Once more, after the cold winter, my mango starts to bloom. I have removed the first bloom early because panicles growt during winter usually are poor, with deformed ovary, and mostly male. So i removed the panicles when they were very young, too soon before noticing anything strange. I was hoping in an healthy second bloom with more favorable temperatures.
Last year (spring 2012) i got one diseased panicles, apparently one from MMD. I'm not sure because our long cold humid winter surely can give a lot of problem to a plant, so, of course, it may have been just a metabolic disease. The plant seemed to recover during summer and the growth was normal till now. Now, in the second bloom of 2013, i seem to have spotted some blooms that aren't growing as expected: i'm wondering if someone of our experts can tell me if they are definitively from MMD, because on that cause, i would remove them and prune the twig. They seem to stay on the short side for now, but of course they are still vey small. Maybe i'm still in time for getting another bloom, but temperature are about to rise, and if i'm not quick i'll lose the chance to get some fruit in 2013, and it would be upsetting.
Here some picture of what i'm talking about. Do they seem normal to you?
In the last picture you can see the panicles low in the twig that have formed a bit earlier, but the seem me more healthy and well formed. Any idea/suggestion? Thank you from an hopeless grower.