Hi Nancy, Good to know ( in a sympathetic way ) that I am not the only one trying to confront these crafty critters. Have learned over the last 16 years that it goes with the territory, as I'm sure you also know.
Swore I saw my wabbit yesterday morning, as he emerged from his trench under my wooden fence, holding up a sign saying " Rabbit Lives Matter Too ! "
! can't argue with that. He'll get his and I'll get mine,..even tho it looks like I may lose the war, I am content.
Maybe it's the way it should be,..as right now I am harvesting more than I can handle,..almost ! ( smile ) But to update the score, as I came home 1 1/2 hrs ago, I immediately went out back and found TWO RIPE ORANGE.YELLOW BEAUTIES in the grass under the Glenn tree !! New score : Critter 6 ; Jofus 6 !!
Glad to hear your trees are at least putting out some mango's, the most delicious fruits I have ever eaten ! Up north, I thought peaches were the ultimate !
Fairly similar, but I now think that mango's are # 1 !
All my neighbors now are smiling and waving at me,..prior to before when I had no mango's to give away ! lol

I think you are crafty for letting that rabbit enjoy some mangoes at least for a while. I'm sure the mangoes will sweeten the meat for the best rabbit stew ever! lol!!!

hahahah " rabbits lives matter "

I think the squirrels and rabbits are in cahoots with each other. The squirrels knock the mangos out of the tree and the rabbits share in the ill-gotten bounty.

They are ahead of me on the harvest too. So far we have a few sweet fruits but they have the upper hand.

Brunswick stew with a mango sauce is looking good...

Craig

tcgardener, I think you are right, they def must be in cahoots. I think the iguanas play a role in it too.

Luckily no iguanas in my neighborhood. We have way too many at work in West Palm.

My dogs love mangos too. If Find one with minimal critter damage I cut up the unmolested side for them. At least the whole mango doesn't go to waste.

hahah. if I find a "molested" mango I throw it way down to the other end of the property were I rarely go for the iguanas to party on :p

Oh myyy..thank God Rabbits or squirrels don't frequent my parts.Active hawk population around me apparently helps keep there numbers down.Not to say I ain't keeping an eye on my bountiful crop of 5 mangos..fingers crossed they make it to maturity

Heh I think my tree may have about 5 mangoes left in it. I'd say maybe 50 dropped this year. Better luck next year.

I feel your pain Mia,..better luck in 2017 !

All's quiet on the " western front " as we here head into the homestretch of this mango season. My competition with the rabbit,.. the only fruits I have been counting are the mango's that fall to the ground by themselves, whether at night or during the day ! Latest score is : Rabbit 6 ; Jofus 10 !

A gorgeous, quiet morning here, - and it's July 4th yet ! Could not help but smile as I stepped out into my plantation at 06:30 AM. I was realizing how lucky we've been hereabouts to have had a nice fruitful ( smile ) season after such a tenuous, windy start. I promptly found three big yellow/orange mango's hiding in the grass under the Glenn tree, ( the only tree producing ripe fruit now, but it WAS LOADED ! ), and also picked up three more that literally fell off the tree as I brushed against the branches ! The pickings have been so easy lately, as long as I get out early !! Capping it off this morning, I checked the other 3 trees ( nothing ripe ), entered thru the screen lanai door next to the 20 ft tall Southern Magnolia on the front lawn. That tree, right now has at least EIGHT huge white blossoms, each w/10 - 11 inch diameters in full bloom,..IN JULY !!!! Amazing, don't recall so many blossoms so late in the year. The intense magnolia aroma permeating that area was heavenly so early in the day.

Then inside, deposited the 6 new ripe guys among the 20 + mango's already on the kitchen counter slowly ripening which gave the kitchen a distinct fruity aroma, - I was almost hypnotized by the one, two of those two pleasant scents ! Side benefits of being a fruit farmer ! ( smile )

A great day,..will just chill out at home and process 20 + mango's. Should keep me real busy ! A Happy July 4th to ALL !

