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mango varieties that drop less fruit?
« on: April 26, 2018, 11:16:15 AM »
are there certain varieties of mango tree that tend to drop less than others?

Also, in general, does planting in-ground vs potted make a difference in fruit drop?

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Re: mango varieties that drop less fruit?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2018, 11:19:27 AM »
are there certain varieties of mango tree that tend to drop less than others?

Also, in general, does planting in-ground vs potted make a difference in fruit drop?

Carrie, Julie, Edward are a couple that retain well.

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Re: mango varieties that drop less fruit?
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2018, 01:01:30 PM »
are there certain varieties of mango tree that tend to drop less than others?

Also, in general, does planting in-ground vs potted make a difference in fruit drop?

Carrie, Julie, Edward are a couple that retain well.
And would that be because they tend to set less fruit?  Pickering sets fruit like mad, loses most of it, but you still end up with a good crop.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2018, 01:03:47 PM by johnb51 »
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Re: mango varieties that drop less fruit?
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2018, 01:14:49 PM »
Not necessarily. There are mango trees which set and retain large numbers of fruit. However, the end result is a whole bunch of small fruit (eg, the okrung). There is sort of a set point in terms of the max poundage of fruit a tree can bring to harvest, and it has two ways of dealing with it: dumping fruit early or producing a lot of small fruit.

Some trees are "honest" in that they retain most of the fruit they set. These trees often look like poor producers in the beginning. But when the day of harvest approaches, the number of fruit remaining will be similar to other trees (which set a lot of fruit early but later dumped them).

Consider the analog of a person who "bites off more than they can chew" in terms of work. They deal with it in two ways: eliminate some tasks from their plate or finish all tasks but do a poor job in each. Similarly, trees only have a set number of resources to utilize for crop production.

are there certain varieties of mango tree that tend to drop less than others?

Also, in general, does planting in-ground vs potted make a difference in fruit drop?

Carrie, Julie, Edward are a couple that retain well.
And would that be because they tend to set less fruit?  Pickering sets fruit like mad, loses most of it, but you still end up with a good crop.
Jeff  :-)