Mangos like a dry winter and a wet summer, so conditions would depend on where in Tunisia you are. For its first season good strong light but not full sun is probably best but get it slowly used to full sun as soon as possible. It will grow better in full sun. How much you water it depends a lot on your climate, whether it's rainy and humid or just dry. For a mango a temperature of 35C isn't too hot, it's more important it has enough water. And you need to make sure it has plenty of air movement around it.

Thanks for your reply. I am in Tunis, the humidity is 43%. and there is no rain for the next 2/3 months. I will water it each 2 days with 2 liters approximately. I will also take out some of the plastic film so that there is more air circulation. In september, once the seedling gets more vigorous and the sunlight less powerful,, i will take out the whole sun shield.

Sounds like a good idea. Closer to the coast should keep the temperature milder but just be careful if your winters get a bit wet and humid.

Thanks. Concerning the 3 seedlings, do you think that i can leave the 3 of them grow and see which ones bear good fruit (i hope i can reach this stage).

You might find that as the larger seedling grows stronger and larger the others might die away anyway. But there's always risk with anything you do. Mango seeds should be very easy for you to get so probably better to leave that one as it is rather than risk any damage by separating them. If you want more plants you can always plant more seeds.

A seed grown plant takes a long time to produce fruit. If you wanted fruit sooner you should try to get a grafted tree. They're often sold with fruit already on them. That's because grafts are taken from older trees, so the grafted tree is already as old as the tree it was taken from.

Actually, it is not that easy to get mango seeds here in tunisia, grafted tree... i am pretty sure it is impossible :) but i have some other seeds that i planted and i'am waiting for germination (one of them has already germinated), so i will follow your advice. By the way, I like the idea of giving the choice to nature to select the seedling to grow :) that way i won't have any regrets if it turns out to be the bad seedling :)

Hello Youssef

Glad to find out that more people are interested in growing mango in North Africa. Do you know other people who grow mango in Tunis and can share their experience with you? I got the mango fever in 2012 but I am having a hard time because of fungal diseases (powdery mildew, anthracnose) and limited hours of direct sunlight in winter.

If you are interested in purchasing grafted trees, I would recommend you http://frutalestropicales.com in Spain. You could also look for trees in Egypt. They have good varieties (Succari, Mesk Ewis, Beid El Egl, and many others),The choice here in Morocco is very limited (Keitt, Kent and Osteen).

What was the shape and color (skin and flesh) of the one that you planted?

Buying a grafted tree from Spain or Italy is also what i wanted to write but i didn't do it. Some people like to grow them from seed, well let them do.

Now is not the right time maybe but you should have asked a tourist to bring one if that's allowed by the customs. You can also try to get scions to graft yourself.

I like Osteen from Spain but many others are good as well. If i were you i would order a grafted tree. Or learn how to graft and try to get scionwood.

Thank you guys for your comments. Actually the seeds i planted came from mangos that were brought to me from morocco, i don't know if morocco imports the mango sold there from another countries or it is a local production :) they were green with some red and yellow (i did'nt have the reflex to take a pic of them before eating them). For growing mangoes in tunisia, i think there is some gardeners that i think they are growing mangoes in their gardens but it is not that common. (importing trees is not allowed by customs services without adequate authorizations).

Youssef, as far as I know the only variety commercially grown here is Osteen and it's a pity because there are so many more that are worth trying. Osteen mangos are sold in August and September. Morocco also imports Amelie mangos from Burkina Faso, then Kent from Senegal in July. They taste great because they are harvested almost ripe. In winter mangos are imported from South America but are tasteless. I'm surprised that yours is a polyembryonic one because all the ones sold here are monoembryonic.

Is it possible that it is a mono seed which has multiple sprouts? knowing that the 3 seedlings seems to emerge from the same point in the seed as you can see in the picture.

