My pickering mango is flowering in canada, what should I do?

[samuelforest]

Yes I know, you are wondering why I'm not happy that my pickering is flowering? It is basically because it is only 2 feet tall. I don't know if I should let it hold fruit or cut the flowers later on? I'm worry that it will waste all of its energy.

[TnTrobbie]

You got a picture of it? How many branches and leaves does it have? How many hrs of direct sunlight exposure a day? Against better judgement, I'm tempted to let it fruit 1 after thinning set fruits (if any) with external weight support if you havent tasted Pickering mango.

[simon_grow]

I would remove the fruit once they are about marble size so that your young tree will put its energy into root and vegetative growth. You can stunt its growth if you allow it to hold fruit and with a minimal amount of leaves, the fruit quality may not be as good as it can be. If you just remove the blooms without allowing fruit to get to about marble size, your tree may bloom again, wasting more of its energy.
Simon

[samuelforest]

I got a picture of it non flowering. It gets about 7 hour of direct sunlight, the thing is I need to bring it indoors in about 1 month

Here it is:



Thanks for the tips Simon!

[TnTrobbie]

Nice Pickering specimen there Samuelforest. The branches are really too green (young) to allow to fruit. Till next year or two.

If you just remove the blooms without allowing fruit to get to about marble size, your tree may bloom again, wasting more of its energy.
Simon

This I did not know. And come to think of it, was why my 2nd Julie pushed out more pannicles after I pruned the first set. Thanks for this .

[johnb51]

Don't panic.  Everything will be alright.

[Charlie23]

more than likely, the fruits will fall by themselves before they get big...  happened to mine.

[JF]

Sam
I would just pinch off the bloom. I had to do the same to my NDM it is way too late in the season.

[samuelforest]

Thanks guys! Never thought a mango could flower at that height! Hopefully that means it will flower also next year