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Hi Gwenn, don't be fooled, the mangosteen stays small and bushy when it's very young. They do get to be a large tree, but it takes many years. If you want then to have full potential plan for them to get 25+ feet tall. I spaced mine 30 feet apart, but 25 feet is also ok.
Quote from: fruitlovers on August 27, 2012, 04:38:14 AMHi Gwenn, don't be fooled, the mangosteen stays small and bushy when it's very young. They do get to be a large tree, but it takes many years. If you want then to have full potential plan for them to get 25+ feet tall. I spaced mine 30 feet apart, but 25 feet is also ok.I think she meant the grafted ones specifically. All of the grafted ones we saw we very stunted compared to the seedlings. I would guess the grafted ones were no more than half of the size of the seedlings with most being even smaller than that.
I recall Felipe saying something about it all depends upon the branch the plant was grafted with. If taken from a side branch, the plant will grow more outwards and stay compact. If taken from top growth, the plant has a better chance of growing normally.