My little tree is sprouting very well also. I'm hoping for more than two like I got last year...lol. When I lived in Miami Springs, we had a huge, beautiful mango tree and it shocked me how many people thought that my back yard tree was fair game for picking. No respect for a person's property.

That mango tree is looking fantastic! Which variety is it?

I need to find a dooryard (small) type that I can keep in a large pot until I move. I want it to be sweet and not much fiber. Any recommendations?

Hi Sultrie, the tree in the photo above is a Glenn, - I also have a 10 ft tall Kent. Both trees produce fantastic tasting fruit,..IMHO,..but they will grow tall. As far as small condo trees I would recommend a Julie, but there are more than a few others to choose from. My recommendation is for you to google up " Pine Island Nursery " and look over their mango varieties which are many..

Thanks Jofus. I've read about a few I might like, Lemon Zest and Coconut Cream sound good. I guess I should go to the Mango Fest at Fairchild. One can try many different varieties there. I have heard that Julie is quite good and also Nam Doc Mai. I will have to research on sizes.

We used to have a few mangos before we moved but left them with my mom along with all my citrus. So I've had to start over once we moved to FL. It was good for my mom though because she had just bought a 4bd house with no trees in her large yard except a palm.

Sylvia, No one gets my fruit here except the possums and birds lol. Of course its all way in the back yard. The sun is best there. Arizona and Calif was a diff story lol.

Sultry, the best way to buy a mango is to try the fruit first and when it is to your approved taste you can buy it. That way you take care of a mango that you really like, tastes sometimes are the same and other times not. There are a lot of good varieties of condo mangoes, string less and productive.

If you go to the Fairchild or any other place to sample, they have mango trees for sale, that is how I got mine few years ago.

My large Glenn tree is in the backyard, - deep in the fenced backyard. I also give a bag of mango's at harvest time to all my nearby neighbors, automatically, every year. Guess all neighborhoods are different. Am still optimistic that this coming harvest will be different. This is a very nice park I live in and am feeling that last year was just a bizarre, one-time event.

We'll see. :o)

Mine has been in flower but I haven't noticed any pollinators. It started blooming in January. Each year the weather gets cool and I do not see any bees.

The tree (unnamed) only produces a few fruit which the animals get. We've never had a single fruit!

Jane

Sorry to hear that Jane, those gluttons should leave a few for you !

My area here is no different really,...moved here in Jan 2009 and soon discovered that most all the critters I never noticed before, all came out in abundance once the mangoes started dropping. The most acrobatic ones, the squirrels, didn't even have to wait that long because they are such amazing climbers,...more than a few times I'd pluck a large mango from the upper branches with my telescoping fruit picker, only to discover one or two chunks gone with the squirrel's teeth marks clearly visable.

Been through it all I guess, - 7 years ago I had an invasion of Cuban Tree Frogs, then Green Iguanas and Spiny Tailed Iguanas moved in,..all fond of the mangoes, especially the last two evil-looking critters. Thankfully by confronting them head-on, and not ignoring them, I finally was able to eradicate mostly all,.... or perhaps they just got bored with my small plantation and moved on to better prospects ! LOL

Bottom like however, I have come to accept the fact that the critters will always get their share no matter what I do. Haven't seen even a critter one in the last year, ( during the day of course ),..keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I don't jinx myself as I look at the 3 large cage traps stashed away in the shed.

Just took another close look,..the pollinators have done their job,..there are a bajillion tiny mangoes, the size of a pea, clinging to the well branched panicles. There will be a large harvest in another 4-5 months hereabouts,...most will be harvested by the plantation owner, but no doubt, more than a few will be gobbled up by the critters that come out stealthily each night. Have come to accept this,..feel that this is the way it should be,...the critters are mostly homeless and need a hand out, ( small tho it be ), right ?.....RIGHT ? :0)

I have a Mallika condo mango, and maybe because these mangoes are picked before they are fully ripe, I don't lose too many to the critters, but when I lived in town, people would pick my tree clean.

Request knowledgeable comments about flowers on my healthy tree (in Orlando area, mature, long sun, fruited for first time last summer) :

Two branches have had flowers since beginning of January. Still no more flowers.

Well lo and behold !!!!

I can't help but alert y'all as to whats transpiring on my pampered Glenn mango tree,..the tree featured in the discourse above. Have enclosed a couple of close-up photos that ( hopefully ) show both the new panicles and the 2 1/2 mo old mangoes still hanging on at a size of a marble to a golf ball. May have to click on the pics.

It was only a week ago that I noticed it,...a second intense flourish of very healthy looking panicles ! That means two harvests on one tree,..imagine. The first bloom, ( shown above ), appeared in late January,... no eye-opener, although a definite smile generator !

Now this 2nd blooming,..this has happened only once before in my 22 yrs of growing these tasty fruits that I can recall. The 1st time I just attributed it to " Mother Nature " smiling down on me,..now however, I think it has to be connected somewhat to the weird weather pattern here in SW Florida that we have experienced over the last two months. Unusually warm weather spurts for this time of year, along with more than the usual bouts of high winds, ( which are still with us ), making us farmers frown a bit.

This has resulted in many solitary mangos continuing their maturing,..mostly around the top, - while the new intensely vibrant panicles are mostly all over the mid and lower branches. Am expecting a longer than usual harvest time on this tree.

My one other mango tree, the young, ( in ground 4 yrs, still only 10 ft tall ), late season KENT however, is still nurturing it's one-and-only outburst of now olive sized fruits that initially showed up in mid January. Go figure !

PS : I do think that Mother Nature is still smiling a little ! :o)

> smiling

You mean like smirking?

Your posting reminded me to look again at mine for flowers on other branches. Report : Yay!

You misunderstood. Repeated examinations over time, no more flowers; I would have seen flowers if there had been any. This time I saw flowers that came into existence since last I looked.

Those later flowers did nothing.

Some lovely fruits from the first flowers, but long cloudiness /haze prevents them from reaching readiness.

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Nothing grows beneath oak trees, which gives me the idea of placing the oak leaves around the mango tree. Any reason not to do it?