Mango tree flowered but no fruit
AlexPer
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100 Year Old Mango Tree - How often does fruit bloom?
Comments (11)It's not a Carrie. Carrie is a semi-dwarf tree. Most of the "Old" mango trees are usually Haden's or Haden seedlings as the number of varieties available in the US were fairly was limited at the time and Haden was the dominant variety. Haden is also a large tree as well. Mango trees can live for 300 years, but in most sub-tropical climates in the USA a 50 year freeze will knock a lot of them out. Mangos depending on variety are inconsistent bearers and weather plays a large part from year to year. Mango flowers are damaged or killed below 40 degrees....See MoreHow long for a Mango tree (from seedling) to set fruit?
Comments (23)There are tall growing varieties and there are not so tall growing ones. Probably your best course of action is to let it grow as tall as possible to get a thickened trunk then cut it very low. That way you should get a number of side shoots/branches. If you cut it early with a thin trunk you're likely to get fewer branches. Having it up against a fence reduces the area branches have to spread out and is what promotes a taller tree. If you had a grafted tree those don't grow as tall as the ungrafted ones....See MoreThinning fruit on a small mango tree
Comments (15)Grafted trees are basically the same tree as the one the graft came off. If you remember the cloned sheep "Dolly" of a number of years back. Although it started off going through the lamb stages it died early because genetically it was the same age as the one if was cloned off. In the same way, a graft is a clone of the original tree, biologically having the same age. That's why they fruit virtually straight away. Another point, Nam Dok Mai is a cooking mango and I don't think it's much good eaten as fresh fruit anyway. So it would be best to take off all the undeveloped fruit to give the root stock a chance to grow to a decent size to be able to support a lot of fruit. Leaving the fruit to fall off itself means the tree gets stressed to the point where a survival mechanism kicks in. (Mind you, stressing trees to produce fruit is another whole new topic.) Tip pruning is usually done during harvest when the fruit stems are cut back into the supporting branch. Although, on a commercial scale it's done with 'helicopter-type' blades afterwards which trims and shapes the whole tree. But you also need to thin out some of the branches to allow more sun and air into the centre of the tree. This reduces fungus problems and produces better fruit....See MoreKent Mango Tree, not bearing fruits
Comments (20)This is Aruba. Thank you for the info that was sent to me....Aruba do not have a cooling down time as you have in the USA. Our cool down or winter period means rain This can occure for many days and sometime it may go on for weeks. The temp. during the day is always around the 82 to 85 degree mark. Yes it is dificult to find out why this tree will not bloom every year and mine thoughts was, that the age of the tree could of been the issue. Please do not forget the ground is more like rock. Around the base it has soil. I was thinking the lack of water was the main issue for no fruits. For your info, leaves are falling off continously each day and it take me at least a 1/2 hr to pick but the tree looks good and new leaves are forming Maybe this is another indication why this tree do not bears fruit I'm lost for what needs to be done or what is wrong. I have friends on the Island that do not have this problem and their trees do have mangos sometime twice each year. All answers will be considered and looked into Thank you helping to solve this problem. Frank in Aruba...See Morepuglvr1
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