Alex, in your mango descriptions (very cool and helpful btw!) you mention nitrogen can affect the amount of fiber in a Madame Francis mango. Does more nitrogen = more fiber or vice versa? Thanks!

This was sold simply as a Florida avocado at a Save-a-Lot grocery store. Bought two and they were delicious. Is an ID possible from this pic? I planted the seeds. Thanks!

Could people explain how they make tea out of these various leaves? buddy roo mentions drying them . . . does everyone here dry the leaves to make tea, or are they ever used fresh? Thanks!

Jani, how old is your 9' tall Pickering? Thanks!

Yes indeed, thanks, Har!

You wrote:
'Another possibility is a systemic bacterial infection, such as Southern Bacterial Wilt, coming up from the soil, through the "veins."'

Is there treatment for that (SBW)? Any preventative measures I should take?

Should I put the soil from those affected trees in the trash? Reusing the soil would put other plants at risk, right?

Thanks again!

Thanks for the feedback, beefyboy! I'll be in the Cleveland area off US17 hopefully by next March.

I've had both Pickering and Ice Cream mangoes and like both--the Ice Cream mango I tried at a tasting was probably my favorite this year.

What mangoes are you keeping? I also have a Glenn and Sweet Tart to plant.

Do you do anything for winter protection?

Reading through the forum, I've seen many posts regarding compatible root stock. So I looked at the graft unions on my mango trees and thought they might be a little odd, and wanted some thoughts regarding them.

First up is the Ice Cream Mango. I've had this tree for a year. It flowered, set and dropped fruit, and had a growth flush recently. The root stock is bent. Does this eventually straighten out?



Next up is Glenn. I've also had this tree for a year. It's gone through a couple growth flushes, though didn't flower. The Glenn part of the tree looks bigger than the root stock. Will this eventually balance out?



And last is the Sweet Tart, which I've had since this past April. It has had a nice growth flush. The graft looks like what I've seen referred to as "Elephant's Foot". It also looks like a squirrel bit the trunk and root stock. Will this even out?




Thanks!

Rob--

I just liked the flavor of the Madame Francis I got this year . . . best I can describe, they were "carroty", so I tried planting the seeds.

The Pim Seng Mun I tried at a tasting had the same carroty profile to it, and I got those started from seed.

I'm right now in Zone 9a, but will be setting up a little space in Zone 10a. My mangoes are presently in containers, but will be going in the ground when I head further south.

Thanks!

I have a small Angie Mango Tree in a container that produced one fruit this year.

I picked it mostly green with a little yellow blush on its shoulders. I had some varmint eat young unripe watermelon off the vine and didn't want to risk losing the mango.

I let it soften on the counter top. When I figured it was ready, I went at it with a knife. I was immediately overwhelmed with a pine smell that was really off putting. To make matters worse, the more firmer parts not only had a strong pine smell, but what I guess was a strong pine taste (having never eaten pine trees before, I imagined this is what eating pine would taste like).

Though I was certain I was poisoning myself, I persevered . . . I grew it, dammit, and I sure as hell was going to eat the fruit of my labor.

I survived, but was thinking I'd like to get rid of the tree. Then I thought . . . maybe this was atypical? Maybe it was picked way too soon? Maybe it was an off year? I mixed up my own soil and have some pine bark chips in there and thought maybe they influenced the taste?

So to those with Angies, can anyone give me insight into their taste? Should I give this little tree another chance? It's a healthy tree and I like the concept of it, but if the taste is going to be what I experienced, she must go. It might not make sense, but I love the "mango" smell I'm used to from my childhood Hadens, and the piney smell doesn't do it for me.

Here are pics!

Also, the last pic I posted was of my two-for-one NDM seedlings. Thanks!

Was your PSM a seedling? Did it ever fruit? The leaves on these seedlings just look paddle like to me and without the prominent veining present in other, elongated mango leaves (like my Nam Doc Mai seedlings). Thanks!