"new 25gl trees should be culled?"

Yes, I would stick with my comment to take the fruit off, at least the first year in the ground. 2nd year in ground, eh? debatable.

I never water or hardly ever fertilize my mango. I get plenty of fruit off them.  Basically mango are self sufficient trees and grow like weeds without human intervention. 

When you water them and fertilize them yes you speed them up growth wise.  But, that is not what you want, at least I don't want.  I want the trees to stay small, grow slowly, and produce fruit.   

This is just my opinion. I could be wrong and people disagree with me.   That is fine.  But, "tough love" for mango is true for me.  Just pruning to allow full sun exposure is best.  Mango rarely fruit in shade and the tree will shade itself in due time. Thus, cut the center out once or twice a year so sunshine can reach the entire canopy.  Plus, keeping the tree short so you can pick the fruit easier.

I know, I love it!  The tree is right next to where I park my car. So, every morning on the way to work I grab the fruit picker and pick what I will eat that morning!    Fresh fruit...just what the doctor ordered!   I probably wouldn't eat fresh fruit otherwise. Or, at least as much as I do now. 

Growing your own is awesome and rewarding! 

Just checking in.  Been eating Dancy Tangerines every day since this posting. Been juicing them also. Gave a bunch to friends.  We have had a warm winter so far (86F yesterday) and dry.  They sweetened up without the cold.  Still have about another 50 on the tree, thus, a couple more weeks.   My other citrus are hurting and didn't produce much. My honey murcott had some fruit (all gone now) and were really sweet and juicy.    Yeah for Old School Dancy keeping me from suffering from scurvy this year!

And, I would like to add that Rosigold gets a bad rep in S.Fla.  Maybe it is the soil conditions, environment, or whatever.  But, Central Florida it is a heavy consistent producer.  Tree stays small as well.  I have other friends who live here that say the same thing and rate rosigold high.  Taste to me is outstanding, especially as it is early and early mango always taste better!  (pre-mango over exposure. I get tired of eating mango by late July)

Which reminds me of the time Erick of PIN was giving a speech at Brevard Rare fruit meeting. This was like ten years ago. He mentioned that he wouldn't recommend rosigold but sells them anyway. He says they have a tendency to split.  I raised my hand and gave him my experience with it and others chimed in as well that rosigold has no problems in Central Florida like that. He agreed.  So, be careful when people say a variety of fruit is no good.   I don't like Haden, don't like the taste. However, one of the best mango I have ever tasted was a Haden in Costa Rica. I was like eh?  So, keep that in mind with people's opinions. 

Old thread bump I found from forum search:

I ate a rosigold from my tree yesterday that was absolutely delicious.  First time ever for me to have an off season mango (20 years).   

My rosigold had a good summer crop, but bloomed again in a month long late summer drought.  Hurricane matthew knocked off about 30 fruit in October, but a couple survived that I ate yesterday.  Tree is also in full bloom. 

Rosigold in my opinion is top 3 mango in my collection.  I've heard South Florida people bash rosigold before, but up here in the 'frozen tundra' of Central Florida it performs very well for us.  AND, taste great. 

Yup.  Agreed.  First of the season and the novelty of it is great! 

Ate some more this morning.  Still not fully sweet ripe yet, but definitely edible.  I've got so many on the tree and I'm the only one that eats them so gotta start early to get to them all by the end of January.  sometimes The Dancy last into February. 

For a follow up my Dancy is extremely loaded with fruit this year and just turning color. Can't wait to start eating them!  I've had them last until late Feb and into March. About 10 percent of them are dry but the rest are sweet and juicy.  Dancy is a great variety for us.  Carefree and disease resistance. I hardly ever do anything to mine and get fruit every year. 

Curious enough, the sunburst that I said died has come back to life and is thriving again, but too small to produce fruit again.  I thought it had croaked but it re-sprouted above the graft line.

Video I made. Jaboticaba upright in it:

http://youtu.be/M7Ju9m72H4g

My glenn look about the same stage.  squirrels haven't started taking them yet. They usually do about a week before they are ready to pick.  I imagine soon. it is has been a strange year for mango. Record rain this winter and spring.  My fruit are all small this year but my tree is loaded.

I usually will wiggle the stem and if they fall easy and on their own they are typically ready. 

Interesting article. thanks.

Yesterday I just finished picking the last of an estimated 40 pounds of Jaboticaba from my tree. I lost about another 40 pounds to birds/squirrels.   But, how much can one eat?  LOL.

I was in Austin, Texas this past weekend (SXSW) and visited Whole Foods.  Saw those three tangerines that I had to try.  Signs said they were all from California.   

Ruby Tango: Red Flesh, easy peeling, no seeds.  Taste was really sweet. Almost too sweet. But, really good. Interesting variety.  4 dollars a pound=expensive....
Gold Nugget: Very easy peeling, taste was really great. I would say the best out of the three.  Seedless.
Honey: had seeds, easy to peel. Great taste. 

Nice website mrtexas. I'll peruse it. 

The nagami I have seems to be mostly seedless. 1 in 10 fruits will have a single seed in it.   I really am enjoying them this year. 

Seems like Dec 2015 the flesh was sour, but now here in late Feb, both the skin and flesh are sweet, but of course tart.  It is a perfect fruit to just pop in the mouth and slowly chew on.  It is like citrus candy.  If there is a seed, I chew that and eat it as well as they are tender enough to do it.