growing mango from seed
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Mango Seed grows Roots but no Plant Emerges
Comments (6)Adam, Like Shawna, I purchased a mango and a coconut to try. The mango, was very ripe and the seed had already started to grow when I was removing it from the husk. Within a few days I had a plant sprouting and is doing well. My coconut was another story, dud and I suspect your seed was too. I've killed alot of things lately, certainly not a green thumb by no means.....maybe if you purchased a ripe one from a local market you'd have better luck. The only thing I can think of is maybe you're planting it too deep? I've included what my seed looked like when I cracked open the husk, hope this helps. Couldn't find a recent photo of my plants but after a month it probably has 10 leaves if my memory serves me right. Darren...See Morepolyembrionic Mango seedling... how/when separate?
Comments (2)thanks those from jamaica grew so fast and stronger than any mango seed from mexico or haiti i bought in NYC. the ones from jamaica were for the most part small semiwild mangoes. would trade a small seedling for an Epiphyllum cutting/plant...See MoreGrow mango from seed
Comments (1)Mangos aren't a rainforest plant. They're from more of a monsoonal/savanna environment. That means a distinct very dry dry season, and then the usual wet tropical wet season. That's why they normally flower during winter, the dry season. However, outside of the tropics the temperature gets to them and (if they survive) they flower/fruit spring and summer....See MoreGrowing Kent Mango from seed
Comments (6)Generally, if you want a particular variety of mango you graft it onto a mango root stock that copes well with the soil conditions and is able to support strong growth in the graft. The graft produces the fruit you want. Also, the graft is usually taken from an advanced tree and so is effectively as old as the parent tree. This means it can produce fruit without any wait for maturity which can be a number of years for a seedling. I don't know what Kent are like as root stock but you need to find a mature tree to get your graft from. There's plenty of instructions how to carry out grafting on youtube that you can search out....See Moreronalawn82
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