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How to: Get my Mango to set fruit?
Last year our Mango tree bloomed on the opposite side of the tree and didn't set any fruit. This year there are twice as many flowers starting to
show. I've read that you can't water them enuf and also that after they are established they don't need extra watering. We don't really water it
except in the midst of summer it'll get a few deep soakings.
Any tips to get it to set fruit?
[Edited on 2-28-2016 by woody with a view]
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http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/mango/mango-tr...
Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  | Last year our Mango tree bloomed on the opposite side of the tree and didn't set any fruit. This year there are twice as many flowers starting to
show. I've read that you can't water them enuf and also that after they are established they don't need extra watering. We don't really water it
except in the midst of summer it'll get a few deep soakings.
Any tips to get it to set fruit?
[Edited on 2-28-2016 by woody with a view] |
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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i saw that site. i don't do any of the bad things they talk about. i guess some bone meal may be in order?
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Post your question on here: http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?board=1.0
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California Rare Fruit Growers is an association all about growing exotics in California. http://crfg.org/
Here is their Mango growing information: http://crfg.org/pubs/ff/mango.html
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.....pollination issues? ...a wild guess 
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In San Diego mango really only does well inland where it has sufficient heat. Of course inland you also got to protect it from frost.
Maybe you are too close to coast, too cool to develop good fruit?
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i'm just east of 805 at about 250' elevation facing the coast.
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Consult an arborist that does fruit trees.
There is a local chapter of the CRFG. You could probably find a nerd there to look at your tree,...
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That's a great forum!
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Osprey's mangos are about 1000' from the water and in some fairly sandy soil, and he gets literally tons of fruit every year, and almost year-round.
| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | In San Diego mango really only does well inland where it has sufficient heat. Of course inland you also got to protect it from frost.
Maybe you are too close to coast, too cool to develop good fruit? |
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i'm thinking humidity is the missing ingredient.
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Read the CRFG link I provided.
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i saw that. i just used a fish emulsion in a sprayer attached to the hose. we'll see, maybe this is the year for SD Mangos!
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Sometimes a fruiting tree will simple not fruit. It takes a rest. Our entire Pluot orchard did this a year ago. Was there any change to the plant?
Anything that disturbs a plant will affect it....believe it or not. Save a fruit for us when it does co operate :-)
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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it has never set fruit. last year a couple of blooms. this year many, many blooms so maybe it's just hitting it's stride. it's about 10' tall and 7+
years old.
our resident hummingbird sits on the top and rules all he surveys!
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Woody, do you know if the tree was grown from seed or grafted onto rootstock? If it was planted from seed, there's this:
"Seedlings are fairly easy to grow, but they may require 6 to 10 years or more to bear and the fruit may not be of desired quality unless the seedling
came from a cultivar which comes true from seed."
Source: University of Florida
http://university.uog.edu.172-31-22-36.previewmywsisite.com/...
There's a mango tree in my neighborhood (Orange County and 10 miles inland) that's 12-15' tall and each year has hundreds if not a thousand mangos
that set. But apparently these folks don't like the mangos so each summer they have all the mangos removed when they are the size of golf balls.
Fuggers!
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it was bought from Anderson's Nursery so it was prolly grafted.
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| Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view | | it has never set fruit. last year a couple of blooms. this year many, many blooms so maybe it's just hitting it's stride. it's about 10' tall and 7+
years old. |
Woody:
Quang Ong
Probably your best bet for info on mangos in SoCAl
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Goyo is on the right track.
Check for signs of the graft union on the trunk at or near, above hopefully, or below soil level. I personally think from the pictures you posted the
tree is healthy and will fruit this year. Nursery folk love to seed pots, grafting not so much.
Prolly some grom grew those plants from seeds he brought back from Tico land.
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