Nice! Last year I had so many falling that the dogs were not allowed to hang out under the tree for fear of a falling mango knocking them out. :P

My chocolate lab would be catching them before they could hit the ground. ;)

If only a big heavy mango could drop on the rabbits head. Yesterday with the neighbors setting off loads of fireworks I saw a rabbit munching on a fallen mango. Really thought they were nocturnal marauders.

Luckily my other neighbor has offered me all of their fruits. Lucky day for sure!!!

awesome. we had some clients at work bring us some beautiful mangoes. they are ones that could win a beauty contest. they are in the fridge getting nice and cold :)

Just returned an hour ago from our park's huge inground pool, - where I met a friend as I was on the way out. Had given him a few of my ripe Glenn mango's a week ago, neither he nor his wife had ever tasted a mango.. This morning his eyes lit up when he saw me and proceeded to go on excitedly how he and his wife LOVED them. After they devoured those mango's, his wife went over to our local Walmart and bought some of the ones they had for sale.
" THEY TASTED HORRIBLE IN COMPARISON " he shouts. lol
" Yeah Bob, store bought mango's don't taste the same. I brought you over a few more that just fell off my trees this morning, you want them ? " He went ballistic, like all his birthdays had come together - so nice getting some positive feedback once in awhile ! ( smile )

SO true, that's why I'm very confused when someone tells me "they don't like mango"! I ask where they got them from and of course their answer is normally from the grocery store...I always tell them those are picked green, immersed in boiling water to kill any bugs and or diseases...sits in the warehouse for several days/weeks and then shipped to stores. They have halted the process of ripening properly...I would hate mango too if that was all I had to compare it too...

Nothing like homegrown fresh ripened mangoes :o)

Wish I lived closer to you Jofus, Lol...

Also, the store mango's are selected because of their bright colors, not their taste !

Season is almost over Nancy, but next year would be happy to mail you a box of them. This was a strange season for sure. After that tornado and the hi winds in Feb & March,..I just raked up the many small mango's on the lawn and reconciled myself to a NAY year. But lo and behold the Glenn took off admirably,..I was blown away ! lol

My first Pickering's started ripening a week ago., - have eaten a few but IMHO, they don't taste as good as the Glenn's. I really cannot wait for the last mango to drop,..both freezers are full,...now just need a rest ! ( smile )

Thanks for the kind offer JOfus...I'm very fortunate enough to have some this season...plus it will cost an arm and a leg to ship those heavy mangoes, a visit may be cheaper Lol...Appreciate it!!

well jofus you know who to give some mangoes to from now on :P its nice finding people who really appreciate them. free fruit is a great gift. he prob felt the way I did the first time I had fresh pineapple. Ill never eat canned again. I like to grow the tops for plants now :)

You are so right Mia, nothing like fresh homegrown fruits and veggies :o)

Sadly our mango season is about over, only a couple of fruits left on the tree. It was the best year for our Baily's Marvel tree with some mangos weighing close to 2 lbs.

Sweet

Nice looking mango's Craig. It's basically the same here, a season that started off questionably with lots of high winds, but my Glenn re-habbed astoundingly and produced loads of lush 1 - 1 1/4 pounders ! Season is over for the early season guys but I do have 2 late season trees, a Tebow and a Kent, both with a dozen or so giants still hanging on. No huge harvests from either, but signs that 2017 will be much better.

Lets hope....

I have a Mango Tree we bought 4 years ago. It's grown quite a lot. First year we have fruit, very large Mangos which are still green and hard. The name of the tree is Harvest Moon Mango. The mangos are the size of basketballs (almost). Last year we had one and it split while still hanging.

This year I have 9 which are still hanging. As I said, no sign of ripening and some are low to the ground.

I am in Sarasota, it has rained every day for over a month. Everything is soaked and with the heat and humidity, I'm getting worried about the fruit.

Took these pictures the other day and I can see one split and the others look like they are getting black streaks on them.

Should I spray the fruit with a fungicide? Has this happened to anyone else? Any suggestions??

