what is wrong with my indoor mango????
Brandon Smith
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What is wrong with my mango plant
Comments (7)It's just that it doesn't look like a mango leaf to me. Any possibility something else could have been in that soil? As long as the upper leaves are okay I wouldn't worry. Some plants do drop the first leaves after the mature leaves have developed....See MoreWhat's wrong with my mango tree?
Comments (19)I've had this problem with my mango. I got it last year and it's a grafted tree (don't know the variety, they won't tell you here). It was in a "stick" form when I got it. Around May this year it started growing branches and then in summer, we have extremely hot temps of triple digits here during the summer, the leaves looked like in your pic. Some of the new growth also looked burnt. So I believe it was the heat since we don't apply fertilizer during the summer months (that's what they tell us in the nursery when we buy trees). In the pic below you can see the leaves condition if you zoom a little. All of the branches is a new growth only a few months old, so I hope it's nothing else serious....See MoreWhat's wrong with my mango tree?
Comments (8)nmfruit, the chance isn't extremely small, it will just more than likely take a very long time. Maybe 7-12 years. There are 3 reasons for this. First it was grown from seed, so that takes a while to get to a reasonable size. Second it is not grafted onto different rootstock, so that means the tree is not going to begin fruit production early in it's life (the first several years all the energy is going to go into growing branches). Third, trying to grow a fruit tree inside in a pot with limited root space is going to hold back growth. To some extent the second and third points here will kind of mitigate each other, but only to some degree. It's a tropical fruit tree and the soil needs to remain warm and the leaves need sunshine. The leaves can also be prone to drying out indoors if a heater is being used (as cold air is warmed it can hold more humidity and will begin sucking up moisture). johnnyk08, I think your plant needs a little more light, and it's very important you keep the humidity high so the leaves do not dry out. one way to accomplish this could be to wrap the plant in a clear plastic bag, or put it in a greenhouse space with a pan filled with water. Make sure the soil is kept moist and never dries out....See MoreWhat's wrong with my mango?
Comments (2)Where do you live? Once I thought Arabia..than California..then Philippines?! Probably went too dry in sun. Also peaty potting soils they don't like. Better to use a sandy loam or make a fir bark and perlite mix. Potting soils are so convenient and yet have killed millions of seedling plants of all types....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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