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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: JakeFruit on February 11, 2023, 11:40:11 AM

Title: Prettier mango in a pot? Ice Cream vs Dwarf Hawaiian mango
Post by: JakeFruit on February 11, 2023, 11:40:11 AM

I have a fairly big glazed pot in a conspicuous space that I'm thinking to put a mango in. I currently have similar-sized IC and DH trees (~3' tall), wondering which will be more visually pleasing (once it gets larger), anybody have an opinion? Anything looking sparse, lanky, droopy, etc., will lead to me catching constant flack from my wife.


I also have Amrapali (which seems super sloooow-growing), Pickering & Rosiegold, but they are each a year or two's growth behind my IC/DH.

Title: Re: Prettier mango in a pot? Ice Cream vs Dwarf Hawaiian mango
Post by: onur on February 16, 2023, 03:06:28 PM

I saw a big umbrella shaped ice cream mango tree in, I guess, a 100 gal pot. It looked very pretty and dense with those slender leaves like a big bonzai.

Title: Re: Prettier mango in a pot? Ice Cream vs Dwarf Hawaiian mango
Post by: bovine421 on February 16, 2023, 06:37:23 PM

I think ice cream is a more beautiful tree with it slender leaves.
(https://i.postimg.cc/dDj6wMfk/20230216-182415.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dDj6wMfk)
Ice cream

(https://i.postimg.cc/YvWm2YSn/20230216-182441.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/YvWm2YSn)
Dwarf Hawaiian

Title: Re: Prettier mango in a pot? Ice Cream vs Dwarf Hawaiian mango
Post by: JakeFruit on February 24, 2023, 09:14:46 AM

Thank you both for your feedback, I was leaning towards IC.
My problem now is I'm pretty positive I have a 1st gen cross of IC and something else; the leaves aren't quite as long and skinny as the one in Bovine's photo. I grafted onto a seedling and a producing tree late last season, I'm doubting it is as low vig as true IC, so I'm thinking I'll pick up some true IC scions asap this season.