Saba update :)

ArchAngeL01 · 07-10-2010, 01:36 AM

Okay heres an update on my saba, This was him last fall when i first purchased the baby

Now look at him!! after inside all winter he grew and grew to about 4 1/2 feet in height ... i planted him after the last frost and WOW look at him now!!! hes almost to my bedroom window! isn't he beautiful! i can't wait to see his full potential!

saltydad · 07-10-2010, 04:58 PM

Thanks for the report and pics, Archangel. I had a Saba but it didn't come back after I replanted it outside from the winter. Have to get another one! Yours looks great!

ArchAngeL01 · 07-11-2010, 02:40 AM

Thanks saltydad!

griphuz · 07-12-2010, 06:35 AM

Very nice, and very jealous!!

Here in Europe they're hard to get.
I've ordered a few from Florida and they died due to direct sun to soon (wasn't home when they arrived.)
Ordered again and now customs is moaning for a phyto certificate,....and I haven't got one

(I took a risk, and last time it worked, this time apparently not)

I guess I'll give up for now

Good luck on yours anyhow! Enjoy it!
Kind regards,
Remko.

LilRaverBoi · 07-12-2010, 12:31 PM

Wow...looks great! Impressive as sabas usually are.

You might have to move it farther from your house, though....looks like leaves are gonna be jabbing/scraping at your siding.

Abnshrek · 07-12-2010, 12:34 PM

I'm hoping mine can look like that next year :^)

palmtree · 07-12-2010, 07:35 PM

Wow! They really are fast growing! It shouldnt be long before you look out your window and see banana leaves!

CValentine · 07-12-2010, 09:40 PM

SO BEAUTIFUL BRAD!!!!

~Cheryl

ArchAngeL01 · 07-14-2010, 06:10 PM

heres a veiw from my window.

Abnshrek · 07-14-2010, 06:17 PM

Next year you may not have to look down.. :^)

CoryS · 07-14-2010, 11:41 PM

I noticed your Saba in "most recent photos" but hadn't realized how large it is. That's one fast growing banana plant. Good work! If I lived in zone 8, I'd be tempted to try one myself.

TommyMacLuckie · 07-15-2010, 09:28 AM

I moved one the other day. I'm not kidding when I say I could hardly move it - it must weigh close to 500 lbs. It's rather tall, about 8 to 10 feet. I managed to get a huge portion of the corm with it.

It didn't wilt after I moved it to it's new position and planted it.

I also was able to get 2 pups from it, one of which is in a pot, the other I moved to a place to be in the ground.

I found that leaving the dead trunks (cut to about 4-6 feet) from winter freeze damage seems to have aided in their growth this year (a constant water source) because all the previous summers I had removed all the dead trunks and they grew very very slow. So it's partially an experiment to see what happens. And now I am convinced to leave a majority of the dead trunks for the new season to help grow the pups.

This year they've managed to outgrow the Orinocos.

ArchAngeL01 · 07-15-2010, 02:02 PM

It is my favorite Musa of all i believe. Huge leaves, beautiful jade green p-stem and grows rapidly,it loves the sandy soils mixed with peat moss.

TommyMacLuckie · 07-15-2010, 08:46 PM

I'm starting to wonder about this 'it grows fast' thing. Think maturity of the corm might have something to do with it? Until this year, they've always been way slower than Orinoco.

ArchAngeL01 · 07-15-2010, 09:06 PM

Do you keep it moist? dont let it dry...

07-10-2010, 01:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
ArchAngeL01 ArchAngeL01's Photo Gallery Location: Greenville, SC Zone: 8A Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 849 BananaBucks : 134,320 Feedback: 4 / 83% Said "Thanks" 104 Times Was Thanked 433 Times in 165 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Saba update :) Okay heres an update on my saba, This was him last fall when i first purchased the baby Now look at him!! after inside all winter he grew and grew to about 4 1/2 feet in height ... i planted him after the last frost and WOW look at him now!!! hes almost to my bedroom window! isn't he beautiful! i can't wait to see his full potential! __________________ Brad

07-10-2010, 04:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
saltydad saltydad's Photo Gallery Location: Silver Spring, Maryland USA Find me on the map! Zone: 7a Name: Howard Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,552 BananaBucks : 147,900 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 14,712 Times Was Thanked 4,662 Times in 1,778 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 824 Times	Re: Saba update :) Thanks for the report and pics, Archangel. I had a Saba but it didn't come back after I replanted it outside from the winter. Have to get another one! Yours looks great! __________________ Men In Nursing- "A Few Good Men" "Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." - Francis Bacon "If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal." John F. Kennedy, September, 1960 http://flickr.com/photos/saltydad/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/saltydad http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/saltydad/

07-11-2010, 02:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
ArchAngeL01 ArchAngeL01's Photo Gallery Location: Greenville, SC Zone: 8A Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 849 BananaBucks : 134,320 Feedback: 4 / 83% Said "Thanks" 104 Times Was Thanked 433 Times in 165 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Saba update :) Thanks saltydad! __________________ Brad

07-12-2010, 06:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
griphuz Cold-tolerant collector griphuz's Photo Gallery Location: Netherlands Find me on the map! Zone: 7 - 8a Name: Remko Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 295 BananaBucks : 77,302 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 317 Times Was Thanked 290 Times in 114 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 827 Times	Re: Saba update :) Very nice, and very jealous!! Here in Europe they're hard to get. I've ordered a few from Florida and they died due to direct sun to soon (wasn't home when they arrived.) Ordered again and now customs is moaning for a phyto certificate,....and I haven't got one (I took a risk, and last time it worked, this time apparently not) I guess I'll give up for now Good luck on yours anyhow! Enjoy it! Kind regards, Remko.

