Early and late mango varieties in my SoCal yard

[hawkfish007]

I have learned a lot from this forum, also learned from my own mistakes. After loosing numerous trees, I am at a point that my mangoes are doing well. Most of my mangoes are on Florida rootstock except for some multigrafted varieties I want on a single tree. Like this 4in1on Manilla rootstock (LZ, PPK, Juicy Peach and Maha) courtesy of Frank. Note, I am going by the fruit sizes in determining what is an early and late variety in my yard. I am in zone 9B and I do get some below 32F nights once in a while, but last year the lowest was 34.2F according to my weather station.

4in1on Manilla rootstock.


Early Varieties Orange Sherbet and Cat Saigon.




Late Varieties.
Sweet Tart and Dwarf Hawaiian on Corriente rootstock.


Icecream on Turpentine.


Lemon Zest on Turpentine.


Mallika on Turpentine.


Peach Cobbler on Turpentine.


Pickering on Turpentine.


Buttercream on Turpentine.


Carrie on Turpentine.


Some of my grafting work based on Har's top 5.


Others like Coconut Cream, PPK, Fruit Punch, Fairchild didn't flower for me this year, or aborted their fruitlets. So mangoes will grow here, don't give up!

[Mugenia]

Hawkfish007,

Congratulations! You're definitely mango king. You have successfully grown turpentine roostck mangoes in southern California. That's no easy task. I live practically near to you and have failed at growing mangoes here.

I guess your success proves that there's no such thing as turpentine vs Manila rootstock. It is all boiled down to grower's dedication and techniques.

[palingkecil]

That's awesome! Hopefully one day my mango trees will look like yours. Please keep sharing your experience with us here. Looking forward for your mango taste review next year.

[hawkfish007]

Hawkfish007,

Congratulations! You're definitely mango king. You have successfully grown turpentine roostck mangoes in southern California. That's no easy task. I live practically near to you and have failed at growing mangoes here.

I guess your success proves that there's no such thing as turpentine vs Manila rootstock. It is all boiled down to grower's dedication and techniques.

Thanks Mugenia, you are welcome to stop by to take a look at the mangoes any time.

[hawkfish007]

That's awesome! Hopefully one day my mango trees will look like yours. Please keep sharing your experience with us here. Looking forward for your mango taste review next year.

You will get there soon. I will do a detailed video of my backyard soon with mango reviews.

[hawkfish007]

Mid June update.

Peach cobbler on turpentine  holding ~15 fruits and flushing.


Cat Saigon on turpentine, fruits are almost ready.


Orange sherbet on turpentine, I cut flower panicles and marble size fruitlets and left only 3 so the tree can grow.


CAC on corriente after heavy pruning and fruitlet removal.


Lemon zest on turpentine after heavy pruning and fruitlet removal.


Sweet Tart on corriente after pruning and fruitlet removal.

[palingkecil]

 They all look fantastic. How old are they? Do you do foliar spray feeding? My mango trees just grow some new buds after I replaced some of the soil with sand.

[hawkfish007]

They all look fantastic. How old are they? Do you do foliar spray feeding? My mango trees just grow some new buds after I replaced some of the soil with sand.

Oldest sub-tropicals are little over 3 years and most are between 2-3 years in my yard. I have been growing stone fruits for a long time. I use Peter's liquid STEM to drench and foliar feed my trees. I haven't foliar fed this year, honestly I didn't see a need as they are growing nicely.