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Heavy flowering super low fruitset.  None on many trees and it was not PM in my case.

Poor timing for some cold snaps and absolutely no flies.  Waiting for one last flowering and I am bringing the raw fish basket to invite some flies.


I do have a few fruits starting here and there but not even close to what should be expected with the bloom.

How frequently do you water those plants?
May be overwatering?

This is not unusual.  Just make sure you don't overwater in the dry season.  It should leaf out later in the spring.

Have you an interest in fabric pots?  Temu has some 7 gallon for between 2 and 3 dollars each.
I have not used them and cant vouch but the price looks really good.

For the mango part of your question, I would imagine so.

I have had mango fruits fall to the ground, get eaten by racoons or squirrels and the seeds still in the husk germinate a month or two later.  Some even much later.

I swept up fallen mango into an old plastic pot last year, and months later, several germinated.  No soil in the pot just the broken down fruit.

I expect some may not germinate but if you get several I expect a good percentage would.
 

Just dig them out and place in a pot getting the most root you can.  You will break the tap root but it wouldn't stop the seedling growing well.

There are several posts about this on the forum but one approach that I thought was interesting was a smell test of the leaves.  Apparently, in some cases, the smell of the leaves of the clone may differ from the "hybrid".
There have been discussion of other characteristics that could help distinguish after each seedling has had a chance to grow a little.  I liked the idea of being able to smell out the "one of these things that not the same as the others"


Here is one link https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=51797.msg497800#msg497800

I agree, send a picture of the plant showing more.

With the current picture, my guess would have been different from most folks.  In my experience, the rootstock will grow a bud below the graft more agressively than it would the graft and the thicker branch would in my opinion be the root stock and the thinner the graft.  I have had growth below the raft overtake the grated portion multiple times.  I cut them off in most cases but in a few cases where I am interested in finding out what the rootstock would have produced, I have to manage the size so they don't shade out the graft.

With a different picture, there may be other cues to help make the determination.

Got this plant and 2 others from a friend a few years ago

I placed it in a safe spot and forgot about it.  I happened on it a year or so ago and it had rooted out of the pot so I left it where it was.

Now I need to figure out what it is (no flowers or fruits yet)

           


The trunk in case it helps in IDing the plant.

You can graft on to it in 2 years or so and save a few branches of the rootstock to see what it produces.
Your grafted varieties will fruit first in a couple of years or so after grafting and much later you can see what you original plant makes.

I have a seedling that I am testing that took about 8 years to fruit but I had fruit on the tree from grafted varieties from about year 4 or 5 onwards.  The seedling has fruited the last 2 years and I will give it about 2 more years to determine if I want to keep it or chop off those branches to graft other varieties.

Thanks….on the hunt for a cherilatta…any suggestions we’re Best to look for one?

Do you graft and do you have any potential rootstock?

Scions are easier to find.

See this link https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/nam-doc-mai-4

It is described as polyembryonics which mean if you plant the seed, only one of however many embryos germinate (or plants stalks come out of the seed) will not be true to seed.  The others will be clones of the mother tree.  The trick is to pick one that is a clone.  There are all kinds of suggestions on the forum like smelling the leaves and discarding the one that is different.

How long to fruit from seed, i depends on your growing conditions but could be as long as 7 to 10 years though as noted earlier it could be sooner.

If you want fruit sooner, then you may need to graft a scion from a fruiting tree, but you will need a tree to graft it on to.  Perhaps a branch on one of your other mango trees of graft it to your seedling after it has grown a year or two.
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would you be willing to ship seeds?

Have you checked with posters offering seeds like, I assume you have.
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=50007.msg481649#msg481649

Your best shot at seeds may be from our Hawaii members.   I got mine from member HIfarm, but this was a few years ago, and I have not seen him post of late.