07-12-2010, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
LilRaverBoi Nanner Time! LilRaverBoi's Photo Gallery Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Bryan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,935 BananaBucks : 100,833 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 534 Times Was Thanked 2,238 Times in 1,242 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 855 Times	Re: Saba update :) Wow...looks great! Impressive as sabas usually are. You might have to move it farther from your house, though....looks like leaves are gonna be jabbing/scraping at your siding. __________________ BANANA RAVE! Feel the beat from start to stop, dancin' and movin' from bottom to top! lilraverboi@genxglow.com RIP Tog Tan. We love you and will always remember you! I'm Bryan with a Y! There is no 'I' in BRYAN!

Members currently in the chatroom: 0
	The most chatters online in one day was 17, 09-06-2009. No one is currently using the chat.

07-12-2010, 12:34 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: 9,483 BananaBucks : 151,487 Feedback: 45 / 100% Said "Thanks" 10,444 Times Was Thanked 16,426 Times in 5,230 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,314 Times	Re: Saba update :) I'm hoping mine can look like that next year :^) __________________ I'm a Nannerhead :^)

07-12-2010, 07:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
palmtree palmtree 's Photo Gallery Location: New York City Find me on the map! Zone: 7b Name: Alex C Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,016 BananaBucks : 94,245 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,492 Times Was Thanked 1,428 Times in 644 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 103 Times	Re: Saba update :) Wow! They really are fast growing! It shouldnt be long before you look out your window and see banana leaves! __________________ Location: New York City, zone 7b

07-12-2010, 09:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
CValentine Prolific Epistemologist CValentine 's Photo Gallery Location: Bell County, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Che Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,846 BananaBucks : 136,239 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 7,127 Times Was Thanked 1,782 Times in 625 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 362 Times	Re: Saba update :) SO BEAUTIFUL BRAD!!!! ~Cheryl __________________ When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

07-14-2010, 06:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
ArchAngeL01 ArchAngeL01's Photo Gallery Location: Greenville, SC Zone: 8A Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 849 BananaBucks : 134,320 Feedback: 4 / 83% Said "Thanks" 104 Times Was Thanked 433 Times in 165 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Saba update :) heres a veiw from my window. __________________ Brad

07-14-2010, 06:17 PM	#10 (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: 9,483 BananaBucks : 151,487 Feedback: 45 / 100% Said "Thanks" 10,444 Times Was Thanked 16,426 Times in 5,230 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,314 Times	Re: Saba update :) Next year you may not have to look down.. :^) __________________ I'm a Nannerhead :^)

07-14-2010, 11:41 PM	#11 (permalink)
CoryS Novice Gardener CoryS's Photo Gallery Location: OK Find me on the map! Zone: 7 Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 727 BananaBucks : 68,602 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,362 Times Was Thanked 709 Times in 302 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 46 Times	Re: Saba update :) I noticed your Saba in "most recent photos" but hadn't realized how large it is. That's one fast growing banana plant. Good work! If I lived in zone 8, I'd be tempted to try one myself. __________________ Sunlight makes plants grow and people live. -Me

07-15-2010, 09:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
TommyMacLuckie Howboutcha! TommyMacLuckie's Photo Gallery Location: Mandeville, Louisiana Find me on the map! Zone: 8B Name: Tommy Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 427 BananaBucks : 195,199 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 375 Times in 202 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Saba update :) I moved one the other day. I'm not kidding when I say I could hardly move it - it must weigh close to 500 lbs. It's rather tall, about 8 to 10 feet. I managed to get a huge portion of the corm with it. It didn't wilt after I moved it to it's new position and planted it. I also was able to get 2 pups from it, one of which is in a pot, the other I moved to a place to be in the ground. I found that leaving the dead trunks (cut to about 4-6 feet) from winter freeze damage seems to have aided in their growth this year (a constant water source) because all the previous summers I had removed all the dead trunks and they grew very very slow. So it's partially an experiment to see what happens. And now I am convinced to leave a majority of the dead trunks for the new season to help grow the pups. This year they've managed to outgrow the Orinocos.

07-15-2010, 02:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
ArchAngeL01 ArchAngeL01's Photo Gallery Location: Greenville, SC Zone: 8A Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 849 BananaBucks : 134,320 Feedback: 4 / 83% Said "Thanks" 104 Times Was Thanked 433 Times in 165 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Saba update :) It is my favorite Musa of all i believe. Huge leaves, beautiful jade green p-stem and grows rapidly,it loves the sandy soils mixed with peat moss. __________________ Brad

07-15-2010, 08:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
TommyMacLuckie Howboutcha! TommyMacLuckie's Photo Gallery Location: Mandeville, Louisiana Find me on the map! Zone: 8B Name: Tommy Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 427 BananaBucks : 195,199 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 375 Times in 202 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Saba update :) I'm starting to wonder about this 'it grows fast' thing. Think maturity of the corm might have something to do with it? Until this year, they've always been way slower than Orinoco.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Update my lab	novisyatria	Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants	11	01-10-2010 11:32 PM
Fruiting update	Magilla Gorilla	Main Banana Discussion	3	09-17-2009 05:36 PM
my crazy ice cream banana size update-it thnks it's a saba!	sandy0225	Main Banana Discussion	8	07-14-2008 10:43 PM
Update	Blue Java	Main Banana Discussion	8	11-23-2007 03:49 AM
update	agriculture	Member Introductions	1	03-02-2007 08:24 AM

07-15-2010, 09:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
ArchAngeL01 ArchAngeL01's Photo Gallery Location: Greenville, SC Zone: 8A Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 849 BananaBucks : 134,320 Feedback: 4 / 83% Said "Thanks" 104 Times Was Thanked 433 Times in 165 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Saba update :) Do you keep it moist? dont let it dry... __________________ Brad