i go down to PI all the time and snoop around. i found my alampur baneshan mango tree months before they listed it on their site. i have seen Rollinia Biriba as well, i think they dont update their site often enough to put small quantity things up.

did you check the lychee area?
they had a bunch of really cool chinese named varieties, Groff and others not listed on their viewer. they were all small air layerings though

Congrats Swrancher on your new Mango trees. I love Pine Island, I went there once when I lived in Miami. Fun place to visit, lots of fruit trees. Unfortunately at the time I was living in Miami, I was living in a townhouse(NO yard). Bought 2 Cosghalls and potted it up. Ended up leaving it there when I moved to Highlands county...now I have 7 mango trees and 2 lychee trees in the yard. The only thing I miss about Miami is the NO frost in winter,lol...Nice city but boy was it over crowded and traffic was horrendous, I don't miss that!

Good luck with your trees! Nice Christmas gift to yourself,lol...

Planted my new Tebow Mango tree today on a nice raised bed area where it should do very well. Tree is now about 4 feet tall and is a single thick stalk.

My question is should I prune the top off now so that when it has a growth flush it makes branches or should I let it settle in first and then do the cut later? I'm kind of leaning towards cutting now so I don't waste its first few growth flushes on something thats just being cut off.

Tony:
I would not prune now in any case.....if you are going to prune, I would wait until the chance for cold damage to end. A 26 degree night could do all the pruning you need on this young mango.

Harry

i agree with Harry, if you are going to prune at all wait until Spring, when the tree has alot of energy to send out new growth.

i wouldnt prune it at all if it were mine, kentXedward means a beautiful stately tree. my advice is let it grow and just pick the immature fruit when its marble sized for the first few years.

I'm all set with my Tebow, its now planted and seems to be doing well in its new home. Going back to PI tomorrow afternoon to pick up my 7 gal size Neelum Mango tree. I'm very excited about planting this type tree, took alot to find one in decent shape. I'm planning on putting it all the way in the back of my property on a large raised mound within a low lying area that gets briefly flooded in very heavy summer rain. The mound itself is high and solid enough that the tree will be safe. Although it will be briefly surrounded by water for a few days at a time in the South Florida summer. The Neelum type is a late enough Mango that by the time its ready to pick the area near it should be dryed out.

Congrats on your new Tebow and your new Neelum you're purchasing tomorrow. I like living in Central FL for the little extra security from Hurricanes(being in the middle of the state), but the threat of frost in the next 8 weeks or so is the downside. This time of year I wished I lived further south,lol...

Good luck with your trees! Sounds like you have the perfect planting site for it.

I'm curious to hear how this Tebow mango tastes...hopefully it lives up to the hype. Ah, I wish I had more property. I've planted it all out. Any mango I've planted that is sub-par in taste, it gets the ax!

Bluepalm, That's a good idea with the ax,lol...I agree way too many different varieties out there to keep a tree that either doesn't produce well or you don't like the taste.
I also would love to hear how this one taste.

Thanks for the kind words. I'll keep everyone posted on the new Tebow, but expect it will be a year, two or three before I can report on taste...LOL. The Neelum tree is quite a bit larger and seems more established so maybe I'll get some fruit from it next season.

Anyone else notice Indian type mango trees seem to be stouter then Florida and Indochinese type trees of the same height? Today, saw a small Alampur Banshar tree and the leaves seemed to be growing at an upward angle versus all the other Mangos I have seen which are the opposite. Almost looked a little like an avocado tree...

the two Indian types i have,

Alphonso has dark large leaves, it will grow into a large tree. it is in the very corner of my proerty (the dragonfruit cage is the corner) and has one solid branch. im hoping i can train it into a multi trunk tree and keep the branches as horizontal as possible.

and Alampur Baneshan, narrow skinny leaves. the top leaves were dark purple when they flushed but turned into a lighter green. its a dwarf variety and as you can see its showing a bushy habit

Here's my new Tebow Mango tree.

And here's my new Neelam tree.

By the way...I have the little fence barriers around each of my trees to keep our chickens from digging at the base of the trees.

Tony:

Looks nicely planted. Be careful though, with that mounding it is easy to have the water roll off the mound and not make it to the roots. These newly planted mangos need lots of water....maybe not quite as much as when it is warm and they are really growing, however, I would still tend to keep them on the moist side. I have been known to leave the hose dripping slowly...like a drip irrigation system with new plantings that are elevated like this. Nothing worse than a dehydrated young mango tree. Good luck!

Harry

Very NICE...good luck with your new trees.