The original tree I was feeling so bad about. NOT NOW THO !!! ( SMILE )

Glad your mango tree turned out so great--- sometimes benign neglect works best...sally

Maybe your second kent just needs more time to mature and adjust to it's new surroundings. Plants just amaze me in what they will do on their own.

Am coming around to that view as well katkin. That first Kent I saw ten days ago looks like it'll have a 100 fruit harvest this July,..this tree here, although looking healthy with an open center for sunlight, will most likely have no harvest.
Will leave it alone from now on, - have no new ideas anyway.
Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em ! ( smile )

Sally,.. just one exception to the above. I will apply two medium-light doses of 0 - 0- 50 fertilizer, one in February and another in April. Can't hurt the fruitless Kent, and according to the experts is the least one can do to get a tree " moving. " We'll see !

Hi Jofus, is that your mango tree in full bloom? VERY nice Kent mango...hope its a bumper crop for you this year.

Might have to come visit you this summer if you have more than you can eat,lol...

BTW, I noticed your post about 0-0-50 fertilizer....I'm planning on adding that to my mango tees...how much are you planning on putting on a 6-7 year old mango tree like the size trees I posted below...a guess will be fine. I don't want to over fertilize,lol...

I just ordered a 15 lb bag of 0-0-50 for $22 ( free shipping) online. should be here next week :o)

Here's my Cogshall...

My Glenn mango...third year that its had both Blooms and new growths...about half the tree. No idea why this happens?

Hi Nancy, Yes that's my Kent mango tree,..but it's the one in the 1st pic ! The 2nd pic shows the very vibrant 9 yr old Kent that I planted on the front lawn of the home I sold in 2007. It's not mine anymore !

The almost dormant Kent I now have is in the ground 5 years, but has produced zero fruits in almost 4 years This coming 2015 season, I am giving it a serious kick in the pants.

The lady at the seed store was specific, - drop one handful of the 0 - 0- 50 for every inch of trunk diameter measured a foot above the ground ! So I spread 7 handfuls, ( cheated a bit, dia was only 5 inches ), Your hands are most likely smaller, so spread maybe 8 handfuls for a 5 inch diameter. ( smile )..Spread most around the outer dripline. Will apply some shovelfuls of organic compost tomorrow morning, ( before the NFL games ! ). Will then do the 0 - 0- 50 thing again at end of March. Believe me, that Kent mango tree should be ready to finally show it's stuff come April, it has no excuses now ! ( smile )

Your Cogshall and Glenn look great ! I am hoping to have three ( 3 ) big trees produce a lot of succulent mangos this summer, to say nothing about what my teenagers ( Tebow &, Carrie ), may produce. You are welcome to stop by anytime, expect to be drowning in fruit by July 1st. The Pickering and Maha Chanook are the babies, will still be in their cribs sucking their bottles. lol

I drove back down to the Fruitscapes Nursery on Pine Island, on the 14th, and bought one healthy looking, six ft tall Maha Chanook ( that I just mentioned.). It's in a 7 gal pot and will , replace the Mallika I planted almost 2 years ago,

The Mallika was looking skinnier and weaker than it was when I first planted it, plus the mumbo-jumbo about how to harvest the fruit, ( have no idea where to buy camel dung,...joking, joking ). Missed the Maha more and more.

Fruitscapes must have had 25 Maha's to choose from,...and the sales people are so polite and knowledgeable ! A pleasurable trip every time I go !

Good luck up there ! ( smile )

This post was edited by jofus on Sun, Jan 18, 15 at 10:43

Thanks Jofus, I might just take you up on your very generous offer in June,lol...I'm appx. 1 1/2 from englewood. I'm in Highlands County.

Also appreciate the detailed amount of 0-0-50 to apply to my mangoes...very helpful, Thanks!

Your Kent should definitely be blooming now...but its probably waiting an extra year just to prove a point :o)...mango trees can be stubborn sometimes!! It's a beauty!

Your new Maha sounds great...I wish they had them back when I purchased mine...well you remember you too made that 6 hour drive to Lake Worth,lol...Fruitscapes would be so much closer.

Here's my 2 year old Maha...I think its just starting to bloom...too small to tell just yet. I decided to plant it inground last August.

