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Blooming Mango in Sandy Eggo!

woody with a view - 3-8-2014 at 08:35 PM

Can I expect a tree full of juicy mangos this year? I read there is a tree in Riverside that is 60' tall and it gives fruit every year. I kept this one in a pot for 5 years and then planted it 4 years ago. It's 10 feet tall now and apparently is HAPPY!




[Edited on 3-9-2014 by woody with a view]

[Edited on 3-9-2014 by BajaNomad]

You're doing a good job, dad.

Mulegena - 3-8-2014 at 09:03 PM

Nine years old, strong & healthy.
She's not a little girl anymore.

Keep us updated with pictures.
I want to know when we'll be expecting cigars. ;D

Phil C - 3-9-2014 at 07:13 AM

Got my first crop after just three years last year in Vista. No blooms yet this year. It's only 5 feet tall.

Mango tree secrets

oladulce - 3-9-2014 at 07:25 AM

Look at those shiny green leaves! My mango tree was 3ft tall when I got it, and 4 yrs later it's still 3 ft. A few blooms develop and then die each year and the few leaves it has are not glossy like yours.

Watering and care tips please!

monoloco - 3-9-2014 at 07:41 AM

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Originally posted by oladulce
Look at those shiny green leaves! My mango tree was 3ft tall when I got it, and 4 yrs later it's still 3 ft. A few blooms develop and then die each year and the few leaves it has are not glossy like yours.

Watering and care tips please!
Maybe you're a bit too close to the beach, mangos don't like salt air much.

woody with a view - 3-9-2014 at 08:33 AM

i've read that you can't water them too much. i try to run the hose slow for 30 minutes weekly. and a little citrus fertilizer.

Ateo - 3-9-2014 at 08:40 AM

Good luck Woody. I see you having to make dried mangos in the future because you will be inundated with fruit!

woody with a view - 3-9-2014 at 08:53 AM

mangos are fairly epic!

Whale-ista - 3-9-2014 at 09:12 AM

Maybe the rains that finally arrived last week helped the blooms? My orange tree also exploded with blossoms after the rains.

Bob H - 3-9-2014 at 09:40 AM

Woody, I am originally from Miami where mango trees are everywhere. They get lots and lots of rain there. And, yours looks very healthy, indeed! Keep us posted with photos of your blooms!

Udo - 3-9-2014 at 10:12 AM

Ey Woody!

I seem to have read somewhere that mangoes need another mango tree in order to polenize themselves.
They don't have to be next to each other, but at least a few hundred feet away.
You should have had mangoes in the last year or two.

vandenberg - 3-9-2014 at 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by Udo
Ey Woody!

I seem to have read somewhere that mangoes need another mango tree in order to polenize themselves.
They don't have to be next to each other, but at least a few hundred feet away.
You should have had mangoes in the last year or two.



I don't know if this is true Udo.
My neighbor has a huge mango tree, that every year produces hundreds of mangoes and there isn't another mango tree anywhere near here.

Aphrodite

Mulegena - 3-9-2014 at 10:35 AM

Here's a short read on your hermaphrodite.
https://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/ruda_chel/reproduction...

I trust you'll be a new daddy, and we'll be smoking Cubans soon.

David K - 3-9-2014 at 11:01 AM

Paul Thomson was the first to grow a mango in San Diego County (Vista, off Foothill) and started the California Rare Fruit Growers club/ association to promote the growing of exotic fruit here in California.

http://www.crfg.org/index.html

Udo - 3-11-2014 at 09:53 AM

Thanks for the reproduction lesson on mango fruits, Mulegeņa.

That is close to what I recall reading a few years ago, especially the pollination process.