What mango varieties are known as early producers from seed?

[nullzero]

Was curious if there was information on good tasting mango varieties that produce fruit from seedling within 4 years or less.

[Das Bhut]

Honey Kiss would probably fruit in 3 years depending on how it's own roots fare in your ground.

[nullzero]

Thanks for the info, will add honey kiss to the list.

[Oolie]

It seems to depend on a number of factors, cold exposure being the most significant.
There's some good info on the first page of the "Growing Mangoes in SoCal" thread.

Edited to include link
Florida rootstock trees don’t perform well for most gardeners
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=15673.0

So, why not just plant a mango tree that you buy from the local nursery like you would any other fruit tree? There are several reasons. Firstly, Mangos are marginal here in SoCal and although they can withstand the cold in some counties of Southern California, they cannot easily grow unprotected in many other counties of SoCal. Mango growth is heavily influenced by climate and wether new growth is vegetative(leaves and shoots) or floral is primarily dependent on temperature. This holds true for Mangos in SoCal but not necessarily in warmer climates where age of previous flushes can also be of major significance. Aside from age of flushes and temperature, nutrition can aid in flowering promoting bigger or more flowers and can even help inhibit fruit drop.

Please see this article for in depth information on Mango flowering:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1677-04202007000400007&script=sci_arttext

Simon

[simon_grow]

You can induce precocity by grafting seedlings onto mature rootstock. Combine this with cold weather stimulus and you can get very young ~2 year old seedlings to bloom.

Here’s an Orange Sherbet seedling that was about 1-2 years old from seed and I grafted it onto my Bonsai double rootstock tree and it flowered this year, same year the rootstock flowered for the first time




And here’s my NDM seedling. Two sprouts were left to grow together and only one sprout flowered.

Simon