Questions about musa saba

Lukaswoky · 06-19-2022, 03:30 PM

Hi everyone! I ve just found musa saba to buy in France. I m usda 10b and i wanna know if any of you have experience with it. Acording to wikipedia it will grow and bear fruit in my climate but i prefer your opinions. Hehe.
I was looking for a cooking hardy banana for few years now and this just apears when having a look in this website. Thx in advance for your knowledge.

twotallgirls · 06-19-2022, 06:44 PM

I live in 10B and grow Saba.... It grows fast and really tall, especially during our rainy season. Mine continually push out pups so you have to keep up with removing pups or the mat will spread in no time. I decided to relocate mine after they took over my side yard and it was an all day job digging them up. My experience is that the fruit take longer than usual to ripen (7-9 months) I haven't used them green / cooking but they were OK once yellow. They are monsters so find the right spot for them.

Lukaswoky · 06-20-2022, 03:14 AM

How are the bananas? Tasty? Big enough? Tell me more.

Thx!!!!

twotallgirls · 06-20-2022, 11:27 AM

So I've eaten them from food vendor on a stick (cooked in brown sugar and butter) and as tostones (very good) so I know they are very good for cooking. But I've not doen this with ones I've personally grown.

In my experience, it grows very fast, trunk is very thick, and it gets very tall. I grow and produce a fair amount of banana varieties and grow them for the fruit, bit I grew this one for its size. My first bunch was tossed... it lost most of its leaves (tropical storm winds) and without leaves, the fruit just died off. I've found the leaves are more brittle than others and heavy winds break the stems much easier than any of my other bananas.

Anyways, the ripened fruit is good. For such a tall plant, you'd think the fruit would be larger. They are about 3-4 inches long but stocky / thick. Tastes is not too sweet, a little soft when yellow ripe. I'm know they are much better suited for cooking like a plantain (which I plan to do with my current bunch). I'm spoiled as I grow some very tasty varieties so when I say fruit is OK when ripened, I should put that in perspective.

Summer in Florida is very rainy / humid so they do like to grow. If I remember correctly, I believe your area in NW Spain actually gets decent amount of rain and lots of sun so Saba should do well in your area. I know you've got some great wine grown there!

Good luck and share how it goes!!

Akula · 06-20-2022, 11:34 AM

Search for posts by member "Rmplmnz". He had some nice videos of his collection that included his giant sabas.

The plant is incredibly tall and thick which is appealing if you are into giant plants but it seemed to me that the bunch sizes were small for such a monster plant and it would be a lot of work to chop it up at the end of the life cycle.

Abnshrek · 06-25-2022, 08:55 PM

I grew Saba's in S. Arkansas for 3-4 years and they got big but not big enuf to fruit. We shall see how Beaumont fares..

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twotallgirls Location: Marco Island, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10A Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 100 BananaBucks : 24,186 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 208 Times in 69 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Re: Questions about musa saba I live in 10B and grow Saba.... It grows fast and really tall, especially during our rainy season. Mine continually push out pups so you have to keep up with removing pups or the mat will spread in no time. I decided to relocate mine after they took over my side yard and it was an all day job digging them up. My experience is that the fruit take longer than usual to ripen (7-9 months) I haven't used them green / cooking but they were OK once yellow. They are monsters so find the right spot for them. __________________ Blue Java, Raja Puri, Goldfinger FHIA-01, Mona Lisa FHIA-02, Sweetheart FHIA-03, Pitogo, Saba, Dwarf Cavendish, Super Dwarf Cav., Namwa, Brazilian, Mysore, Dwarf Red, and a mystery or two

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Lukaswoky Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 45 BananaBucks : 20,203 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 112 Times Was Thanked 42 Times in 25 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Questions about musa saba How are the bananas? Tasty? Big enough? Tell me more. Thx!!!! __________________ Rias Baixas, Galicia, NW Spain USDA 10b Starting a sintropy agroforestry system Basjoo Ice cream Blue java ?????? Red dacca Canary cavendish Da jiao Orinoco Dwarf orinoco Namwah Dwarf namwah Ensete ventricosum Ensete ventricosum var. Maurelii Hajaray Rajapuri Malbhog Saba Manzana Dwarf Brazilian Himalayan fruit FHIA-2 Mona Lisa FHIA-1 Goldfinger Gros Michael Kokopo Dhusray Musella lasiocarpa

06-20-2022, 11:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
twotallgirls Location: Marco Island, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10A Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 100 BananaBucks : 24,186 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 208 Times in 69 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Re: Questions about musa saba So I've eaten them from food vendor on a stick (cooked in brown sugar and butter) and as tostones (very good) so I know they are very good for cooking. But I've not doen this with ones I've personally grown. In my experience, it grows very fast, trunk is very thick, and it gets very tall. I grow and produce a fair amount of banana varieties and grow them for the fruit, bit I grew this one for its size. My first bunch was tossed... it lost most of its leaves (tropical storm winds) and without leaves, the fruit just died off. I've found the leaves are more brittle than others and heavy winds break the stems much easier than any of my other bananas. Anyways, the ripened fruit is good. For such a tall plant, you'd think the fruit would be larger. They are about 3-4 inches long but stocky / thick. Tastes is not too sweet, a little soft when yellow ripe. I'm know they are much better suited for cooking like a plantain (which I plan to do with my current bunch). I'm spoiled as I grow some very tasty varieties so when I say fruit is OK when ripened, I should put that in perspective. Summer in Florida is very rainy / humid so they do like to grow. If I remember correctly, I believe your area in NW Spain actually gets decent amount of rain and lots of sun so Saba should do well in your area. I know you've got some great wine grown there! Good luck and share how it goes!! __________________ Blue Java, Raja Puri, Goldfinger FHIA-01, Mona Lisa FHIA-02, Sweetheart FHIA-03, Pitogo, Saba, Dwarf Cavendish, Super Dwarf Cav., Namwa, Brazilian, Mysore, Dwarf Red, and a mystery or two

06-20-2022, 11:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
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06-25-2022, 08:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Abnshrek Happy Growing Abnshrek 's Photo Gallery Location: Beaumont Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b, but 9b weather.. Name: Migael / Michael Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,493 BananaBucks : 305,998 Feedback: 45 / 100% Said "Thanks" 10,447 Times Was Thanked 16,443 Times in 5,238 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,318 Times	Re: Questions about musa saba I grew Saba's in S. Arkansas for 3-4 years and they got big but not big enuf to fruit. We shall see how Beaumont fares.. __________________ I'm a Nannerhead :^)

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