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Beautiful tree. Do you trim it at all or just let nature do it's thing?

I've never pruned it since I planted in ground going into it's 5th summer. I have trimmed off a few panicles- and did that this year- so that it wont put 100% of its energy into a fruiting only. For me in the mild bay area,they will do that. That leaves a weaker tree heading into winter. So,I get a few less fruit is ok..I also get more growth.

I can only wonder how long one tree takes to reach true tree size? 10 years? 20?. Mine is doing well..but the Fremont Mango just 20 minutes from me ( YouTube) is out of this world thriving. From 3' stick in 2011..to a tree to walk under by 2016! Crazy!

Wow you should find out what's in the soil over there! And how cold do your winters get?

Francesco,Not as long as we don't fall below 32f or 0C. We did about 3 years ago,and I put a plastic sheet over it and a spotlight under it for night warming. This year we were at 32f for a morning low,and I never covered it at all. Some top leaves were singed. No damage to growing tips. After the first two winters,Mangoes hardiness goes way up. Even with record rains this winter it did fine.

Pwr. The Fremont Mango is on Bruce Street. If people use Google streets then they can see that tree was only a 3' stick- not a single side branch in 2011. By 2016,it had market sized fruit and was walkunderable!

Its getting all day sun,and not a single other plant is near it to offer root competition. Still,that's very fast growth. Maybe they used lawn fertilizers?

I'm watering and always fertilizing mine at about the same age. It has a long ways to go to be a small tree.

Today----

One more..You can see the branch bend from the weight..

I never had a mango fruit large enough to bend a branch. So,yes,your small fruit will get larger as the tree gets larger in our California grown Mangoes.

i gew this one from saeed

2 years in a container, then planted it out a few weeks before this pic

in Apr of last year.

the last few years we didnt get any real frost. maybe 31F for a couple of hours before the sun would warm things up.

This past Jan, we got temps of 27F for several hours.

it killed this tree to the roots.

april 2016

Nov 2016

coming back though... i thought it was gone... i didnt see any growth at all until May, then the damn thing took off...

July 2017

So Stan

How is the flavor ?

i bought a Bailey's and planted it close to the house to give it a micro-climate.

hopefully the bricks will keep it warm during a freeze.

By the way, i had let 1 fruit grow out on the one i grew from seed, and it was very good... seed to fruit ratio wasnt as good as some top-tier mango, but flavor was better than a grocery store type.

Heres the Baileys. pic is a few weeks old, it just put out new growth

its double this size now.

That's Baileys- That strong vertical growth and wanting to grow out of the thin limbed seedling stage and into thicker fruit holding size. I told you they are fast.

You got to cover small Mangoes at 32f. At upper 20's, Larry..cover and put something to heat under them. A car spotlight is easy. 150 watt bulb is more then enough to stop all 27f or 28f nights. Make sure you cover though. I had to do that in 2014 for three mornings. No die back at 30f. I also did not cover this year when we had a 32f and a 33f-34 ish. It did singe some top leaves..but I know the extra couple years of growth was key.

Just a few winter morns might need you to cover or heat..but ,man,you got that long hot summer to put 3 or 4 or more feet of growth

Well,its a not a Baileys like I thought. A Manila. Apparently the graft had died years ago. Took until this year to see fruit large enough to prove what's what.

But,I want to report that Mango picking started in September and yesterday I picked the last one on the tree. Even then,it was firm. So,I can see almost a 3 month picking season from these in my climate- cooler temps just might keep fruit on the tree for picking right into Dec -Jan.

Its that thing we have in California that really stretches out the picking season for subtropicals and some tropical's like Mangoes.

long season is good news.

i am planning on grafing a couple of different varieties onto my Bailys

and onto my seedling tree.

Let us know how your tree handles the winter Stan !

heres the Baily.

last pic i have is Oct. - man this thing grows fast.

ignore the dragonfruit behind and above it... LOL

Baileys goes vertical- FAST. I remember I pinched it back once- all it did was send out more vertical shoots.

If I get a chance for another..I would take it.