Jane

Wow....it's the excessive rains that's causing those mangos to split.Not much we can do about mother mature so you are at her mercy.Hopefully you will have a few survivor's...fingers crossed

Yes I agree with Oasis...those are splitting due to the excessive rain you've had, a few of mine had done the same thing...the streaks are also very common due to the humidity. Its called Anthracnose and it is a fungus...but you have to start spraying it during bloom and to keep the fruits "clean" you have to do it monthly :o(...I usually just let it go because I don't want to spray the fruits that ofte. I do however spray them during bloom time or I won't get much mangoes set...

Jane, I had to google your variety of mango...I've never heard of Harvest Moon. It looks like Top Tropicals and Ebay are the only ones that carry them...is that where you bought yours? It might be a late variety. I have Keitts and they won't be ripe till end Mid to late August into Sept. I would wait for some coloring before I pick those, from the looks of the pictures they are suppose to be very pretty and very colorful...Enjoy them...

http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/store/store.cgi?script_param=Z3JvdXA9ZnJ1aXQ=&FirstItem=275&old=fruit

A lawn crew cleaned out "my" mango tree a few days ago. The tree is on a friend's property which he has for sale. He doesn't eat mangoes so I have had the pleasure of picking up a fruit or two each day when I walk my dog. The tree crew has the account for the adjacent property. Those illegal alien bastages even broke some limbs as they climbed all over the poor thing. Best crop I had ever seen on it too. :(

Oh man CaptTrubo!!! That is just terrible news!! Do you know what variety it was?

No, the owner doesn't know what it is. They sure are wonderful though. The woman he bought the place had planted it and she planted one in a pot for me years ago but then gave it to someone else. Said she would plant a new one for me but then she sold out and disappeared. I have tried repeatedly to get the pits from it to sprout but have had no success.

Find a young seedling of some other variety and graft from that tree. It's not that hard to do. Youtube is your friend.

Oh, and unless you saw them, it might not have been the tree crew. When I lived in S FL there were plenty of people who trolled the streets and alleys looking for fruit to steal. They broke a lot of branches because they were always in a hurry to grab as much as they could and then get out before anyone saw them.

Friends had 3 threes that produced the best mangos I've ever eaten. Unknown variety. But there was an alley behind their house and every year they'd come home one day and find the trees stripped and branches everywhere.

Puglvr, I bought the tree at a tropical fruit tree fair in Sarasota 4 years ago. The vendor said it was a great mango so we bought it. So far we have no idea.

Today I went out to check on the fruit and three of the biggest mangos were gone. I was so upset! One was so large I put a chair under it to keep it off the ground. I had chicken wire over it to keep animals away.

Well, something pulled off the wire and took the fruit. The two mangos in my above photo were gone. I'm sick over this! I've never gotten a fruit from this tree and its apparent some large animal was able to carry three away.

My husband thinks raccoons, possibly.

Jane

I personally think it's a two-legged critter !

Jane, I am SO sorry!! Been there in your shoes and it is NO fun!! Its very possible its raccoons or a two legged critter :o(...is it in your back yard? Did you use chicken wire and enclose the mango? I sure hope you're able to try at least one....I wonder If you should pick one green and try to ripen it on the counter? At this point you may want to try that...its better than losing all of them to critters...2 legged or 4 :o(

I had one of my late variety mango ( very hard and green) fall of the tree 2 weeks ago and I let it ripen on the counter...it took about 10-11 days but it eventually ripened enough to eat...granted it would have been better if it stayed on the tree but it wasn't bad at all...it was sweet but not tree ripened sweet... Best of luck on the rest!

Jane I'm sure whatever it was that took those mangos conveniently overlooked the split mangos I n lieu of the undamaged ones...so now you have too contend with mother nature and also 2 or 4 legged bandits...life isn't fair...good luck

Piglvr, that's what my husband said, 'pick them'!

I did have the chicken wire over the fruit on the chair. It was still there, mango gone. That was the biggest.

jane

Mama Mia Miami ! ( smile ) Thought my mango season was over 10 days ago,...then yesterday I saw it ! A medium sized ( for a Kent ) dark red gem still attached to a high up branch ( 14, 15 ft ? ) buried inside the lush & dense canopy of that, so far, slightly lethargic tree. It's still there this morning. On August 3rd ? Can't recall ever having a Kent hang on this long,...hmm, maybe loosely tie a small net under it ? Naw, knowin' me I'll knock it down. Doesn't take much to get me excited ! lol

So technically, my mango season isn't over yet ! Nice,..just love Florida !

