leaves were packed

shipping boxes

root-ball

left to right: Carrie, nam doc mai, Maha, Alphonsol one day after arried

This post was edited by sapote on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 21:11

just after brushing the leaves with fertilizer water

all of them after 1 week

Lancetilla bought on 2013-2-7 from Mimosa; leave or flower buds?

This post was edited by sapote on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 21:18

VP bought on 13-2-7; flower or leave buds?

Lancetilla on 13-3-14 with flower

closeup lancetilla flower

VP on 13-3-14 with flower

closeup vp flower

Maha after one week

NDM one week later

alphonsol 1 week later

carrie 1 week later

Homedepot Manila planted last June. The big tree trunk in the background is the 15 yrs old white sapote (grower said McDill but I think its exellent tast yellow fruit is Suebell (spell?)

This post was edited by sapote on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 21:43

Wow...Congrats on your new 6 different types of mango! I wish you the best with all of them...I hope they grow well for you and you get fruits in a year or two.

That manila should give you fruits probably next year...I love mangoes!!

Please keep up posted on their progress!

Excellent plants, Mr. Sapote - everything looks well maintained.....

myamberD

So itâÂÂs almost 3 weeks after I potted the four mango trees I bought from TT, and they are holding their leaves ��" no single leave had fallen. All of them show new buds and the Carrie has new flower. They all have been out in full sun since last week.

I think by painting the leaves with fertilizer water might had minimized the shock to my mango trees.

For the two bigger Valencia and Lancetilla, there are tiny fruits formed now. Yesterday I took some photos of the honey bees eating the mango flowerâÂÂs nectar. I had read articles saying Honey bees are not attracted to mango flower, but in my case I see a few bees on the flowers every day over the weekend.

I watered my mango trees with fish emulsion. Have anyone tried it and what was the result?

Sapote,

Wow, so many beautiful and healthy looking mango trees! I think they're going to do very well for you. Also, I see you have a mango planted in the middle of your patio. I've been wanting to do the same for one of my mangos as it looks neater, but I've also heard that the roots like to have more open space to grow better, so I'm not so sure now ... Do you know anything about it, or if anybody else has more info, I'd greatly appreciate it. By the way, your patio looks gorgeous. Did you DIY it?

Thanks for sharing all the nice mix of your mangoes.

bananafan,

Paver or brick court yard allows water and air to get to ground and so it should be ok for mango which does not have much horizontal root as ovocado or citric trees. In cooler climate, courtyard is good for mango which requires warm soil.

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/mango.html
In the link, under Location it says the mango surrounded by paving. I had seen very healthy mango grew in the middle of concrete yard. Thank you for your kind words of the patio; I and a helper laid all the pavers last year. We also did the long driveway. I think we had handled more than 5000 pieces of pavers.

Sapote
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Thank you, Sapote, for the info about planting mango in the courtyard. I'm glad to hear that it is ok to do so. The spot where I'm planning to plant is also the spot where I'd like to have patio blocks on.

You did a good job at your DIY courtyard and I love your small patio blocks. Did you special order them? We did ours with the 18x18 concrete blocks. They're heavy to work with. I'm glad to hear you also have your driveway done. Paved area looks so neat and nice and most of all keep those weeds out. Before we did ours, it was a humongous jungle and we were just busy chasing weeds all summer long.

No special order -- just a standard concrete pavers from Angelus:
http://www.angeluspavingstones.com/collections/paving-stones/antique-cobble-i-ii/

They have dimension: 5.5" x 8.26" and 5.5"x5.5", which my courtyard used both in a mixed pattern.

My beautiful carrie -- she was the one sent out the flower first -- had died. NMD's single elongate 4" long fruit exploded one day, just too young for edible. VP and Lancetilla each has one big fruit, and they are doing fine. Both Alphonsol and Maha did not have flower -- a good thing -- and so they are growing fast and strong. I must say this: all the trees that had spent the energy on flowering and fruiting had suffered a bit.

I accidentally knocked Carrie's baby off, and few week later she sent out a big cluster of flower. But by then she didn't have enough leaves to support, and I finally cut off the flower to save her. She never could recover from this. A month later the top leaves wilt, and by feel I could tell the bark above the graft was soft and watery. I cut off below the graft to save the root stock. few week later the tiny green bud near the soil line also wilt. So I thought it died, and pull it out thinking root rot. My surprise the roots were fine and only the truck bark had problem. I cut off the soft watery bark section to the healthy wood and replanted it back, hoping it could regrow. I would like to know what was the reason to her death (hope not).

Advice: don't do what I did -- don't let the young trees have flower and fruits.

Sapote

Yes, unfortunately letting a very small tree bloom and fruit takes so much energy from the plant that its always recommended to remove the blooms and or fruits till the tree is bigger stronger and a little more mature. Its a very hard lesson to learn plus human nature makes it difficult to remove and pick them off...its always exciting to "see" if you can get one to maturity at this young age :o(

Its good advise...but a hard one to follow,lol...

So sorry to hear about your Carrie, but glad to hear the rest of your mango trees are doing well...

Please update us on your mangos' progress, Mr Sapote!

My neighbor and I are each on the hunt for Mangos that will do well - we are near the top of Mt Washington in Los Angeles. South facing yards.

Gold Nugget, Keitt, Glenn, Haden, Valencia Pride, Manila or something else?
If I were going to plant only two, what would be the best choices?

From your list I would pick Glenn and Keitt ( Keitt is a very late variety Sept-Nov) in CA...I have both of these are are both excellent.

I would also recommended Pickering and Maha...but there are SO many great mango varieties to choose from and since mango taste is subjective everyone has their preference...these 4 I've recommended are very good IMHO...

Good luck on your quest...

Dear Babyg,

Sorry I wasnâÂÂt checking the forum latterly. Puglvr gave good advices and she has much more experience in mango than me. Your location sounds much better than mine. IâÂÂm in Burbank 91501 and I think itâÂÂs little colder than yours in the winter. Believe me I have been experimenting with growing mangoes every year for the last 10 years, and I think I have learned greatly in the last couple years of how to keep the little young trees survive in the winters. Do not let fruits on young trees at least the first 2 years. In cold wet winter, cover from top to toe when itâÂÂs below 50F every night with plastic bags. Cover the soil around the root when rain. Root rot is the #1 killer.

I vote for Maha too. ItâÂÂs has little disease and itâÂÂs strong. I like the taste of Valencia Pride, but these are the only two fruits that I had tasted. Last year I lost the Alphosol. This winter so far so good with 10 mangoes on ground: Mun Kun Si (leaves all damaged by the New Year freezing); Nam Doc Mai; 6 ft Kent seedling; Neelum; HD Manila (most leaves damaged by freezing). In flowering: Alampur Baneshan; Cac Hoa-Loc; Edward; Lancetilla; Mahachinook. All of the trees were protected by the same method. IâÂÂm surprised that the HD Manila was damaged by the cold, and Manila was listed as one of the cold hardy variety.

Sapote

i am Jealous Sapote.
all i have now is a Florigon i grew from seed, abot 3ft tall.

i am in New Orleans (9a /9b border)
and the last 2 winters we had 27F
twice this year, 4 times last winter.

i grow papaya which i think is just a tad bit more sensitive ?
i always put another plant next to them, and,
if i can pant them close to my house on a South wall.
lots of mulch...

i plan on buying 3 mango this spring.
im looking for input,
but, i will start another thread.

looks good...

Brad