A Carrie question

[mangokothiyan]

My Carrie has been in the ground three years. I got about 10 mangoes last year, for the first time. This year, I have about 40, but the fruits are smaller. Is that normal? Should I be fertilizing more?




 

[SWRancher]

40 mangos on a three year old tree sounds pretty darn good. My Carrie mangos do seem a little bit smaller this season too, but remember its still only mid May and Carrie are usually ready sometime in June .

Last season my Carrie fruit were not very tasty and I ever considered top working it...but this year the fruit have been just about perfect I'm guessing the difference is the different weather as I don't fertilize my trees while they have fruit on them. My tree is almost done with the fruit off the first bloom, luckily there are a bunch of golf ball size fruit developing from the 2nd and 3rd blooms so I'm hoping to pick more in July or so. 

[PltdWorld]

Might be bigger if the fruit was thinned some?  That's a great yield though!

[bsbullie]

My Carrie has been in the ground three years. I got about 10 mangoes last year, for the first time. This year, I have about 40, but the fruits are smaller. Is that normal? Should I be fertilizing more?

What bloom is this from?

[mangokothiyan]

My Carrie has been in the ground three years. I got about 10 mangoes last year, for the first time. This year, I have about 40, but the fruits are smaller. Is that normal? Should I be fertilizing more?

What bloom is this from?

This is from the first bloom. I picked two mangoes already. The tree bloomed thrice and has mangoes of three different sizes.

[bsbullie]

My Carrie has been in the ground three years. I got about 10 mangoes last year, for the first time. This year, I have about 40, but the fruits are smaller. Is that normal? Should I be fertilizing more?

What bloom is this from?

This is from the first bloom. I picked two mangoes already. The tree bloomed thrice and has mangoes of three different sizes.

From what I have seen, from Carrie trees grown in East Boynton Beach, Excalibur's and another tree near Excalibur in Lake Worth, fruit sizes are "normal".  If your tree is small/young, combined with the first harvested, this could contribute or be the cause of smaller fruit size.

[LEOOEL]

Just don't over do it with the water and the fertilizer. Let time do its thing.

You are a lucky man. Carrie is among the top favorite mangos in my yard. My neighbor says it's the best mango in the world. That may be overstating it, but to me, it's not far from the truth.