Does look like the start of a flower spray. Doesn't look like a vegetative shoot.

Thank you for responding. Thisis the first year its flowering like every one says here do i need to cut it off or keep it so it can bear mangoes

A friend with a Pickering about the same age cut the flowers off, and I left mine on. As you can see from the photos, it still grew quite well, but if yours looks as small as mine was when it bloomed, it will probably drop any fruit that it sets. If you cut off the bud now, it will likely begin a new growth flush (leaves) sooner, and won't waste all that energy on flowers.

Here is the full pic of my mango seems like it is slightly taller than yours. This one got 5 branches 3 of them have flower buds

Yes, yours is considerably larger than mine was when it bloomed. It's your call, but the tree still seems awfully young for bearing fruit. On the other hand, I've seen fruit on potted mangoes about that size in nurseries, but usually on trees with more leaves. Whichever way you go, good luck! If you decide to let it bloom, please let us know what happens.

I just re-read your post and noticed that you have it in the garage for the winter, so that argues strongly in favor of removing the bud. In any case, it certainly can't develop fruit without plenty of light and warmth.

Do i cut them all keep one

Can't see that it would hurt to keep one. Why not, just to see what happens?

OK will leave one and see thanks for your input. I have added addition lighting in the garage for plants so will have to see how mich it helps in this winter. I plan to keep the lights on during daytime.

Hey sandhyasrivasuk, I'm also in Dallas, in Lewisville area. I have two grafted mango trees in pots. A Bailey's marvel mango and an Alphonso. My Alphonso has started to flower and im also debating on how much to cut back. What did u end up doing and what were the results?

I personally wouldn't let a mango tree that young/small fruit, the trunk is very small. Letting it fruit will take all that energy from growing the tree and roots and spend it all on one maybe two mangoes, not worth it IMHO...but ultimately its your decision.

I did let one of my mango tree fruit (and it was 2x larger than yours) and I regretted it...it did not put out any new growth for almost a year...I wasted about 3 sets of growth flush for a couple of mangoes :o(...best to put all its energy to new growths and keeping it healthy...more mangoes on larger and sturdier branches in the future...just my 2 cents...Best of luck!!!

Here's my potted Glenn from a couple of years ago...

Wow that's a beautiful tree. How old is your tree and how big is that pot?

Thanks!! Its about 9-10 years old...and I'm not sure what the gallon size of the pot but its appx. 25 inches wide and 20" deep...a 45 gallon maybe? You'll notice the trunk is pretty thick...it's not blooming yet this year, my inground mangoes are just now starting to bud up...its been ordinarily warm for us this winter and has delayed most of my blooms...

Yes indeed, that is a beautiful mango. It gives me something to aspire to with my young Pickering!

Thanks Tucsonken, it was a pretty sight when it was blooming :o)

Did you do much pruning to train it to that nice, bushy shape?

Yes, once a year I would tip prune it. The first year I had it I pugged it :o) (pruned drastically) to get it to grow short and bushy :o) on the first year...then tip prune it every year after harvest since.

Hi pwr_wrx i live in Frisco. I didn't cut the flowers but after reading through the comments I am re thinking

i have 2 more small mango plants which i started from seed when i cut the flowers and prune the plant can I use those for grafting??

pls don't laugh if its silly question i am new to all of this

I'm not sure whether I correctly understand the question, but I'll take a shot at answering it. If you're asking whether you can use your two seedling plants as rootstocks, and graft other varieties of mango onto them, then the answer is yes. If you're asking whether you can use pruned branches from your seedlings as scions to graft onto other rootstocks, then I'd say there wouldn't be much point, other than to practice your grafting technique, since there's no way of knowing whether your seedling mangoes will ever even produce fruit, or if they do, whether it will be of good quality.

Sandhy, I'm not an expert but I think that flowering scions are no good for grafting. It just won't work. I think you need veg growth buds not shooting yet but ready to shoot to use as scions for grafting. Personally I did the same you are trying to do. Last year I grew a couple of Kent seedlings and grated with my kp variety scions. It worked from the first shot.

You need something like this as scions

Ah gotcha so flowering scions are no good. Thanks for the information

hi

I am back not with excitement!! My Mango had flowering 2016 December didn't fruit as the climate was not so friendly in the winter. I pruned the plant, new leaves came but I am not seeing any growth in the plant so far. I have moved it out doors in May 2017 no great progress..

What do I need to do to trigger the growth.

pwr_wrx - You ar ein Lewiss Ville close to where I live. How is yours coming along!

where do you all keep your mango trees? I am planning to get one but afraid it might die in Dallas winters. I live in Frisco, Texas