Here's a blurb from UFL http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG216 Here is a link that might be useful: Mangoes in Home Gardens

tree #1. I would go ahead and remove it the rest of the way. Reason 1, its ugly now and wont get much prettier. Reason 2, you said it produced sour oranges. Could have been rootstock that was producing and really you wont ever know. i would get a new tree. something desirable and known for good fruit. Tree #2 up to you but the way it was pruned you cant even get to the fruit. So that mean birds and animals get the first pick and you are left waiting for something to fall to the ground. Or get a tall ladder or harvesting pole but thats no fun either. Mike

Congratulations, that's a beautiful tree! :) The second to the last picture (where you're showing the new growth) looks almost like scarring from citrus leaf miners. Look up pictures of CLM and see if it matches anything you see on the tree. Could be old, too, in which case, I wouldn't worry about it. New growth tends to be lighter in color but it looks almost like magnesium deficiency due to the christmas tree pattern. If you do decide to add magnesium, also consider adding calcium as they come as a pair and too much of one prevents the tree from using the other one. Try to get a good fertilizer with magnesium and calcium in addition to a good NPK ratio. I believe that everyone likes Dyna Gro here. The speckling on your leaves could also have come from spider mites. They look like tiny dark or red pinpoints that move. See anything like that on your tree? I'm still in the process of trying 511 myself but I've heard nothing but good things about it. It almost doesn't matter how damp or wet the soil is right after you water it. What matters the most is how fast the soil dries out. Its okay to be damp right after watering. If you use a water probe, wait until its just below 50% (debatable for all the experts out there, and I'm no expert) before watering. You should have to wait no longer than a week for your soil to need another thorough watering (in my opinion). I have no guesses as to what the tiny white bugs in your soil are but I googled springtail and the pictures that came up are simply horrifying. Good luck!

Daisy, Congrats on your new mango tree! I love mangoes, I have several young trees I planted several months to two years ago. I'm not an expert and I am learning as I go along...but I posted some pictures on how I "hard pruned" one of my mangoes on the link below that I posted at the Tropical Fruits forum. I am by no means suggesting that you do this to your tree...just showing you that they can take to pruning very well. I would never recommend you do anything this drastic to your tree in fear that it won't turn out the way you want it. But for me, it turned out very well. BTW, I also did this to my Haden Mango tree, as I was told this variety can get big...I wanted to try and keep it manageable from the start. It suffered from the this years freeze, but its recovering. Also, here's a link to some recommendations on pruning Mango trees... http://www.virtualherbarium.org/TropicalFruit/mangopruning.htmlcolor> Below is the link I posted...Scroll down almost to the end to see the pictures I posted Here is a link that might be useful: Post from the Tropical Fruits Forum on Mango Pruning