My Sweet Tart is pushing new leaves!?

[Bananimal]

My Sweet Tart is pushing new leaves!?  First time I've seen this this early in the year?  Global warming???

[EnglewoodFlorida]

many mango varieties are pushing out flower panicles now, if that's what you mean... 

[RodneyS]

many mango varieties are pushing out flower panicles now, if that's what you mean...

Agreed.  Even here in SoCal

[elaraparker]

I have a Kesar that is blooming like crazy right now.  I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one.

[modrod]

I also have flower on my NDM and Manila mango here in Southern California.

[Cythompson159@yahoo.com]

My coconut cream has also pushed new flushes of leaves and within 50’ of it my LZ is pushing flowers. I’m a lot happier with the new flushes of leaves than early flowers. Will likely have a lot better success rate on fruit with flowers 6-8 weeks from now.

[Bananimal]

I've heard good things about Lemon Zest.  What do they taste like - say compared to Pickering?

[Goyo626]

Seems like my sweet tart mango is also waking up. Do panicle development and vegetative growth look the same when beginning to grow? Im trying to figure out if the tree is going to flower for the first time or if its just regular growth?

Edit: here are some pics. To me it looks like normal growth but im not sure if at this point vegetative growth vs panicle development would look different.

[Goyo626]

Seems like my sweet tart mango is also waking up. Do panicle development and vegetative growth look the same when beginning to grow? Im trying to figure out if the tree is going to flower for the first time or if its just regular growth?

Edit: here are some pics. To me it looks like normal growth but im not sure if at this point vegetative growth vs panicle development would look different.

This is how it looks like ten days later.


Is this panicle development or typical growth?

[skhan]

looks like a mixed bloom.
Those little nodes near the leaf axil should become flowers

[Goyo626]

looks like a mixed bloom.
Those little nodes near the leaf axil should become flowers

Thanks. After watching a couple videos on truly tropical youtube channel dedicated to mixed bloom im inclined to say you are right. Its very surprising that there are very little high resolution pictures on the stages of mango bloom and even less on mixed bloom. Thanks.

[skhan]

looks like a mixed bloom.
Those little nodes near the leaf axil should become flowers

Thanks. After watching a couple videos on truly tropical youtube channel dedicated to mixed bloom im inclined to say you are right. Its very surprising that there are very little high resolution pictures on the stages of mango bloom and even less on mixed bloom. Thanks.

Truly Tropical and a few others are doing a good job of making content that's pretty accessible
There is (or was) plenty of photos with mixed bloom on the forum.

For tropical fruits, this forum is by far the best source I've found for education.
Its just not as convenient as a book or video, you have to read through a lot of thread which can be a pain.

[arc310]

southern california...sweet tart.