Letting a freeze-damaged mango tree fruit?

[fliptop]

Anyone have experience letting a freeze-damaged Mango tree fruit?

My Neelam at the beginning of January was a happy tree, verdant leaves flowing in the gentle breeze whilst chickens frolicked beneath its canopy:



Then one night of frost and two nights below freezing wreaked havoc on the Neelam's idyllic existence. After some serious pruning, the poor tree looked like this:



But all was not lost, as the determined tree budded out. But, hark, what's this? Mixed bloom?!



If the tree decides to hold fruit, should I let it? It's three years in the ground this past February.

Thanks!

[dwfl]

I doubt it will hold on to fruit in that kind of shape but I'd remove it if it tries. Let it recover and fill out into a nice tree again.

[Orkine]

Not till "verdant leaves flowing in the gentle breeze whilst chickens frolicked beneath its canopy" returns

[johnb51]

Not till "verdant leaves flowing in the gentle breeze whilst chickens frolicked beneath its canopy" returns

Yup.

[fliptop]

Thanks, I figured waiting would be the case. Orkine, your account in another post of the Carrie tree you stumped after a freeze event gave me a lot of encouragement. While I lost some trees, most survived, and many, like the blooming Neelam, are on the road to recovery. Thanks!

[shot]

Looking good! flip

[fliptop]

Thanks, shot! The new growth on a lot of the Mango trees has finally brought calm to my freeze-rattled soul. Unfortunately, the youngest and smallest trees suffered the most, and I lost, among others, the seedling Gedong Gincu/Apricot.

[achetadomestica]

This Fall when you look at the pictures you'll be amazed how much your
trees recovered.

[Tropheus76]

This is a yearly thing for us in 9b. Just let it fruit. If we didnt every year because of frost burn then we would never get fruit.

[bovine421]

Lemon zest on piva rootstock
Thanks Alex