to try and grow this plant also!


My wife already thinks I'm crazy so why not try to grow another banana!

Rmplmnz
01-27-2007, 11:11 AM
lol..12' feet in the red dirt of Hawaii....20' feet plus in Tampa...they love that deep rich "well drained" (sandy layer) soil....organic, good climate and drainage...

I just measured the diameter of the biggest one I currently (which has not fruited yet)..56 inches..and I am guessing over 22' tall (did not try and measure this..lol)...I will post pics of it later....and take some pics in June/July when I cut it down....

chong
01-27-2007, 02:22 PM
lol..12' feet in the red dirt of Hawaii....20' feet plus in Tampa...they love that deep rich "well drained" (sandy layer) soil....organic, good climate and drainage...

I just measured the diameter of the biggest one I currently (which has not fruited yet)..56 inches..and I am guessing over 22' tall (did not try and measure this..lol)...I will post pics of it later....and take some pics in June/July when I cut it down....

I wonder what the composition is of that "red dirt" in HI? I have a good source for (red)pumice here in Seattle, and I wonder if they're the same.

56 inches is the circumference, i hope. The width of your shoulders appear to be wider than the trunk of any of the plants. 56" circ. would be equal to 17.8" in diameter, which would be more proportional to your figure. Very impressive, nevertheless! (The trunk, not your figure-LOL)

JoeS475
01-27-2007, 02:37 PM
Joe what's wrong with people like you who know they don't live in the right region to grow plants like this?

I'd love to try and grow this plant also!


My wife already thinks I'm crazy so why not try to grow another banana!

Lol, thats half the fun. Bananas are rare enough in NJ to begin with, so I might as well try something huge, thats absolutely not supposed to grow here! It'll never get as big as they come in the tropics and subtropics, but it will most likely dwarf my basjoos in one season!

~Joe

Rmplmnz
01-28-2007, 09:34 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2035&cat=509[/IMG]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2035

Rmplmnz
01-28-2007, 05:41 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2036

JoeS475
01-29-2007, 03:10 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2035&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2035)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2036&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2036)

Here ya go...

BTW Those pics are exactly why I have to try growing one of those! Even if it only gets half as big!

~Joe

mudcat25
01-29-2007, 04:43 PM
That is amazing! Now I have to have one. I'm not sure if I can give up my beer money though. I just had my fourth child Jan 1. The only money I have left is beer money and with four kids I'll need it!

banana_fun
01-29-2007, 06:49 PM
That's RIDICULOUS! I want one! Thanks for posting that image.:volleyballnaner: :2208:

Rmplmnz
01-29-2007, 07:26 PM
Thanks for posting the pics Joe...

Awesome Tiki Bar Mudcat....come to Tampa and I will load you up with all of the Banana pups you can handle...

Chris

mudcat25
01-29-2007, 09:18 PM
Thanks for the offer Rmplmnz maybe in a few years when my baby is old enough to stay at home by herself. Alright by then I'm not sure I'll be young enough to dig these things up every year. Until then what would it cost someone to pay for s/h of one of those pups? It would be great to have everyone in the neighborhood wondering what is wrong with me!

zergas
01-30-2007, 11:31 AM
Amazing! so tall and thick! lol:2185:
You could build a tree house on thoose :)
i have tried twice to grow saba but both pups died on me, is there any chance you might still have and pups avail for sale?

MediaHound
02-01-2007, 11:05 PM
Who knows what "Saba" means in Hebrew?
:drum:

chong
02-02-2007, 02:48 AM
Who knows what "Saba" means in Hebrew?
:drum:

From the net:
"The expression "commander of the army of the LORD" is translated in the KJV as "captain of the host of the LORD." The word translated "host" and "army" is Hebrew saba. The plural sabaot used about 213 times in the phrase "the LORD of hosts" (KJV). The NIV's "LORD Almighty" misses the military aspect of the term."

(KJV) = King James Version
(NIV) = New International Version

chong
02-02-2007, 02:54 AM
Who knows what "Saba" means in Hebrew?
:drum:

Sába = host or army in Hebrew

Sabá = Banana variety from the Philippines

MediaHound
02-02-2007, 10:53 AM
Saba means "grandfather" in Hebrew :)

modenacart
02-03-2007, 11:54 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2035&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2035)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2036&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2036)

Here ya go...

BTW Those pics are exactly why I have to try growing one of those! Even if it only gets half as big!

~Joe

Thats it, now I want a saba after see these photos.

MediaHound
02-13-2007, 09:17 AM
http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_'Saba' (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_%27Saba%27)
:jumpingonbednaner:
If anyone wants to contribute some info or add your location to the map there and you have some trouble, please let me know! I will be happy to walk you through it.

Rmplmnz
02-25-2007, 07:12 PM
I have about 20 big Saba pups....anyone in a good climate zone?

Remember they are huge......

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2101

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2102

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2103

JoeS475
02-25-2007, 10:14 PM
Oh no! I'm not ready yet - our last official freeze date from Northern NJ is May 15, and I'm having a rough time keeping everything I have alive inside! In a month or so I should be all set to get started for the spring. Currently snowing with another 3-6" accumulating overnight...

I will move south!!!

~Joe

Rmplmnz
02-25-2007, 10:47 PM
lol...let me know when...Sabas...pup like crazy...drives me up the wall thinning all the time.....

Westwood
02-25-2007, 11:31 PM
hey Chris I have a banana Belt area here in oregon and a good friend in cali who is just starting to grow bananas .


but a few Questions first.

I know there big Thats a plus for me but what is there temp rancg im in zone 9 and Mary is in pizmo beach. she is my cat mentor and im going to set her up into a tropical yard and let her enjoy new and wonderfull things like gardening and tropicals she is a blast.

what can you tell me abotu them as far as what soil they like . what type of Fertilizer ?as well as your watering scheduals .

and How much for shipping 3 to me here in oregon where the coldest ive gotten this yr was 38f.. And brought in every thing citrus cheramoya plumerias and other bananas . thanks tammy

endeitz
02-27-2007, 12:05 AM
I have about 20 big Saba pups....anyone in a good climate zone?

Remember they are huge......




I would definitely be interested in a pup, if you have any left. My climate zone is not perfect (8b), but I enjoy hard labor.

I will PM you with a query.

endeitz
03-12-2007, 10:12 PM
Hello,

Are these pups still available? I tried a PM, but got no reply.

Cheers,

Ed.

jeffreyp
03-13-2007, 09:10 AM
I have plenty of them...shoot me an email

sales@worldwideplants.com