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Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« on: June 02, 2016, 04:44:26 PM »
Was curious on the top 5 heavy mango producing trees, That produce great tasting fruit,  from what i read here so far is as follows.

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Fairchild
Cogshall
Gold Nugget
Juile?
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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2016, 06:44:29 PM »
I'll take a shot at this.

Duncan
Sunrise
Florigon (on the reliable list)
Glenn

I'm sure there are more buy that's what I can think of now

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2016, 10:58:25 PM »
Keitt seems to be a heavy producer for such a scraggly tree.
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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2016, 08:35:44 AM »
These probably should be considered.  Right now all of the Valencia Pride's I've seen around town are loaded.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2016, 09:03:05 AM »
I would second John's mention of Keitt as typically producing a big crop.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2016, 09:09:55 AM »
Lemon Zest

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2016, 09:38:14 AM »
Was curious on the top 5 heavy mango producing trees, That produce great tasting fruit,  from what i read here so far is as follows.

Pickering
Fairchild
Cogshall
Gold Nugget
Juile?
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Julie? Definitely not in FL.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2016, 09:47:05 AM »
Diplomatioco produces an insane amount for me but after that I am going with:


Lemon Zest
Juliette


My Juicy Peach, although this is the first fruiting season, is laden with fruit
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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2016, 11:38:51 AM »
thanks guys!
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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2016, 04:00:53 PM »
In the ideal climate of around 1000mm to 1800mm per year with a dry calm winter and spring at 20 to 25 latitude or elevated closer to the equator lots of varieties can be crazy laden. Green stringy or wild mangoes here have massive crops and even the enigmatic KP has a monster crop ever 3rd year or so.Ok rung. sam ru du over the full year and all 3 crops, keitt, brooks, calypso, hayden,pearl,honey gold and a few Indian cultivars would be contenders. Unamed small fruiting, ferals with elongated yellow fruit often seem to be very heavy producers here.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2016, 04:20:27 PM »
Thanks Mike live Haden!  Never tasted KP Mangoes.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2016, 04:31:38 PM »
You can create haden from KP with just a few drops of turpentine on the ripe flesh.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2016, 05:00:46 PM »
HAHAHAh
Jeff  :-)

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2016, 05:28:06 PM »
Tommy Atkins?
Isn't heavy crop the whole point of tommy atkins production?
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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2016, 06:02:12 PM »
I would remove Julie and Cogshall from your list. Productivity of cogshall is medium. Julie can be extremely unproductive if not given adequate nutrition and not consistently sprayed for fungus.

Normally, heavy production and excellent flavor are mutually exclusive. The analogy is trying to find a spouse who's both a super model and acquiescent / humble.

The best you'll get is heavy production with "good" flavor (vs "great").

Glenn is perhaps the most consistently productive tree in my lineup.
Keitt is normally extremely productive (mine is the exception -- I have to treat for anthracnose to keep it productive).
Duncan might fit here. Mine is still young though
Okrung, though you may wait 7 years before the first crop
Pickering

If you're looking for "great" flavor plus "good" production:

Lemon zest fits the bill. It does take 4 or so years to come into production though (here in FL).
Mahachanok
Maybe sweet tart. Waiting to see how mine performs over the long run.

Angie probably fits in one of the above 2 lists.
Jeff  :-)

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2016, 06:42:23 PM »
Thanks Jeff!

Im planting 25 gal trees at my new place so trying to plant the most productive and great tasting.  Only 4 spots for Mango trees.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2016, 07:24:31 PM »
My J12/super Julie/Fairchild Ruby has been very productive thus far. 

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2016, 07:39:23 PM »
Honey kiss will fruit so much it will kill it's self! And a great fruit to boot!
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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2016, 08:58:19 PM »
agree. My little 6 footer has about 20 mangoes hanging on it. Initially the fruit set looked poor when they were bb-sized, but it held onto most of them.

My J12/super Julie/Fairchild Ruby has been very productive thus far.
Jeff  :-)

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2016, 10:57:39 PM »
ok so looks like its going to be

Honey Kiss
Sweet Tart
Pickering
Lemon zest all 25 Gal!

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2016, 11:59:15 PM »
agree. My little 6 footer has about 20 mangoes hanging on it. Initially the fruit set looked poor when they were bb-sized, but it held onto most of them.

My J12/super Julie/Fairchild Ruby has been very productive thus far.

I've also been impressed by the fruit retention after disappointing fruit set on my J-12. The eating quality is tremendous.

I think this is a trait it inherited from Julie, which tends to retain fruit well.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2016, 12:44:04 AM »
Lemon Zest first
then Valencia Pride
out here in the desert


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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2016, 08:46:26 AM »
My Edgar (topworked from a mature Graham) had excellent fruit set and retention on one-third of the tree, now has glorious clusters of fruit.  :D    Of course, I know better than to count my mangos before they are ready to eat.    The rest of the canopy is flushing vegetative growth. But it's too soon for me to know how it will do from one year to the next.

My Lemon Zest had poor fruit set and retention this year.  But prior two years were good, so I'm in a forgiving mood.

Beverly has an excellent crop in store.

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2016, 10:33:31 AM »


Another one to add to this list is Kesar. It sets fruits in clusters and retains most of them. The only problem is that you need to thin the fruits so that the fruit gets big. The fruits I got last year were outstanding . This year, the mangoes are smaller, but I have more than 100 on the tree, without any spraying.

My Edgar, topworked last year on a Glenn, is holding on to 5 fruits on two branches. On the other hand, my Angie, which flowered sparsely this year, has no fruit on it. My Mahachanok and Sweet Tart , which are both over seven feet in height and look really healthy, did not even flower. 

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Re: Top 5 heavy producing Mango Trees?
« Reply #24 on: June 04, 2016, 10:48:37 AM »
Here on the farm my top 5 producers (not necessarily in order of importance) are:

1. Ragweed
2. Johnson grass
3. Nightshade
4. Bull nettle

....and last but not least....

5. Russian thistle tied with sand burs