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Title: Mango: when to pick Alampur Banishan
Post by: sapote on September 04, 2018, 07:36:43 PM

It says: "THEY ARE BEST HARVESTED MATURE GREEN AND RIPENED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE LIKE THE MALLIKA."

But how to tell  it is mature green and ready to harvest? For the last 2 seasons the small tree gave only one fruit per year and I picked a little late and the taste was not as good as described. One large and two small this year. Flowered in early April, SoCal.

Title: Re: Mango: when to pick Alampur Banishan
Post by: bsbullie on September 05, 2018, 07:31:53 AM

How "small" is the tree?  In ground or pot?

As for determining "mature green"...that is tough to describe in a post.  You will see a slight color change but really takes experience with monitoring your own tree and even experiment with timing.  Also very tough to do with only one or two fruits.

Title: Re: Mango: when to pick Alampur Banishan
Post by: sapote on September 05, 2018, 06:00:25 PM

The tree was on ground about 4 or 5 years ago but only 1" dia trunk and 24" tall bushy. I took some pic today. The big fruit not 100% exposed to sun and green (with 2 Argentinean ants herding a bug used as ruler scale) and the smaller has a little yellow tint. I bent the fruit about 60 degrees and the stem didn't snap, so let them on tree.

(https://s22.postimg.cc/7ijxk8ful/Alampur1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/7ijxk8ful/)



(https://s22.postimg.cc/mr9uy0h8t/Alampur2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/mr9uy0h8t/)

Title: Re: Mango: when to pick Alampur Banishan
Post by: sapote on September 05, 2018, 06:05:01 PM

For comparison, a Glenn was planted one year later and now with 3.5" dia trunk and 12' tall.