The Tropical Fruit Forum

Here is a great source on MANY Mango varieties and will answer many of your questions. I found these the most comprehensive descriptions out on the web.

https://tropicalacresfarms.com/mango-descriptions-a-j

Thank you for the link, I’ll check it out!

A little background. I have a pretty good sized mango tree in my yard, probably around 25 feet high and 10 to 15 feet wide. This will be the second time it has flowered in the past 5 years, which I think only happened because I pruned it very heavily the prior year(this will be the second year if it holds onto its fruit) Last year the fruit was not very good tasting and they all had jelly seed throughout the whole fruit. This tree also gets anthracnose really bad which seems to be impossible to get rid of on this tree. My haden mango that is right next to it never has these problems. This year it flowered probably only on 1/8 to 1/6 of the tree. Most of the little mangos have anthracnose on them and are falling off so we will see if I get any mangos from it this year.

So my thought is if it does not give good mangos or does not give any mangos at all I will be getting out the chainsaw and cutting this thing down to somewhere around waist to chest high and grafting something better onto it next year/later this year if possible.

I am trying to figure out which variety I want and with all of them out there it is a hard choice. I would like to get one that is earlier in the season if possible since I have two other trees that are mid season varieties. But from what I have seen there are not too many great tasting early mangos. So being early is optional.

The two main criteria are highly disease resistant and a heavy/good producer. One that I have been looking into is Rosigold for an early variety but I cant seem to find much about taste, other than it is better than other early varieties. Currently I have a Haden (already in place when I bought the house) a PPK and this unknown mystery mango which is the topic of this conversation.

I noticed a bursery using permeable geotextile weed discs. I'd be interested but didn't get the chance to ask how they have worked out. Similar to these:
 http://www.timmenterprises.com/te-weed-prevention

Someone I know uses them and it seems to work good. However eventually grass and weeds start growing into them

From what I see you just spray copper on it? I would rather it not spread to my other mango tree.

So since it does not look like I am going to get any mangos from my Haden tree is it alright to do some pruning now so I am more likely to get fruit next year, instead of waiting until later to prune? I want to clear out some extra branches to open it up more and also want to cut the rest of the lanky branches so it branches out. Or should I wait a month or so? 

Quote from: chad6159 on March 13, 2019, 10:06:33 AM

My Haden, which is always LOADED with flowers, has ZERO on it...which is really strange. It is just growing new growth...any ideas?

Did you prune it late last year?

I did prune some long lanky branches late last spring so they would branch out. I figured it was too late to expect flowers on those branches this year. But I didn't do this for every branch. Most likely not even close to half of the tree, more like a quarter of the tree.... So I expected to get fruit from the non pruned branches. Guess not? It has always reliably given me fruit so I am surprised.

Looks good. That is basically how I want mine to look.I think prior to next season I will prune it back decent so I can make it more dense. How many fruit do you usually get off of a tree that size?

Okay thank you. Ill tip and prune some branches now then. I just didnt want to do it now and then not get any fruit this year because of it. it seems like half of the tree is starting to put on new growth but the other half is not. There are currently 8 flower buds on it so I wont mess with those branches.

This is going to be the first time it has flowered. I just got it last year and it grew like crazy. Probably form 3 feet to around 7 feet now.

Do you usually get two crops off of yours?

Now if I could only get some of them in my yard! These weevils are eating everything up. They are usually just on my peach but they have now started taking a liking to my mango trees new growth! 

They are red potatoes, from what I am reading they only grow during the cooler months opposed to sweet potatoes that grow during the summer? If I transplant them somewhere will they just die in the summer heat? Have not done really any research on potatoes before.

I have a compost bin that has been neglected and was not mixed around for a month or so. I opened it up today to mix it around and check the moisture level and I see a bunch of these plants growing in it.

I tossed in muscadine grape seeds along with many different types of vegetables. Anybody know what this could be? I was thinking grape at first when it was really small but not so much now.

Thanks! Was planning on going out tonight but it is raining. So hopefully tomorrow I can go out there. Luckily I have only seen one at a time. So hopefully I do not have a bunch out there.

I would definitely put the avocado on a mound. I never have standing water in my yard and I put in an avocado tree on the steepest graded part of my yard and the thing still got root rot.

This time, with my new avocado tree, I built up almost a foot above the ground, then put the tree on top of that. Then made a big mound around it and then mulched on top of that. From what I hear you really need to mound an avocado tree in Florida.   So far so good with my new avocado tree. We will see what happens during rainy season.