Pick it quick before the Mexicans or the squirrels beat you to it!

Aye, Aye Capt,..initially did as ordered,..got out my telescoping fruit picker and pulled at the handsome guy a few times. Last two times I pulled hard ! However, the plucky mango was well attached and seemed to have no desire to be picked at this time. So, rather than use excessive brute force, I let him be for now. So I just felt I had to disobey order's. Hope this does not mean brig time,..had enough of that 60 yrs ago !!! ( smile )
However, will keep a close eye on him, your order was a smart one, but just had to back off for time being.
Think I'll now visit my local American Legion and run this past my ex- Seal, Marine & Army buddies,.. over a few brewskies of course. Yikes,..what a dull life, eh ? lol

Very well mate, but we will have to assign a watchman. If we find the blighger we will definitely keelhaul him and feed him to the fish! Arrrr!

Lol...Jofus, might be best not to force it down, if it was close to ready it would have come off fairly easily...Kent is suppose to be a late variety. I notice a Mango Farm down south that stated Kent and Keitt will be available for sale starting next week...

I still have one tree ( Keitt) that has about a dozen large mangoes on it :o)...won't be ready for another 2-4 weeks...I've picked the last one mid Sept. one year. That's the reason I planted this one so I can extend my mango till Sept. Lol

Thanks for the info Nancy, always appreciate your thoughts.

Capt : Thanks for absolving me,..any blighter caught near that tree will be beaten badly and flogged,..can't keel-haul 'em cause I haven't a big ship like you have ! ( smile )

Just an update. I covered the last two Mangos with bird netting and chicken wire. I was sure whatever was grabbing my Mangos couldn't get through this. Today, I checked, only one Mango left. I looked to see how the 'sucker' got the Mango. The bird netting was ripped open.I found the stolen Mango about 20 ft away, half chewed.

One Mango left. Green and hard. I picked it. I've never tasted a Mango from this tree. Something has it in for this tree. I know it is a critter, but not sure which.

I'm so disturbed by this. I can see I'll never get anything off this tree. I'm thinking I should plant an earlier variety. Maybe that will help.

Jane

Wow Jane, you are up against a serious foe! I don't know what more you can besides setting up a machine gun nest and equipping it with thermal imaging and auto targeting like what we should have on our southern border.

Yes Jane, obviously a critter. As long as you're happy with your tree, now time to turn your attention to the ruthless bandit(s).
My story : Had the same problem around 4 1/2 years ago,..my foes were squirrels, birds and a few rabbits. I had gotten in over my head with a couple of small avocado trees, a couple of smallish but fast growing peach trees and six young mango trees ! The birds were only interested in the peaches, so they're ( hopefully ) not a concern for you.
The voracious attacks were almost daily so had to something !
After using " The Old Craigslist Trick " twice, I quickly got rid of both of the avocado and peach trees, and one mango tree. That left me with five mango trees, was not eliminating any more !! Critters ( except for the birds ) were still mauling, so that's when I bought one of those Havahart spring loaded metal traps. Using the appropriate baits, within the next five ( 5 ) weeks trapped six ( 6 ) squirrels and two ( 2 ) rabbits. After disposing of them ( no comment ) my critter problem disappeared ! Since then have only had to deal with an isolated sneak attack,...nothing like it was !

I think they communicate with each other, " Hey, stay away from that guy's yard, he's a whacko !! " ( smile )
Just my 2 cents ! Good luck !

Wow, funny story! I'm thinking raccoons because the thief comes in the middle of the night.

Jane

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw033

They talk about & show pics of the exact traps I used. They are legal in Florida, as they state. Up to you after they are trapped,..." yo se nada " !

Trap raccoons? I'm not sure about that. They are big animals I wouldn't want to mess with.

jane

I trapped coons as a kid but mostly just shot them out of trees. I trapped lots of muskrats from our ponds and creeks though. Depending on your emotional design might determine whether to use a kill trap, a live trap, or a quality air rifle for the job.