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TommyMacLuckie · 09-08-2009, 10:57 PM

Sorry, no pictures yet - I need to get some - but one of the two groves of Sabas I have, the very first plant is blooming and it is incredible. The plants themselves are no more than maybe 12 feet to crown. It looks like the 2nd and 3rd plants might get a little taller. They're so slow though. Wow. I've seen good roads go bad in the amount of time it takes these bananas to grow to 10 feet.

I had one earlier this year that was doing great - and then the wind storm we got nailed with on July 3rd broke a bunch of banana plants - and one of them was a nice tall Saba. It popped out a bloom after I had to cut it. It didn't do anything worth talking about other than it finished its life real quick.

Just wondering if anyone else has the same experience I have with Sabas - real real slow - but awesome to look at, stand under and behold. Oh yeah - the fruit - I've read that the fruit is really good. I have yet to eat any. I'm looking forward to it.

The other nice thing is the one grove I have has about 3 nice sword suckers on it so I'm going to be moving them around at some point. I just need to figure out when to cut them. Which, for these plants, I really don't know.

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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 : 253,561 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 375 Times in 202 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	For The Love Of Saba Sorry, no pictures yet - I need to get some - but one of the two groves of Sabas I have, the very first plant is blooming and it is incredible. The plants themselves are no more than maybe 12 feet to crown. It looks like the 2nd and 3rd plants might get a little taller. They're so slow though. Wow. I've seen good roads go bad in the amount of time it takes these bananas to grow to 10 feet. I had one earlier this year that was doing great - and then the wind storm we got nailed with on July 3rd broke a bunch of banana plants - and one of them was a nice tall Saba. It popped out a bloom after I had to cut it. It didn't do anything worth talking about other than it finished its life real quick. Just wondering if anyone else has the same experience I have with Sabas - real real slow - but awesome to look at, stand under and behold. Oh yeah - the fruit - I've read that the fruit is really good. I have yet to eat any. I'm looking forward to it. The other nice thing is the one grove I have has about 3 nice sword suckers on it so I'm going to be moving them around at some point. I just need to figure out when to cut them. Which, for these plants, I really don't know.