'Compact' Saba
 

I was in Wal-Mart last week and saw a small potted banana with a tag saying 'Compact Saba' and that it gets 17-20 ft tall. Anyone ever heard of this?

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If it's a Saba there is nothing compact about it. I stopped growing this monster cause it takes too much room and falls over in high winds. I gave away the corms and get fruit from those that still have them.

A 3 year old mat will grow 2 foot caliper pstems.

Same for Pitogo - too darn biiiiiiig!

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I have six acres with ten varieties of bananas. I am a novice with about 400 banana plants so far. I would love to have some Saba giants! I am hoping to plant at least 30 varieties. Please, advise as to where I could buy or trade some of the plants I have available.
Thankyou,
Sal Ciccarello

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Well, a 20-25 ft monster that grows 17-20 ft is somewhat of an improvement.

Maybe you can help the above poster (you're both in Florida) find those monsters. :08:

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Saba is available, just have to keep an eye out. I got mine from a fellow on the forum (last summer). It's about 7 feet tall now with 3 feet of clear pstem.
I find them to be a very pretty plant, even though not as colorful as Black Thai or Bordelon.:woohoonaner:

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Try ebay, there are some good sellers there, wellsprings is one, We had very good luck dealing with them and their t/c's grew good. Good luck

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There is a guy in Belle Glade that has Saba and Kandrian which are both really tall. PM me and I will give you his information.

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I love sabas, but they are definitely not compact! I haven't had too many problems with it getting to giant proportions yet, but this is only its second growing season (from a small 1 foot tall, pencil thin plant in October 2010) and its already about 9 feet tall so these are not small plants in any way! I got mine from Brians Botanicals (from their ebay store). I dont see Sabas offered from them anymore on ebay, but maybe they do have some that they will sell. The plant was small, but healthy and a good price. Plus most importantly, it was labeled correctly! Nothing is worse than growing what you think is a rarer banana plant to only find out it was mislabled. Luckily I have only bought from reliable places so far.
Good luck!
They are great banana plants especially if you want one that gets really tall!

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I know I ran across that terminology for Saba ("compact") somewhere in the last week. I'm pretty sure it refers to the bunch structure and not the height of the plant.

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You live in Palmetto as in Manatee county?

I have plenty of Sabas...free..no shipping.

Also thinning Dwarf Reds..free..no shipping...20 or so varieties..

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Sal,

Just curious...what varieties are you growing?

Chris

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That is funny, considering how big the plant is, that the fruit is so small.

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I was at Erickson on Friday looking at their bananas and I noticed that they had something that looked like Saba but it was only about 12' tall.

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Did it have a bunch?

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Yes, that is why I thought it looked like Saba. It had those squarish looking fruit. I wanted to take a picture but my stupid phone was dead.

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D@mn! I'd love to know what that was. Gabe told me there were dwarf Saba banana plants, but he didn't know who/where.