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Zands - can you take a cloe up picture of that graft. It could just be the perspective of the picture but it looks like something odd is going on with a branching at the base of the tree, possibly even below the graft.
Just to give you an idea more or less, here is a pic of turpentine mangoes. Did Jeff graft that tree himself? Jeff used a glenn rootstock for my carrie mango.
"Whitman's book clearly states that any FL-grown mango seed will work as rootstock, except of course, Glenn "Please enlighten us that are not familiar with the reason why "not" Glenn? Just curious
My experience is that Glenn is a good rootstock. The late Vivian Murray, from Treehouse Nursery in Pine Island, used to use Glenn as the rootstock for her mango trees.Even better, Glenn is a great inter stock. Turpentine + Glenn + whatever you want on top. It works like a charm!
zands, have you tasted florigon?
Berto, what is the purpose of using an interstock, or 2 rootstocks? Does it dwarf the tree? Thanks!
haha. me too. I saw a video of Har at truly tropical (on another youtube channel), and he sold me on them with his description (though i forget now, why exactly--besides of course, being early). When I bought the tree, Mike (Bender) commented that it was a good one that's often overlooked. Definitely looking forward to trying one soon! Time will tell.
Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on May 27, 2014, 04:02:34 PMJust to give you an idea more or less, here is a pic of turpentine mangoes. Did Jeff graft that tree himself? Jeff used a glenn rootstock for my carrie mango.Oh no, not a Glenn...you havent heard what happens with Glenn as rootstock?