The Tropical Fruit Forum

My Pickering is dropping fruit at a pretty good rate.  Is this the norm?  A cry for help? 

I purchased this Honey Kiss from Truly Tropical in July.  Planted in ground and immediately tipped the primary branch.  To my surprise that cut produced only 1 new shoot.  See Pic 1.  I was expecting 3 or 4.  Did I not trim enough off that branch?
Pic 2 shows lateral branch.  Should that be removed?  It's low to the ground.
Pic 3 is a view of the trunk.  Is that fungus already taking hold?
Pic 4 is an overview of the young tree.  It's about three feet tall presently and has grown a few inches since planting.  It has received two light feedings of 8-3-9 since planting.  Oh, and the ants are having a party at the base and running up and down the tree.
So. . .where and when should this future beauty be tipped and trimmed?
Advice welcome.  Thank you!

After the last mangos came off my Pickering I gave it a pruning.  Within two weeks its been flushing like a plant on steroids.  Lots of new growth.  But I'm also seeing many of the older leaves dropping to the ground with what appears to be fungus.  It's been very wet lately here in south FL.  I'm reluctant to spray the tree for fear of damaging the new growth.  Should I spray and if so what should I use?  Or is this a temporary phase?

I just tore down an old Cogshall which had grown too big for the area, (22 feet tall).  The tree had also become a jelly seed factory and so down she went.  I was hoping to replace it with a Cecilove, but quickly came to realize that tree is not readily available.
I've read mostly favorable reviews about the Angie and I think it will fit my needs.  I'm in central Broward County.  Thank you.

I'm in central Broward County, looking to purchase a Cecilove  mango tree, 3 gal or 7 gal pot.  Thank you!

This is my cat, Rio.  Rio is a very effective squirrelator.  Today I found Rio sleeping on the job.  Tomorrow, Rio starts his new job with the federal govt.

My big ol' Cogshall surprised me this season.  It had an unusually early bloom and about half the tree sent up pannicles in January.  A lot of fruit held and I already have a good number of mangos swinging from the tree.  A good sight, indeed.  A month later in February the tree sent up another bloom with many pannicles and flowers.  But this second bloom produced zero mangos.  Looking at the tree I can't find even one BB sized mango.  The flowers are gone and the pannicles are beginning to fall.  What went wrong?

I've read here that applying a 0-0-50 fertilizer around this time of year may increase fruit yield.  I feed my mango trees lightly, twice yearly, with 8-3-9 plus minors.  Should I give the trees a sprinkling of 0-0-50 in the next few weeks?  I'm seeing various products available.  Is sulfate of potash the same as muriate of potash?  And I assume granular would be preferable to powder?

Here it is, February 8th, and not a single pannicle in sight.    My Cogshall has not even one swollen bud.  It hasn't been doing well for awhile and I'm thinking of pulling it and replacing with another tree.  Sweet Tart, maybe?
My Pickering, third year in the ground, has a few swollen buds, but that's it.  Last year it started to bloom in early January and ultimately had 100% bloom.  Only about 6 feet tall it held about 3 dozen delicious mangoes.  Are these cultivars alternate season bearers?  Am I doomed to Costco mangoes this summer??   

Last season my Cogshall coughed up about 100 mangoes.  First time it ever produced such a bounty.  It's a mature tree, inground for about 6 or 7 years now, and about 15 feet tall.  This season. . .not one pannicle produced.  In mid July last season I did cut her back about three feet all around since it was getting a bit big for where it was planted.  Could this be the reason for such a drop off in production?  Is the Cogshall susceptible to alternate bearing fruit production? 

I sent a soil sample to UF in Gainesville last week.  Results came back today and I'm very surprised at the readings. . .unless I'm misinterpreting things.
A little background:  the soil was taken from about 8 different locations around the mango tree, at the surface and a maybe a few inches below.  The tree in question is a Cogshall, inground for about 7 years now.  Well established.  Never water it.  Reached about 18'.  After harvesting the last of the mangoes two weeks ago, (around 100), I trimmed the tree back.  Took about 4 feet off the top branches and tipped all around the tree.  Flushing like crazy right now.  Don't know if it's related, but many of the fruits suffered jelly seed this season, and last summer, too.
My fertilizer routine:  after harvest I sprinkle some 8-3-9 with minors around the tree.  Follow up with a second feeding around a month later.  Starting in September I'll feed some 0-0-50 and again in October.  When I see the leaves looking like they are hungry for some minors and/or iron, I'll give the tree some Southern Ag Chelated Liquid Iron and some Citrus Nutritional.  Sometimes a drench, other times a foliar feeding.  That's the extent of it.
But now this soil analysis comes in and everything seems to be off the charts high.  Hoping some experienced eyes can take a look and offer some feedback. . .but first I need to figure out how to attach a PDF to my post.

A tale of two mangoes.  My Cogshall is about 7 years in the ground.  Spotty producer over the years, but this season it outdid itself.  Probably around 120 mangoes.
Delicious, but as has been discussed here previously, they are prone to internal breakdown and jelly seed.  Picking them off the tree earlier than I have previously helped somewhat.  But still, many of the fruits exhibited the problem.  It's about 18 feet tall and has been pretty much bullet proof as far as fungus is concerned.  But I think I need to yank her.  If I do, I'm thinking Sweet Tart.  Can I keep the ST at around 15 feet or so?

As for my Pickering, I transplanted it last May from a 3 gallon pot.  She's been flushing consistently since.  Now about 4 feet tall by 4 feet wide.  There's one branch that is only about 15 inches off the ground.  Should this be cut off at the trunk?  It's probably too low to the ground for carrying any fruit, but I figure for now the leaves are absorbing the sunlight and feeding the tree.  Too soon to tip the other branches?