Very interesting hearing others' experiences of Angie being inconsistent. Does help to know it isn't just me. A few more fruit hanging on the tree, but so far, taste continues to be off.
wgphil, the mango tree that is closest to the crepe myrtle is actually my Cogshall, which is fruiting well this season. The Angie's roots likely do extend out into the lawn past the borders of the bed they are in. So I expect that it does get some fertilizer intended for the lawn. But my understanding was that excess fertilizer could cause more vegetative growth than is optimal, rather than impacting fruit flavor. Folks care to weigh in on the extent to which extra fertilizer can impact flavor? Doesn't seem to be a problem with any of my other 3 trees that are in similar situations, but maybe some varieties are more sensitive?
zands, if the treatment the tree got when it was young can impact its later flavor characteristics, does that mean if I were to topwork this tree that those factors would continue to negatively effect the new variety I topwork on? FWIW, I bought the tree from Fairchild the year they released them, so I would hope they know how to treat their nursery stock well.