Baby mango tree stopped growing
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Southern California Mango Growing... HELP!!!!
Comments (7)Hello Tuesday, I'm not a mango expert (although i have two trees growing - Manila & NDM), but here are some general rules for growing them in So. Cal. 1) Plant them in the warmest (hottest) location in your yard - prefereably a south-facing wall. Be prepared to provide shelter during the ocasional freeze (not sure where you are located) 2) The soil should be ameneded and with good drainage. 3) I would use very little fertilizer for the first couple of years (or use a very mild citrus type at 1/4 the recommended dosage - you don't want to burn the little saplings). 4) Since you grew them from seed, you may not get a tree that will produce same type of fruit you ate (unless it is the Manila variety). It will be years (5+) before the seedlings will produce fruit. Most Mango trees sold in So. Cal are grafted varieties with the Manila root stock. The Manila mango trees do very well in So. Cal. Other varieties that grow well in So. Cal. are Valencia Pride, Keitt, Kent, NDM, and Alphonso. I'm sure there are others. Mango trees don't grow as tall or fast in So. Cal as in Florida. No need to worry about getting a monster mango tree from your seedlings. Have fun and enjoy growing you new mango seedlings!...See Morefinally, some baby mangos in my Edward
Comments (12)Thanks for the complements, Simon - I stopped watering at the end of November just started again last week. Last year I used Grow More 10-52-10 fertilizer, recommend by Quan of Ong's Nursery, every three weeks. This year, I'm going with alaska fish emulsion every 4-5 week. I also mix my eucalyptus mulch with chicken manure another recommendation from a CRFG old timer. NathanL You can buy a Glenn from your local Armstrong Nursery in the summer, they'll order one for you from Laverne, or you can pick one up in Mimosa Nursery in East Los Angeles. jsvand5 - and here in CA we are jealous of all the tropical stuff you guys are able to grow. red_sea_me Yes, that's an interesting comparison but I'm afraid I'm going to have to wait a few years to see any meaningful results...my Edward is only 5' tall....See Morehow/when to pinch baby mangos off tree
Comments (5)Hi Tammy, Every tree is different, but with my container Glenn, the fruits fell off on their own, when they were very small about the size of yours. I was actually going to let one or two size up...but it never happened. They ended up falling off anyway. I read that it is best to remove the baby fruits when its a little bigger(maybe dime size)so that it won't re-bloom again. Just remove the whole stem where the mangoes are growing from, it should snap right off. Hold the branch with your hand and break off the long stem(infloresence). Hopefully in a few weeks, you will see some new growth emerge from the branches(little nodes will appear in the leaves) just below where you removed the (blooms/mangoes)from. Hope I made sense, lol...I'm sure you know this already. Good luck!...See MoreMango Keitt trees in containers in Tiburon, CA not growing
Comments (8)Peat pots for Mangoes? NEVER!..not here. Cut off the lip on those pots to below soil level..and plant in BLACK NURSERY POTS. What they need here is- heat. Black pots absorb heat. Put those plants against the hottest wall you have...and water the heck out of them all summer. When they start to flush? Fertilize THEN. Its when they absorb it best I found. I have a near 9' Mango,thats flowering and I did all I told you (mine was never in a peat pot) until I planted it..in the hottest spot I have. Mangoes in the bay area need to babied the first two years in ground..NO frost. Cover,heat, whatever needs to be done,but no frost....See MoreVeronica
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