Hey Bo..you have good stock;-)

:nanadrink:

Post some pics of that MONSTA Saba Mrs. MediaHound was holding;-)

:nanadrink:

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Here is the parent in June 2009, after a pretty bad winter.

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Chris, yes thanks once again for those sabas, they're amazing. I now have 3 big mats with around 6 to 8 plants in each. The bad winter got all my bananas including the big Sabas, but the new crop are coming back very healthy and green. I should have some 20 footers by end of summer.
Bo

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Sweet..thanks for the words of gratitude Bo, I am glad to have made a friend!!

Later in the Summer post some pics of those 20 footers!

Thanks for the update:nanadrink:

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Praying Hands 09

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Very nice Glenn!!

Looks like you put some of those fish heads in the soil...

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YouTube - Praying Hands Banana.MOV

'Praying Hands' and jumbo leaves..Pitoga Bloom Dwarf Red
YouTube - Praying Hands Pitoga Dwarf Red.MOV

Praying Hands Banana Pups
YouTube - Praying Hands III.MOV

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Excellent videos and pics!:woohoonaner::0519:

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Very nice. Can you show your Saba vs PH for scale?

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excellent is right thanks for doing this, videos are much better then pictures especially on here ! :D

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I will put something together to compare the two...Sabas are significantly bigger....

I got hit pretty hard this past winter and some of the mattes are still making a comeback...so I may have to dig out some old pics...

Ok...who can ID the Saba in this pic??? First response gets 100 Banana Bucks!!:nanadrink:
I call this pic the Transformer Banana
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Easy to spot the three sabas...
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Great videos, Chris!!! My praying hands is really starting to expode from overwintering under my house. I was able to overwinter only about 5' of pstem and it rotted down to about 2' before I was able to get it to kick start this spring. It put out about 4 decent sized leaves and then, BOOM, the last three are HUGE!!! I did not realize just how much larger the leaves are than most of my other bananas this year... Yours are no exception... Again, thanks for sharing the video... I especially love the dwarf reds!!!

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Saba Banana Integrated Development Program
YouTube - Saba Banana Integrated Development Program (AVP)


TURON
YouTube - TURON

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Looks good! Can you explain what's in those, how you season them, what is used as a condiment for them etc.

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Thanks Mitchel!

Nothing special..I focus on creating the "Forest Floor"...I have been in the same house for 18 years and growing bananas for over 40 years.....I have never used chemical fertilizers (and I am not knowledgeable enough on this topic to debate those that do..just stating my experience)....I have had some trial and error....one time I was sitting in the back yard and it was like someone came through with a saw and cut everything down...I had added too much horse manure too close to the mattes and everything just fell over..."Live and Learn"

I add about 5 tons of leaves a year

5 tons of tree mulch

5 tons of horse manure a year

and that is the bulk of it

..sorta speak:nanadrink:

And "We" keep the rodent population in check:
Squirrel Patrol:


Rat Patrol:


Mosquito Control:


Bug Control:


Lil' help from Mrs. Rmplmnz

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Great video and foto report. Man, thats a lot of shoveling there, but the plants are realy paying that hardwork back to You. Bravo!
:nanadrink:

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Thanks..about 20 loads (ten tree mulch/ten horse manure) a year.

The leaves are a lot of work also....just creating the "Forrest Floor"....Probably more like the "Jungle Floor"...lol:nanadrink:

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Some very nice photo's you edited in; Great update! You've raised your yard & self how many feet above your neighbors? :^)

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Ha ha...several..then it just seems to sink back down....lol....

Current raised bed project:
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That honkin' corm is bigger than Mrs. Rmplmnz!!! No wonder her arms and shoulders are cut! Love the varmit patrol. And I don't see where anyone else has guessed, so I will say the obvious, the saba is the tall one in the middle of the picture! HA HA!

~JaNan