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Old 08-06-2008, 09:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Finally brought myself to cut the Saba bunch down.
Just took some pics, hope you guys enjoy.. 65 lbs.











Chong's Saba recipe came in perfect time...
Are these Sabas?



Anyone down here is more than welcome to come and get some of these.
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Hernia time. Or maybe a man and his banana like on TyTy! LOL Congragulations
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OH how awesome!! Love the pictures!
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Old 08-06-2008, 09:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks Doc, lol
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Thanks Deb!
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Old 08-06-2008, 09:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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These pics were taken June 27, 2008.
The pics in the first post were taken just today, although the bunch was cut 2 days ago.
The first few hands were turning yellow before I chopped the plant down. The next few turned yellow over the past two days.








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Congrats on the Saba harvest Jarred, Great pics. I see the Banana guard was on duty.
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Awesome Jarred! Don't hurt yourself with that thing! lol
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Old 08-06-2008, 10:42 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I realized that my youth... was my youth. lol
You should have seen my wife try to pick it up!

she was eventually able to lift it!
But she smashed some of them when she put them down... good times!
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congrats jarred!!! how old was your saba?
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WOW! Boy am I homesick! The last home we stayed in, in the Philippines, we had 4 big mats of Saba, 3 mats of Praying Hands, and 3 mats of Butuan.
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:25 PM   #12 (permalink)
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congrats jarred!!! how old was your saba?
About two years.
I actually had two Saba bloom, one was from TC and the other (the bunch in this thread) was from a corm I bought from a member here. The TC fruits never plumped up, very disappointing. The plant got quite raggedy and was just about to fall over, I waited as long as possible and they never plumped up.
These obviously did though and these were from the corm I grew out. fwiw
I will take pics of the measly bloom I cut from the other Saba, its still out in the yard.
This plant was still bright green when I cut them and was doing great. They were turning yellow so it was time. Was really interesting doing the TC and the corm side by side. Not so scientific, just an experience of mine.
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Hernia time. Or maybe a man and his banana like on TyTy! LOL Congragulations
Hey! What the heck. Give them some competition. Take a picture with your shirt off! At least we know that the bananas are home grown.
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Very nice.
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Congrats Jarred! Hopefully I'll be posting a pic like that in a year or two. Enjoy.
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Aweome pictures, Jarred!!! Man what I would give to get any of my nanners to bloom, besides velutina and laterita. Still waiting on my first...
Thanks for posting all the great pics!!!
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Was really interesting doing the TC and the corm side by side. Not so scientific, just an experience of mine.
It is not the first time that poor performance has been reported from small corms, esp. TC. I recently received a Dwarf Namwa TC and I'm hoping to "grow the corm" as much as possible. The plant is in a #3 pot with a 40% shade cloth hood. Also, I'm feeding it a 1/2 cup of 3-3-3 per month. Well see what happens -- it might take a generation or two before developing some sizeable corms.
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Congratulations, Jarred. Very nice bunch of bananas there that reminds me of the Banana Boat Song - did you drink rum all day after your harvest???

That's one thing about the nematode quarantine in California: it makes it harder for us to buy something other than TC plants. I think my little TC Raja Puri was about 18 months old before it died in the freeze 18 months ago before ever having the chance to bloom. But it's pup is now in bloom, thankfully, and I have several pups. So it does require more patience that starting out with a large corm.
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