:( Cushman and Rosigold... also prone to splitting

[TnTrobbie]

Both 7gal trees are less 1.5 to 2 yrs inground. Rosi flowered twice this season and held 3 mature fruit total. Two split. Cushman flowered once and held 2 mature fruit. Found the last one split this morning. It was fine yesterday. lol. Members with experience with these cvs., is this a common thing? Was soo looking foward to tasting these of of my tree.  .

[HMHausman]

Both 7gal trees are less 1.5 to 2 yrs inground. Rosi flowered twice this season and held 3 mature fruit total. Two split. Cushman flowered once and held 2 mature fruit. Found the last one split this morning. It was fine yesterday. lol. Members with experience with these cvs., is this a common thing? Was soo looking foward to tasting these of of my tree.  .

Rosigold has much more of a splitting problem than Cushman.  I haven't had any issue with Cushman. However, given the right set of circumstances, any mango is liable to split on the tree if the right conditions exist.

[phantomcrab]

I haven't noticed a splitting problem with either variety grown in my area. I have noticed that Rosigold can have some internal breakdown though.

[Mr. Clean]

I planted a 3 gal Rosigold last year and it bore three fruit this year, none split.  I fertilize a lot.  Perhaps the 7 gal have root bound problems?

[TnTrobbie]

Thanks for the feedback guys . At plantings I break up and spread out the roots from the potting soil. I read that a fruit tree can be considered to be "well established" after planting when it pushes out 3-4 growth flushes. Both Rosi and Cushman have exceeded this so I don't think its a root bound problem. No supplemental Nitrogen. Just mulch, 0-0-51, foilar sprays with Fe and the occasional soil drench if needed.

Found this thread on mango splitting that Phantomcarb posted some email responses from Dr. Campbell, Dr. Crane and Mr Collins
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=5107.msg69623#msg69623
Hopefully it will help others.

After reading the info, I am guilt of inconsistent watering. I water my trees lightly when they are pushing out flushes as (I've find) the leaves and new branches get established much much faster. This could very well be the culprit as they both had mature fruit on them as well as flushes. Gonna stop watering the mallika, fernandin and Neelam now .