Goodbye Saba

sunfish · 09-01-2011, 01:30 PM

Grew this from a 6" TC and it finally fruited after a little over 3 years. I have way to many plants in my yard. I have been trying to sell off pups all year long at $5 each.Very few buyers in San Diego.Digdeep wants a Saba. So goodbye to this one fruit,pups,corm and all

I hope it's Saba

island cassie · 09-01-2011, 01:57 PM

I know how you feel Tony - I only keep my Saba for the architectural aspect - but the French plantain and the Dwarf Orinoco had to go for the same reason - no space!!

sunfish · 09-01-2011, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by island cassie

I know how you feel Tony - I only keep my Saba for the architectural aspect - but the French plantain and the Dwarf Orinoco had to go for the same reason - no space!!

If I could of sold off some of my other varieties,I would have keep this until the fruit were ready.If I offered pups for free I'd probably have people knocking down my door

island cassie · 09-01-2011, 02:48 PM

Yes - I don't bother trying to sell mine - they make great compost!!!

sunfish · 09-01-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by island cassie

Yes - I don't bother trying to sell mine - they make great compost!!!

Yes they do

Caloosamusa · 09-01-2011, 03:44 PM

They are not very productive in Florida either Tony. Mulch sounds good.

RobG7aChattTN · 09-01-2011, 04:32 PM

They are nice for here just for the size alone. I had one but it didn't overwinter. Randy lives near me and overwintered one a few years. I think he lost his the same year I lost mine but I think he has a replacement. For me, Musas are sort of like bee swarms: Worth a lot in spring, less in summer, worthless in fall (although I did overwinter an itinerans in the ground last winter that was planted very late).

sunfish · 09-01-2011, 05:36 PM

The main reason for getting rid of it is room.I can't even turn around without something in my way.Just to many plants.

All gone.Now I have room for something else

Kostas · 09-01-2011, 05:57 PM

I am sorry to hear that Tony,should be somewhat hard to dig up a plant you grew from TC to flowering. At least it went to someone who will love it!

What was its pseudostem diameter and height btw?

sunfish · 09-01-2011, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kostas

I am sorry to hear that Tony,should be somewhat hard to dig up a plant you grew from TC to flowering. At least it went to someone who will love it!

What was its pseudostem diameter and height btw?

A good guess 18" diameter and 14' p-stem.First generation so I'm sure they get much larger.
It would have been nice to let the fruit mature but .

Kostas · 09-01-2011, 06:14 PM

Thank you very much Tony! This one surely isnt for ''confined spaces''

kaczercat · 09-01-2011, 06:45 PM

Tony what's your soil like there? sandy/ clay like?

sunfish · 09-01-2011, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kaczercat

Tony what's your soil like there? sandy/ clay like?

Heavy clay,like a rock when dry and a sponge when wet

jrodzen · 09-01-2011, 11:25 PM

Tony - the two Saba pups I got from you back in the spring are doing well! When I give them a good shot of fertilizer and lots of water they just grow like mad.

Do you think I should dig them up for the winter? I am in the Sacramento area, in borderline zone 8/9.

sunfish · 09-02-2011, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jrodzen

Tony - the two Saba pups I got from you back in the spring are doing well! When I give them a good shot of fertilizer and lots of water they just grow like mad.

Do you think I should dig them up for the winter? I am in the Sacramento area, in borderline zone 8/9.

To be honest I don't know if Saba will make it in the ground in your zone. I think you may do best by mulching them and keeping the corm alive. Someone else with more experience in your zone could give better advice.

So you had no problem getting the corms to root.That's good.

RobG7aChattTN · 09-03-2011, 08:42 AM

I don't know how accurate Agri-Starts is but they have Saba listed as zone 8-9. I know Randy overwintered a Saba in the ground at least one winter with mulch in zone 7 and I can't remember a winter that didn't go below 10F so I'd say zone 8 is probably likely if it is mulched and kept dry.

jrodzen · 09-11-2011, 05:59 PM

Thanks Rob. I will probably dig up the smaller one and bring it into the greenhouse for the winter and let the larger one stay outdoors.

CookieCows · 09-12-2011, 07:06 AM

Oh I have zone envy!!! I love all your stuff!! I had a saba my first year of banana growing and was wow'd by the height. I cut it down, put it in a pot and it died over the winter in my spare bedroom turned plant room with too much heat and moisture. Plant room is now back to a bedroom and I just put pups all around the house in pots now in winter. I want to start on another saba though. I have mostly D.O.s and basjoo and I want bigger!

To not have enough room!! That must be a tropical paradise!!

sunfish · 09-12-2011, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by CookieCows

Oh I have zone envy!!! I love all your stuff!! I had a saba my first year of banana growing and was wow'd by the height. I cut it down, put it in a pot and it died over the winter in my spare bedroom turned plant room with too much heat and moisture. Plant room is now back to a bedroom and I just put pups all around the house in pots now in winter. I want to start on another saba though. I have mostly D.O.s and basjoo and I want bigger!

To not have enough room!! That must be a tropical paradise!!

Just lots of plants.Someday if I get it cleaned up it may be a paradise

orinoko · 09-12-2011, 11:32 AM

Sorry about you releasing plants sunfish,

I also have way too many but some are for next year...perennials.

Its also Acers that drive my passion, I just bought another yesterday.

Now I have five. This new one has peeling red bark.

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jrodzen Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9 BananaBucks : 6,786 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Goodbye Saba Tony - the two Saba pups I got from you back in the spring are doing well! When I give them a good shot of fertilizer and lots of water they just grow like mad. Do you think I should dig them up for the winter? I am in the Sacramento area, in borderline zone 8/9.

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jrodzen Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9 BananaBucks : 6,786 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Goodbye Saba Thanks Rob. I will probably dig up the smaller one and bring it into the greenhouse for the winter and let the larger one stay outdoors.

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