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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Flash mango sale while supply last
« on: August 18, 2019, 12:40:39 AM »
Would you ship only 1 or 2 plants?
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When people describe the tomato mango as having a spice note to its taste, is that a euphemism for turpentine? Thanks.
No spicy is a distinct mango flavor. It can sometimes be combined with a turpentine (which I would describe as piney [pleasant] vs resinous [unpleasant]).
There are quite a few mango flavors that people tend to describe (and some of the will happen in lots of combinations in some mangoes):
- Classic: Overall sweet mango flavor like in Hayden or Kent or Manila
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There are other descriptions too (and the real connoisseurs will discern those), but I would say these are the basic categories.
I understand why you want to do this, its just the reality that if you are looking for fruit on a tree in the furst 3-4 years and in a 7 gal pot, dont waste your time. You will cause problems with the tree in the long run and fruit quality will be basically below average. Trees brought in a house and put under grow lights will take longer to develop, not have a good of growth habit as ones grown in mango growing regions, and take longer and be more dufficult to get to proper fruiting age/condition. That combines with the fact as all of these will eventually outgrow the abikity to drag them around as you plan, it is just IMO a futile effort. This is not meant to stop you, just a dose of a realistic view...
Both these mangoes are dwarfish, container suitable and have been batted around here endlessly.
- Pickering for "I like sweet only, sweet-tart and rich complex flavors"
- Nam Doc Mai more of a straight honey taste which has its virtues
- Don't buy mango trees with huge fruits that cannot fully ripen at your latitude