1. Sunlight? It appears to be next to a fence and too much shade may be increasing problems.
2. Too much moisture? It has been raining a lot in south Florida. Consider elevating roots or creating drainage.
3. Do they have a lawn service? If so advise not to spray herbicides etc. near it.
4. Excessive fertilizers & other chemicals added? Too much of anything can be bad for the plant (loving it to death).

I found one valencia pride mango hidden on a separate grafted tree from 1 limb in mostly shade thus it is late to ripen vs. other tree from august. I took the last kent mango from a small tree. Their are many more keitt mangos and what I call regular large Okrung mangos (average 1.5 lb) left on my trees.
And the winner for my taste testing in September was the Keitt mango followed closely by Okrung. The Valencia pride was pretty pale without high sweetness etc. The Kent was probably 1 day overripe and not as good as my first one eaten last month and in the same category as the valencia pride.

I mention the Okrung as the large variety as in July I had many small Okrung Tong that were very sweet with zero tart/sourness. These large Okrung are similar to Keitt Mangos in being very difficult to tell when they ripen on the tree and I must look for the green to primarily black areas and softness. As with the Keitt fungus etc. often has blackened the mango also and catching it perfect is hard.

Initially this Okrung would be all tart/sour if picked too soon. Ripening begins in the outer skin area on the large Okrung turning sweet however this mango always has some tart to sour taste especially around the seed. Even if over ripe and I have to cut off a piece, the next section will be very sweet and the rest of the surrounding area except near the seed. The seed and surrounding about 1/16 inch of flesh will always be tart to sour. I enjoy this change of taste bud receptor excitation.

Top picture = Valencia Pride hanging out in the shade
Okrung mango in my glove average 1.5 lb
4 mangos: 2 on right =Okrung.  Top left = Val. pride.  Kent on bottom left
Sliced Okrung mango & cut out spot showing from picture before cut above & cut now.
bottom picture = valencia pride thin seed & slices.










If anyone in South Florida still has any mango pictures other than I, please post somewhere, or anywhere, any thread. I like looking at mangos......

Thanks California people for posting your mango pictures on the other California mango thread. They look great.

After reading this thread, I went to ebay and was browsing the refractometers deciding which to purchase. I then made my decision and was starting to buy this when I thought, Do I really need this?

As a homeowner and primary mango consumer of my home grown mango, I do find it difficult to even remember the taste of the mango from last year. However, it appears the higher Brix reading is not a definite measure of the better tasting mango. It appears to only visualize which has the higher sugar content, thus no measure of tart, citrus, coconut, or as apparently many on this forum like to say it has that "complex" mango taste and "nothing complex" about this or that mango in its taste, etc. etc. etc. To each their opinion IMO.

Thus in my location, I'm back to my testing for ripeness as very similar to avocado as most of my remaining mangos have green skin. Thus a primary change from green to brown/black spots and softness = eat now.

For the homeowner, do you purchase this primarily for amusement as I was about to or were you going to make wine etc with your produce?

I may yet purchase this for my amusement and to post sugar content on this web site, just questioning and curious, questioning and curious. hopefully always.

This is a Fake Television News Flash:
Authorities in Florida and California have arrested a group targeting stray and feral cats.

The police and local animal control officers say the cats were malnourished. They further stated the owners of the properties went to places like the animal shelters searching specifically for these types of animals to further abuse rather than rehabilitate and care for.

Officer Bustem said, "We knew something didn't make sense when they came to the animal shelter looking for cats that didn't like people, were loaners, and aggressive hunters. We knew we had best go and check the properties where these animals went to see if rehabilitation and care was being provided."

The unwashed, flea infected, emaciated cats have been removed from the properties and are presently back in the hands of animal control. We believe at least 15 members of a group often posting on tropicalfruitforum were the primary culprits. This investigation will continue and others in Hawaii may also be found harboring malnourished animals on their property.

The home owners interviewed said they thought they were doing nothing wrong. They thought the stray and feral cats would be better hunters if kept on low food rations. They said their motive was purely economics to have more tropical fruits to eat and sell without further loss to rats, squirrels, mice, rabbits, and other such animals.

It is expected the Judge in the U.S. will rule swiftly on this crew and many wonder if the penalties will be similar to those imposed on Michael Vick.
 http://aldf.org/resources/laws-cases/animal-fighting-case-study-michael-vick/
 The judge added at least 5 months to the prosecutor’s recommended prison term, sentencing Michael Vick to 23 months in prison. Vick also received three years’ supervised probation during which he cannot buy, sell or own dogs. He was fined $5,000. Vick was also ordered to pay $928,073 as restitution for the 53 dogs seized from his property. He was required to enter a drug/alcohol treatment program and pay for the cost of treatment. Vick is scheduled to be released from federal prison July 20, 2009.

_______________________________________________________________________
To lessen the possibility of the above mentioned problems from occurring, I personally will not allow any feral or stray animal on my property. 

Quote

The kents I bought were from an Indian grocery store and were excellent.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, I got home from work and took a sniff on one and I'm smelling some fruitiness. As long as they dont' get all jelly seed on me.

Today I drove past a street vendor,  wife says stop look at the nice looking mangoes,  they were large and green, I figured they were keitts,  which is probably the most readily available down here.   

I told my wife to leave me one in the bag she thought was ripe, and on my way to work later, I could smell the nice mango aroma.  I said to myself, this cannot be a Keitt.
it was only slightly yellow on one part, rest was all green.  cut it open, and it was ripe,  after tasting I realized for sure it was a Kent.

anyway, yes they can be all green and ripe,  slight give and aroma, should tell you when they are ready.

