Hi everyone,
In my last few threads, I asked about the best Zill varieties and things of that nature. Now I have an idea which I have seen some people do on here, but I wanted to get other people's input as well for my situation. I only have room for one mango tree, and it's a decent amount of room so size wouldn't be an issue but I want to maintain it at most 15 or so feet for ease of picking. I have an idea to plant a 'Valencia Pride' at first since it will grow very rapidly and fill in, with regular tipping to encourage branching. Once it gets a good structure about 4 feet off the ground or so, I thought about pruning back lower branches and grafting other varieties on it. Essentially top working a portion of it, but leaving a central leader to grow up. Once that leader reaches a certain height, I want to tip it and encourage more branches, which would allow for more varieties to be grafted on. I would like to leave a branch of VP as well, although it is vigorous so I don't know if I should leave it lower or higher in the tree to avoid it taking over. I plan to have varieties such as 'Sweet Tart', 'Lemon Meringue', 'Honey Kiss', and 'Fruit Punch'. Please let me know if this idea would work, if I should start with a different variety like 'Sweet Tart', and/or your suggestions for the project. I would love to document the journey!
Have a good one