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Slovak republic, if it helps

Anyone with knowledge, please?

i grow Ataulfo mango from seed. i hear they come "true" a bit more than other varieties. i dont think they are dwarf, but they are not a huge tree either... most mango trees can take pruning, so you can keep it shorter that way... how short does it need to be ?

2-2.5 m max, because i need to put them inside for winter, or at least into greenhouse

Well Ihave a small Julie seedling that has done very well but not in a pot.

I think an even smaller one from a Pickering would suit you.

Mangos from seeds usually grow much bigger than grafted trees. But as mentioned before you can prune them quite heavily to keep them more compact. You also have the size of the pot that needs to be considered. Does the 2 - 2.5m include the height of the pot?

Yes, it a total size

I don't know where you'd be able to buy seeds in the Slovak Republic except by getting fruit from the supermarket. You may not know what variety they might be though. Also, trees from seed can take 10 years to get to flowering, especially in colder climates. Another thing is trees from seed don't always come out as good as the fruit it came from.

yeah.. we have Kent here, a really big tree.

And that is why i was asking if you get a seed from dwarf variety if it will be similar or the same

To get a dwarf tree I think it's more important to rely on pruning than trying to search for seed of a dwarf variety. I've never grown a mango that was supposed to be a dwarf. Any of them can grow quite big, depending on the conditions. Here a really big mango is 20+ metres tall. Smaller growing ones are grafted and/or pruned. Most of my trees are about 4.5 metres tall. Any taller than that and the fruit is too difficult to pick. I have several that are 8 to 10 metres tall, but the animals get most of the fruit from them. Kent is supposed to grow better than some other varieties in colder climates so it would probably be a good choice since it's more readily available for you. And for size, just keep pruning it.

Will try, will see how it goes in few yeras ;)

thank you

Good luck with it.

I put a grafted 3' pickering in the ground in 2012 and it's still 3' tall and VERY healthy. For the last 2 years it bloomed but the blooms fell off.

It's a good thing I have other producing mango or I would have pulled it.

Mine may be abnormal but I think Pickering is one of the smallest mango you can get.

I have a Julie seedling that was a good 6' tall when I got it in 2012 and even though I have never pruned it the tree stays at around 9' tall.

I also have a Madame Francis in the ground 14 or so years that I believe is a seedling and it's about 12' tall and also has never been pruned.

Both give me excellent fruit every year.

Now whether either or not either would have worked in a pot I do not know.

So the bottom line is that some mango in my experience have a naturally dimunitive growth habit and can be kept small with little effort and give delicious fruit when grown from seed... whether or not you can get them to fruit in a pot I cannot say.

Also bear in mind that seedlings can and do change growth and flavor chatactistics from the parent, this is how new cultivars are selevted.

Growing seeds from that point of view is a crapshoot.

Thank.. i will put 10x Kents and will, se

perhaps will get other cultivars and graft them