Hello everybody. I know it's been quite a long time since I have posted here. This year I bought a Pickering mango tree and after it bloomed, the tree held to mangoes. Right now they are about the size of silver dollars. Since I have never had a mango tree that held any fruit, I really have no idea how long it will take for them to mature, if they don't drop first! Can anyone give me a rough idea of how long it will take for them to mature? Also, I remember reading that fertilizing the tree while fruit is on the tree can affect the flavor of the fruits. Should I stop fertilizing? I've been feeding it Foliage Pro and Sea Weed extract. Thanks again for any help!

I am looking for nursery that sells grafted cherimoya trees. Years ago I bought 2 from Roger Meyer. I will email him today to see if he can still ship to me or not. I lost both trees from him about 2 or 3 years ago from sooty mold. Very upsetting as both were growing very nicely and my grafted 'Fino de Jete' had actually bloomed for the first time.

I also am interested in purchasing a 'Gefner' atemoya, as I have heard that they are very cherimoya like, and one of the best atemoya you can grow.

IF anyone has any suggestions on where I could order these trees, I would greatly appreciate it, also if anyone has any other suggestions for better cherimoya varieties, please let me know and also why you like that variety. Finding the 'Gefner' I know wont be difficult. If I decide to order a 'Pickering' mano from Plantogram, I may just buy the Gefner from there also.

Thanks,
Andrew

About 2 years ago, I bought this mango from Frankies nursery. Since I live in NY state, I planted it into a 1o gal pot. I pruned the tree about 2 months later, and it responded by growing 7 or 8 nice branches. Last summer, the tree was pruned again, and it has filled in nicely but no inflos, which was fine with me, sinceI wanted the energy of the tree to go into the root system and also into branches.

Around October, I placed the tree indoors under my HPS light, and within a few weeks, it produced a small inflo. Sadly, that inflo was lossed due to my own stupidity. I bumped the cord on the HPS light and it snapped of the inflo. I was hopefull that maybe more inflos would grow but none ever did. I assumed that maybe the heat from the HPS and the heat from my apartment made it too warm for inflos to grow? Temps averaged in the mid to high 80's.

Now I have put the tree outdoors, where it is now going thru another growth flush. Temps over night were predicted to be in the low 40's but when I got up this morning, there was actually a light frost...temps were around 34 degrees. The only damage I found was on new leaves that are about 3-4 inches long.

What I am wondering now is if this tree just needs some cool temps to induce inflos?  Any suggestions on fertilizers I can use to help induce blooms?

Thanks,
Andrew