Author Topic: Help on when to stop tipping mango trees  (Read 1082 times)

weiss613

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Help on when to stop tipping mango trees
« on: May 19, 2018, 01:50:11 PM »
In the summer of 2019 I will have 7 mango trees that I will let fruit for the first time. (If they decide to)
Please tell me what date should I stop pruning their tips so that they have a chance to fruit naturally. You can assume that all 7 trees will bear their fruit on June 1, 2019 to be safe.
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Re: Help on when to stop tipping mango trees
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2018, 03:01:31 PM »
Most places suggest you prune after harvest.
Since this is a young tree, I will time it by when (your) older trees of the same variety fruit (in the area you are in.
In my part of south FL season ends mostly by October and that (early October) would be the latest I will suggest. To be certain, leave a few tips uncut.  If it is too late, at least these uncut tips may flower.

Others with more experience can please chime in.

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Re: Help on when to stop tipping mango trees
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2018, 03:16:32 PM »
I would go closer to August. I tipped a lot last October and it got cold around Halloween. My trees flushed out in April.

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Re: Help on when to stop tipping mango trees
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2018, 04:14:42 PM »
Prune right after harvest. You want to follow the tree's natural habit, which is to grow vegetatively after harvest. This also gives sufficient time for growth, then dormancy, which precedes flowering.
Jeff  :-)

 

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