Check this link:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2189836/wild-mango-seedling-with-4-stalks

I'm from the tropics and my family owned a mango orchard..(no longer) To answer the question on seedlings. It sprouts only 1 plant per seed. once your plant looks strong enough remove the other limbs to strengthen the remaining one. Mango like humidity and also good sunlight. In tropical country the humidity somewhat filters the sunlight so even in hot sun (hottest from 12 - 3 pm) sunlight from 7-6.. I'm going to suggest trying to create a 'screen' to help your plant grow taller. we use black netttings often in Asia to protect young seedlings and also in orchid production. It does take years to grow a mango tree to full bloom and fruit. You might also need another mango tree so there's cross polination when it comes to that stage for fruiting. http://www.cicagri.com/index.php?page_cat=products&code_title=89&ex_four=19

Interesting. And that adds a lot of confusion lol. The fact that the person on the other thread found the best root system in the multiple sprouting mono seed encourages me, may be if i cut one or two seedlings, the remaining ones will profit from a performant root system. By the way, Thanks for the informations Ianna.

Amelie is also a great mango. It is sold in Holland and comes from Africa.

Don't worry about your climate, mango's can stand hot weather easy.

Mangos like it humid in summer but high humidity during winter will cause fungal diseases, especially anthracnose. Putting covers over the trees cuts down the air circulation and encourages fungus. You have to be careful. Another point, mangos don't need cross pollination, one tree on its own is enough to get fruit. I agree with the comment on heat. Here during winter the temperatures are around 33C to 35C daily. Late winter it's 36C to 40C. That's when mangos flower and fruit. And that's the time when you need to be careful with water. You should water only on the ground, and don't water a lot.

It grows well but for mangotree's the only important thing is : mango's on the table.

Even when the tree is full of great mango's they still can split, drop, be unripe/overripe, attacked by animals and so on....

Grafted tree's can start fruiting after 4 weeks (but that will slow down growth). This tree can take many years before fruit.

Hello Youssef, I think i can support you with some advice re your mango tree. How is it doing? I know it gets very cold in Tunisia during dec/jan and temperature get very low. Did your baby tree survived the winter in Tunisia?
We will be happy to see some picture and enjoy your successful experience. Cheers

Where in Tunisia? The far north is more Med Climate and Los Angeles like...the south is hot desert,but still might be mild enough for Mangoes.

Sorry for the late response. Well my little mango seedling didn't do well lately. Actually, it didn"t grow since the last picture of last july, it pushed some leaves but the internodal space is almost 0 inches. some new leaves were just piling up against the old one. I suspect it is a runt seedling, since i removed the two other ones randomly. 3 weeks ago the leaves started yellowing and drying (may be i was light on watering or overfertilizing with sheep manure), i had to cut all the canopy, but i don"t expect too much since it is not thick enough to response to a pug i think.
But he managed to pass the winter without any protection by the way,which is a good news for me (climate hardiness speaking), as i got a grafted kent tree since then which is doing well. A good experience even if the seedling's fate is sealed.

Here is a pic of it last month at he beginning of the drying out

Just keep watering it. Do you have access to a drip irrigation that will provide a little water in the morning and in the afternoon? The problem I think where you live is the lack of humidity. I'm at 80% humidity here in Florida. I do hope your plant provides some nice mangos for you though.

hi i live in tunisia too and i was wondering where you got the mango seed as i have been looking for a long time and still didnt find any and i was wondering how your tree was doing

I just would to comment about this idea, I know in Tunisia is hot and it can be kinda hard to plant a mango but, you don’t have to plant it on the soil you can get a pot, and plant it there so when is winter time or the heat is extreme you can put it inside the house, if the mango is by a window it can survive but the three first years are crucial because is not strong enough to take extrem heat or cold, that’s what happened to me it died in winter and I was making a lot or research on that , and to germinate the mango you need to buy the mango eat it, then you break the first shelve carefully and you get the white seed inside of the shelve, then the white seed you cover it with a napkin ( paper) and wet it and put it inside a bag and close it, in a week or less the seed will germinate then you put it on the pot, I hope this help anyone who want to grow a mango