U have to feel the mangos.  Once its soft it will be ready to eat.  Store bought Kent and keitt are notorious for not changing color when ripe.

I had 2 kents from my yard. The 1st one was eaten when just a little yellow mixed with the green and still firm and it was outstanding with a orange type favor mixed with the mango sweetness and no jelly seed. One of the best mangos I've had this year.
I then tried the other 2 days later letting it ripen in room temperature and making it a little softer. It tasted like a different mango with beginning jelly seed and a much inferior taste.

I think I'll try my next one like the first was at a firmer stage without the soft areas and just a little  natural tinge of yellow.

Hopefully you will get a good one at the store. It's possible but of course handling and time will decrease odds of success. But, I'm at only 1 of 2 = 50% success so far at home. 

This is my first year to pick Kents from my tree. I see Tropicdude said, "it was only slightly yellow on one part, rest was all green.  cut it open, and it was ripe,  after tasting I realized for sure it was a Kent" so it looks like for he and I when it is firm and mostly green with a hint of yellow it is probably ripe and at the preferred ripeness for my taste imo. Any other opinions on trying to let it ripen more or do most eat it firm to prevent the chance of getting jelly seed and taste deterioration etc.? While typing I notice rliou apparently goes softer. Rliou, do you get jelly seed at this softer stage at your location?

Many possibilities. Here is one viewer on line    http://tropicalfruitnursery.com/avocado-viewer/index.htm

Maybe Simmonds? but maybe not...

Best to eat them with your eyes closed, or with the lights out at night. Then you don't even notice them.

Gotta Love it    I have some guava plants with fruit too and I'm sure the little worms are in many of the good tasting guava I eat. I don't eat the ones with obvious 5 holes in the fruit and multiple bruised areas; However, I do eat some without wanting to bite it and then look into the center of the guava. I know it's just a little protein. Watching these videos of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern helps a lot. I love watching the Bizarre Foods series.

http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/bizarre-foods/video/andrew-visits-nicaragua
http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/bizarre-foods/video/andrew-eats-maggot-cheese

I have not tried this 5 gallon bucket solution. It looks pretty good and it can be left dry for common mice for those wanting to play with them or drive them up to the arctic circle to be safely released. It can also be filled half way to the top with water for larger varieties if quick morning burial is desired. I am soon to experiment with it and I like the idea of it being safer for preventing other animals from eating the dead.

But I do have no trespassing warnings on the property; Rodents beware.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDuvxIVPUbw

Since I have other mango varieties available, I have only picked and ripened one in a paper bag. It did ripen and I would do so if I had no other types available.

My present plans = try to save these on the tree for later unless Bugs, birds, fungus, Humans, etc. etc. etc. start to attack my Keitt Mangos or if they just fall off the tree. If attacked, I will pick & eat if ripe or ripen in paper bags if needed.

Also others have mentioned trying their Keitt mangos for example:   kar1ma3 posted in http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=20918.0   I just had friends visiting from Europe and a few mangoes left: LZ, Maha, Keitt, NDM#3, Pickering, Carrie, Lancetilla, Florigon and .. the best tasting was...

I love sugar apples. Almost two were eaten by us yesterday. 

 
Keitt on the left (it is a mango  ) and Valencia Pride (my last one of the season & splitting with too much recent rain)
The keitt was deliberately picked early as it was in a spot where someone recently stole a different mango and I wanted to try to ripen it and get to taste it early. So after 5-7 days in a paper bag from rock hard green it did ripen and I placed both mangos in the refrigerator 3 hours.
My opinion and spouse both preferred the Keitt (darker slices on the left) as very good over the valencia pride as good tasting in our opinions. Many more Keitts are on the trees but no more Valencia pride.
 

This is a Tebow mango.
What I've noticed is a large mango that often falls from the tree while still green with just a hint of yellow. if I immediately cut and eat it, it will be very mild and flat. If I leave it inside the house on the table for 4 to 5 days @ 70 to 80 degrees F.  or about 21 to 26 C.' it will go from greenish to yellow and finally an orange yellow color. The Orange-Yellow stage is when I've noticed it to be sweet and very similar to the Glen Mango but lacking the characteristic Glen peachy smell.
I consider this a good tasting mango similar to a Glen. I am happy I have it available today as no Glen are left on my trees.  More Tebow Mangos are on the trees and I look forward to enjoying eating more Tebow Mangos in the coming days.

Remember UF school colors (Orange & Blue) and when that mango reaches Orange, eat it.

I decided to increase my rating to very good (8.9.16 update) for the Tebow taste and consider it equal to Glen in taste if left till it turns orange. Another sign is the weight of the mango will cause the mango to deviate from round to having a small flat spot on the underside when sitting on the table when the ripe orange stage is reached. In the 2 mangos in a picture, the green Tebow mango on the left is 591gm = 20.8469oz =1.3 lb. Tebow is much more consistent in tasting very good vs. Glen in my yard when eaten at the Orange ripe stage.


For those that want more info on the Tebow mango also known by some as Young http://tropicalfruitnursery.com/mango/tebow-mango.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_(mango)

Who's next to post one?

 If you read these cdc documents, you will be much more careful handling dogs, cats, visiting tropical climates, eating rare cooked meat, etc. Of course, I'm glad I finally got around to reading these from your previous posts.

Great information, thanks for mentioning above and will pass some of this information on to my friends and family. It is interesting how many of us are probably infected with some of these parasites now and totally unaware.

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/npi/index.html


http://phys.org/news/2015-02-parasite-infecting-florida-snails-poses.html