Tomas,
Its easy to tell which mangos will stay and which will need to be thinned or fall off
The bad ones always get a tiny tinge of yellow, like rot. The healthy ones swell up fast and get red green colored, with no yellow at all.
Also. I hold panicles and flick them, sending rotten or poor fruits flying, and leaving healthy fruits still attached. The healthy ones won't be shaken off by wind or flicking, too easily, but sickly fruits can.
After removing all yellow and sickly fruits from my tree,I still have 16-18 nice mangos growing!! I should be eating them in mid April..this is way ahead of shedule, I usually get them in June!!
I'm not complaining though... My smaller Pickering has loads of tiny fruit set to, so maybe I'll get some late pickerings to!
Hope u get a bunch on your tree! How many gallons? How old and tall??
Hi Anikulapo,
> Counted about 20 mangoes on my Pickering.
I counted my mango buds tonight - 64 of them. But I know most of them will fall off. I am just all gitty about it. It my first Pickering tree.
Tomas