Okay, so perhaps I’m stubborn in trying to get a mango to grow here that was clearly unsuccessful the first time around. But to my defense I didn’t know if the first issue was user error or a product of location. The exact same issue occurred previously. A seemingly healthy, young grafted keitt is planted (this time it lasted an entire year), then at the start of summer it’s leaves start to droop, it’s branches from the growing top downward start wrinkling, and it eventually dies. Upon inspection both trees had tons of either palm roots, privet roots or jasmine roots completely intertwined in its own root ball. I have a healthy seedling growing at the base of another queen so I don’t believe it’s the queen palm.
Anyway, the jasmines are my neighbor’s, planted directly behind my mango and the privet is about 40 ft tall planted about 15 feet to its right. Here are some attached photos. Last time this happened I pulled it out and brought it inside, copper fungicide drenched it’s roots and then watched it die. What can I do to save it?
Is this too much competition and lack of water? It gets a lot of water but it’s area is never soggy.
