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Top Heavy Mango

9 years ago

I Bought a Home Depot Manila mango about a year ago and for most of the first 7 months since purchase it was in a pot. I planted it once we got into a permanent home and it was always tall and lanky. It has been attached to a stake which the loose tie broke today and the tree bent over to the ground.

It's always been kind of top heavy and I am looking for advise on possibly trimming it down to somewhere above the graft line.

Anyone had a similar issue with their mango?

From the graft line it's about 3ft of tree to the top. I have seen people trim quite a bit off and was already considering it before it bent over..

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stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Trim if you want a short Mango. Otherwise keep a loose stake on it and that trunk with thicken and hold the tree up just fine. It looks very healthy.

Manila is not grafted so,I can't explain why it looks like that plant is.
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9 years ago
I am not too worried about the height at the moment but I'll keep the ties loose and see how it goes. Just seeing it bent all the way over made me think that it might need to be trimmed down. I wasn't aware Manila isn't grafted. I kinda assumed given the odd line on the trunk.
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stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
9 years ago
Nothing to worry- it looks great. In about three (maybe 2?) years,you will have a good 9-10' tree with some nice Manila fruits on it.
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