Hi puglvr1 I need to purchase some 0 0 50 also. Can you share info on where/who to order from. Thanks

I ordered the 0-0-50 from Ebay...with free shipping. Just make sure you do not order 0-0-60 that's a totally different fertilizer...

Right on Nancy, that 0 - 0- 60 stuff will do more harm than good.

Thanks for the pic of your Maha Chanook, looks like it has lots of potential. The first Maha I bought, ( on that loooong drive to Excalibur ), was an amazing plant. Was in a 15 ga pot, stood 4 1/2 feet tall after planting and grew a foot in the following year. It and the Tebow were my prize " babies " two yrs ago. But I wasn't thinking clearly when I planted it, tried to transplant it and it died.

This Maha I just got from Fruitscapes looks very different, - tall, lanky and tough,..like Gary cooper ! ( smile )

Will include 3 pics here, went in the ground last Friday. We still have some chilly nights ahead but feel confident the strings of C7 and C9 Christmas lights will keep the 4 little guys, ( Maha Chanook, Pickering, Tebow and Carrie ), warm and cozy. I plug them in whenever I think the night time temps will dip below 49,...just me, but after all the digging, etc,..why take a chance ? lol

Top of the new Maha Chanook,..lots of new growth and emerging pannicles. Hope springs eternal !

Hi Jofus...I'm SO sorry to hear about your original Maha :o(...Been there done that! I feel your pain, but I'm very happy to see you've replaced it...and a pretty, healthy tree at that!!

I agree with you on "better safe than sorry"...its a good motto to have especially when you've invested SO much time, money and hard work into something...

Fingers crossed we have NO freeze for the rest of winter :o)

The Maha in the Ground now for 4 days ! It stands a full six foot tall ! I am 6' 2" tall and it comes to the middle of my forehead.
So different from the first Maha I purchased, which was both reasonably tall and also wide,..a vigorous looking tough guy ! This one, even tho it's taller is much skinnier, but I have a feeling it will fill out rapidly. Hard to see but it already has five ( 5 ) lateral limbs coming off the main trunk , all angling upwards. It was the choice of the litter that Fruitscapes had that day. Again, feel confident it'll be a choice tree,..in time maybe it's fruits will even be the size of my Vallencia Pride's, which had it's first huge harvest late last July. Talk about big fruits ! And tasty ? Words cannot describe the experience,..Hemingway could I'm sure, but not me, lol,
This is it,..no more trees,..now will just be pampering all seven of them, should enough to keep me busy ! ( smile )

Its a beauty!!! I'm sure it will do just great in your care. Though I'm not looking forward to summer weather I am really excited about mangoes being in season :o)

This post was edited by puglvr1 on Wed, Jan 21, 15 at 7:32

I've got a beautiful mango tree that the birds planted in my yard. I had no idea what it was for the first couple years, thought it was a weed, until last year when I had 15 mangos. Some animal ate them all. This year I have HUNDREDS of mangos. Questions: (1) How can you tell the variety of mango tree? (2) How do you keep the wildlife from eating? I have raccoons and bears that could possibly be the perps.

Hi Jofus, I went to your page and didn't see a way to send you an email...maybe when you get a chance in the near future you can drop me an email and we can plan a visit in the summer...would love to see your mango trees. My email address is on My Page...Thanks!

Flamingo, if the birds planted your mango tree it is almost impossible to "guess" what the variety is...its probably a seedling. Most (not all) mangoes are grafted since most mangoes do not grow true from seed (though there are a few exceptions)...can you post a picture of the mangoes from last year and the tree?

Does the fruit have any fiber...what shape and color are the fruits?

This is a picture of the fruit on the tree. They are small - from about the size of a marble to a little bigger. I don't know if it has any fiber because a critter ate them all the first year. I know I didn't plant it so I assumed it was a bird. Maybe it's not even a mango?

Flamingofl142, those are loquat (aka Japanese Plum) not mango.
The loquat in my yard was a volunteer from a seed dropped by something. The birds and squirrels around here eat them once they start turning yellow (happening right now in coastal central Florida).

DM

OHHHHH - Thank you! I was "googling" mango recipes! Now I have to "google" loquat recipes!!

Lol...I'm glad DM cleared it up for you...I was just looking at your picture and thought its definitely Loquat not mango!!