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My Saba is FINALLY flagging!! It's been three years and a lifetime growing bananas to get my FIRST flag.
I'm so excited.
Will post pics soon!
-Brad.

:woohoonaner:

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Congrats! Cant wait to see some pics! My Saba is only going into it's second full summer now. Its actually the youngest of all my banana plants but its the tallest at 9 feet tall! They are definitely fast growers and tall growers! I hear they bloom around a height of 30 feet! That height probably even increases as the grove ages.

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How tall is the p-stem?

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Congrats! How big is it?

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congrats brad !!
:woohoonaner:
nanners i got from you are going great here!!
we have a chilly few days here..but no freezes..whew!!
almost all tropicals are in gardens now.. oh my aching back
LOL
i am going to get a couple more big nanners this week..
and im done for this yr.. LOL yea..right..
:)
again..hope to see pics brad !!!!!

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Congrats! I remember seeing a PIC of it a while back. Can't wait to see it now!~

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Congrats! Can't wait to see pictures.

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Awesome, congrats!!

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I FINALLY got pictures!
This plant is about 15 feet tall and is growing in a part sun location. I only fertilized in the spring with a synthetic fertilizer.
Thanks for the congrats!



~enjoy.

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Awesome!!

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Congratulations - they do get very large and usually crop heavily too although the fruit takes a long time to ripen. Other varieties take about 4 months to ripen while these take 6 months. I am just about to remove my mat and replace it with something smaller. The current Sabas have 30ft of pstem and two have 60lb+ bunches ripening. I am giving the pups away to a friend today and once the fruit ripens I will replace the mat with a superb Orinoco that is a bit too shaded where it is. At least with the Orinoco I will be able to reach the dead leaves to trim them and I prefer their flavour. The gardeners treat the Sabas as plantains and eat them boiled. Good luck with your fruit and I hope it crops heavily for you - you can get 80lb+ bunches!!

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Thanks!
Have you ever eaten the fruit when it's ripe?

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Yes - many times! Quite nice flavour. Probably make good tostones or fried bananas too.

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Congrats! We prefer them as patacones/tostones. Keep us updated with the pictures!

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Congrats Brad
Sabas are amazing.
I remember the first time mine fruited and how far up there it was. I could'nt use a pvc prop because it was so long and flimsy so I had a couple props fabricated out of aluminum tubing and they work great.

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Thanks for sharing a pic! Looks great!
Are these the same bananas that are sold as triangle bananas (they are small cooking bananas with 3 sides to it instead of being a complete cylinder shape like most bananas)? I see those available here rarely, but occasionally and they taste pretty good!

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Those could be Saba, or they could be Orinoco.

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update!

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Check it out, she's a beauty. :bunchonanas:

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Gorgeous. Congratulations!u