Hey Harry,
Did you get anything yet from me? It was sent out on Saturday. I wanted to let you know that my mango is growing like crazy now. I am almost certain that it is trying to push out blooms. The familiar dense clusters of leaves have formed but now I noticed that at the base of the new growth there are several small individual buds. It has been several years since I have tried to grow this fruit again, but I remember these growths before. I can't believe it! Now I am faced with the agonizing decision of removing the fruit or allowing one or two too develop to maturity. Maybe I will get lucky and the fruit will fall off? I just wonder now if this tree will produce its blooms around this time of year. I know that temperature fluctuation from warm to cold will induce these blooms. I just wonder now if I am going to have problems with fruit that are not as sweet because they will not have natural sulight. Hmmmm! I will keep blogging on my progress, but there is not black spots on any of the new growth. I just have to go buy better lights on Wednesday. My keylime and Blood Orange are defoliating from lack of good light but I only have lights in one of my fixtures. I need to replace the other two lights and then I expect an improvement. The temp. in that room is never cooler then 65 degrees so I think I should be okay,the temps this week are supposed to warm enough where I may just take my fruit trees outside.

Hi Andrew:

I havn't receive anything yet. Maybe today, our mail has been somewhat unpredictable lately. We are at the end of the mailman's route and I think he skips us on some days.

Glad to hear your mango is looking good. I always struggle with the fruiting issue on young trees. I know the conventional wisdom is to remove the fruits. I must confess that I almost never do entirely. I just can't. My thinking......although perhaps somewhat of a rationalization is that the risk of leaving the fruits on will somehow stunt the growth of the tree. Then I think, well, I'd prefer to have a smaller tree anyway so what the heck. I'll leave the fruits on. So far, I haven't caused any major problem other than a slower growing tree. I am not sure if this theory would leave you any the worse off when you are growing in a pot. You are going to have to make that call....and I don't envy you the decision. So, take it as it comes and then make the best decision and go with it.

Hey Harry,
Just let me know when you get it. It may take a day or teo since I did not use priority mail. I think if the tree can hold the fruit, I wont intervene. I do want it to grow slower since I really dont have a lot of space. The slower the growth the better. I also know that if the fruit ripens by the time it goes out side again, the tree will be able to grow again. Thanks for the advice!