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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: mangomanic12 on September 11, 2019, 02:43:32 PM

Title: Any video how to successfully separate multiple shoots from single mango seed ?
Post by: mangomanic12 on September 11, 2019, 02:43:32 PM

Please post link / video/ explanation...
I have a Dupois seedling with 4-5 shoots and a random poly seedling with 5-6 shoots in 1 gal that i want to separate this weekend but i do not want to kill the shoots.
Thanks.

Title: Re: Any video how to successfully separate multiple shoots from single mango seed ?
Post by: sapote on September 11, 2019, 07:38:00 PM

Just wash the whole thing in a big bucket of water, and then without any soil it's easy to untangle the roots from each other.

Title: Re: Any video how to successfully separate multiple shoots from single mango seed ?
Post by: mike rule on September 11, 2019, 09:26:26 PM

I usually wait until the leaves harden up before splitting up the seedlings...... I find that losses are minimal then.......Mike

Title: Re: Any video how to successfully separate multiple shoots from single mango seed ?
Post by: SixPlate on September 11, 2019, 10:02:19 PM

I just did this just as sapote suggests by washing away the excess soil. They came apart easily and my seedlings seem fine. A video of it would have been rather anticlimactic :)

The leaves were also already hardened so it’s possible that’s a big factor as mike rule suggests. I imagine the looseness of your soil also being a big factor.

Good luck!

Title: Re: Any video how to successfully separate multiple shoots from single mango seed ?
Post by: mangomanic12 on September 12, 2019, 11:57:13 AM

Ok, great guys , i will try your suggestions this weekend.
Yes, the leaves has just hardened off so good timing.
Thanks so much!!!
MiKE