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TylerTheTrout

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Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« on: February 01, 2023, 02:44:04 PM »
Hey Dudes!

What's the best Mango to grow in a container that isn't the ordinary known Condo Varieties (Pickering, Carrie, Dwarf Hawaiian, Etc.)!!??

Lost our home and 90% of our fruit forest/gardens in Hurrican Ian. Have a few things going in containers now at our rental Condo but, would love some input/ideas!

Thanks!

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Re: Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2023, 02:47:20 PM »
I would automatically recommend pickering even with you saying not to.

Not many new compact container varieties out at all really.

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Re: Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2023, 03:05:19 PM »
Very sorry to hear that.  Will you be able to rebuild?  Is Ice Cream supposed to be a container mango?
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Re: Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2023, 03:17:56 PM »
So Sorry to hear about your home.

When I owned my condo I did lot of research on this and determined
That general consensus is that ONLY  Pickering and Julie our dwarfs, even so, root pruning and pruning will eventually be required. They can certainly  both grow  20+ft in an adult human lifetime if planted in ground and never pruned.

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Re: Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2023, 04:50:40 PM »
Why not try Cecilove and Little Gem. I found both to be precocious. Honey kiss
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Tete Nene Julie Juliet Carrie Ice Cream Coconut Cream Little Gem  Dot  Mallika PPK  OS  Pina Colada Cotton Candy Buxton Spice Karen Michelle M-4 Beverly Marc Anthony White Pirie Lychee Cherilata Plantain Barbados Cherry

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Re: Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2023, 08:18:19 AM »
I would reach out to Alex at Tropical Acres and see what he recommends be grafted on to Piva or other dwarfing rootstock and they can make that for you.

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Re: Condo Mango Variety Recommendations
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2023, 09:07:43 AM »
Sorry to hear about your losses.

For less common container varieties I'd say, Ice cream, Thai Everbearing, Arka neelkiran, pina colada, and maybe Jehangir (though is productivity is questionable in south florida)

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