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Good afternoon. Hope all is good. Was told I might be able to get a little help with a young mango I have. It’s a grafted plant I put in the ground around April this year. I immediately topped it to promote some scaffolding branches to grow. The pictures are the only growth it has put on since then. The original leaves are still present however they are slowly drying out. The leaves and lack of new growth arent a supper concern as much as the crazy growth pattern on top. I haven’t had any real success in identifying the problem and was hoping for some help in that and what I can do to help the tree thrive instead of simply survive.
I have some scale and sooty mold on my Glen mango. Is neem oil suitable to kill the scale, or is there something more effective?
Any idea what’s going on with Kent seedling, it’s around 1 year old. One of the branches just died, so checking the root and found some thing like a white fungus covered over the roots… help please…
Will hydrogen peroxide work?
Just curious Simon,
I have horrible Powdery Mildew at my place but my Pineapple Pleasure grows fine and fruits fine for me. Last year, I had a bumper crop so this year, I only got a few fruit. The fruit are large and taste excellent. To me, they taste like a giant PinaColada. The Pineapple Pleasure nubbins are smaller, more round and are sugar bombs.
Hey Brad, I’m glad your mangos are getting established and starting to produce. I remember how difficult it was for you to get them into the ground and to prop them Josh’s they were young. Now that they are established, they should fruit well for you. Our cold weather which is horrible for young trees because it induces early blooms is actually a benefit if your trees are large and established.
Simon
Which month do you prefer your blooms to set & hold fruit till maturity in San Diego area?
Asking out of curiosity as it sounds like your fruit are just now approaching the ripe stage.
Just as an experiment, I have one Keitt left hanging on a tree now in S. Fl and I will let it stay till it falls off or is eaten. At least in S. Fl. for this green mango it ripens very slowly once the temperature drops near 70 and less hours of sunlight occur late in fall. I assume it is the same in California presently. I believe my keitt bloomed and set fruit in March and could be picked Aug.. for primary crop or left to hang if willing to eliminate predators.
I was surprised that Glen in California was still not ripe for the other poster on this thread as it is not a green skinned mango at maturity. Glen if set fruit in late Feb. to early March are usually ripe in S.Fl. in early June.