what is wrong with my indoor mango????
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Comments (44)I lived and worked for 13 years in the oil fields of eastern Saudi Arabia,..Abqaiq to be exact. Shortly after arriving, I and a few others, ( very few ), decided to try our hand at gardening in our backyards, I wound up after two years, doing as all the other expats did, - plowing the withered/burnt fruits & veggies under and putting our energies to other endeavors. Sure, date palms grow there, but they are vigilantly maintained by the companies field workers/grass cutters, hired to do only that. Just wait till you are back in a normal climate to try planting mango trees. Where we lived over there, we got an average of 1/4 inch of rain a year, average hi temps around 85 - 110 deg F for 9 months of the year, although the humidity was low ! Didn't mention the frequent " Shamals " did I ? These are the vicious, blinding sand storms that pop up suddenly and last for 4 - 8 hours. Not trying to be negative, but why make it so difficult ? Unless you plan to live there for the rest of your life, ( shuddering now ), - wait till your work there is over and then relocate back to the " real world. ". Here in South Florida, it's paradise in comparison ! ( smile ) This post was edited by jofus on Mon, Jan 19, 15 at 14:04...See MoreWhat's wrong with my Mango seedlings? (Pics inside)
Comments (7)I'd live with the curling just fine, the burning of leaves is my problem, because they fell afterwards. You can see the top 2 pics and how the green color is turning to black. I'm almost pretty sure now it's spiders. We have plenty of them here, and I've crashed at least 5 tiny ones today, I've found them hanging from the leaves with their strings or whatever that thing is called. I've used all sorts of soil. Sandy one and I mean just sand taken from clean sand-dunes, sand plus potting soil, pure Ukrainian potting soil alone, and sand plus clay plus potting soil...etc I've started to give them an organic fertilizer and spray them with a pack of minerals. At the beginning I made their pots drench with water just to fill in any air in the soil, as I used to do with the citrus seedlings, but it seemed that it was a huge mistake. So far everything is in pots and not in the ground, because I live in an apartment, and the piece of land to be a little farm for my experiments is still a barren land and has no wind cover, which will be deadly during the summer and the coming autumn. The temp hits 45-48ðC in the summer, and 12-18ðC in winter. At night in winter it drops to 0ðC sometimes but not for long, and if it's a barren land than a -2ðC has been recorded. Also, winter is really dry here, and even the summer of the last couple of years had been dry as well. The pots right now are in the shaded balcony, and the temp there is around 27ðC, and I don't think they're hardened enough to be fully exposed to our harsh weather. Looking forward to hear from you and your experience....See MoreWhat is wrong with my baby mango tree?
Comments (2)That's an awfully big pot to start that little guy in. Overwatering sounds about right-a heavy soil like that, along with being in a pot too big for the plant.. transplant into a smaller container, doing your best not to disturb the roots. That's just my thoughts on it-I'm sure some more seasoned posters will provide additional input....See MoreWhat's wrong with my mango tree?
Comments (8)nmfruit, the chance isn't extremely small, it will just more than likely take a very long time. Maybe 7-12 years. There are 3 reasons for this. First it was grown from seed, so that takes a while to get to a reasonable size. Second it is not grafted onto different rootstock, so that means the tree is not going to begin fruit production early in it's life (the first several years all the energy is going to go into growing branches). Third, trying to grow a fruit tree inside in a pot with limited root space is going to hold back growth. To some extent the second and third points here will kind of mitigate each other, but only to some degree. It's a tropical fruit tree and the soil needs to remain warm and the leaves need sunshine. The leaves can also be prone to drying out indoors if a heater is being used (as cold air is warmed it can hold more humidity and will begin sucking up moisture). johnnyk08, I think your plant needs a little more light, and it's very important you keep the humidity high so the leaves do not dry out. one way to accomplish this could be to wrap the plant in a clear plastic bag, or put it in a greenhouse space with a pan filled with water. Make sure the soil is kept moist and never dries out....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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