Seedling Mango tree thread

[K-Rimes]

This orange essence is about a year in ground at my office. It looks like it had some mower or wacker damage. Should I just try a new seedling?

[Oolie]

Looks fine, just some anthracnose. It's a mono variety, so it's not true to seed. Crush some of the little sprouts it has and get a smell of the sap to get an idea of the flavor it may have.

For what it's worth, I really prefer the aroma of OE, so its seedlings may be good too.

[fliptop]

I planted all three seeds from the fruit I got off my Coconut Cream seedling. Definitely a polyembryonic mango (one of the seeds has produced only one sprout so far, but the other two have produced multiple sprouts).



Once they grow a little more, I will crush the leaves to see if these also have the Indian pine resin scent.

I am no grafting wiz, I'm actually quite horrible at it, but managed thus far to get 4 out of 6 takes with scions from this seedling. Here is one pushing at 3 1/2 weeks:

[Elijah]

I planted all three seeds from the fruit I got off my Coconut Cream seedling. Definitely a polyembryonic mango (one of the seeds has produced only one sprout so far, but the other two have produced multiple sprouts).



Once they grow a little more, I will crush the leaves to see if these also have the Indian pine resin scent.

I am no grafting wiz, I'm actually quite horrible at it, but managed thus far to get 4 out of 6 takes with scions from this seedling. Here is one pushing at 3 1/2 weeks:

How old is your rootstock? What mango variety scion did you graft onto?

[fliptop]

Hi, Elijah, I grafted 6 scions from my fruiting Coconut Cream seedling onto different rootstock. I've gotten better about keeping notes of rootstock this year.

Of the 4 scions that appear to have taken, two are on Walmart Tommy Atkins rootstock from this year,. one is on Edward rootstock from last year, and one is on what I *think* is Turpentine rootstock that's a couple years old.

[hipasfolk]

I planted some polyembrionic seeds of a few mangos I was given and am trying to determine which seedlings to keep. I read crushing the leaves was supposed to help determine which would be clones but I have had no contact with the original tree for comparison.

[Oolie]

I planted some polyembrionic seeds of a few mangos I was given and am trying to determine which seedlings to keep. I read crushing the leaves was supposed to help determine which would be clones but I have had no contact with the original tree for comparison.

What's the original tree?

[hipasfolk]

I planted some polyembrionic seeds of a few mangos I was given and am trying to determine which seedlings to keep. I read crushing the leaves was supposed to help determine which would be clones but I have had no contact with the original tree for comparison.

What's the original tree?

Unfortunately I don't know, the person I got the mangos from was given them and didn't know either. The taste was excellent despite having been somewhat fibrous.

[Oolie]

Close your eyes and remember the taste. Then crush the leaves and try to find one that matches, several are likely to.

[EddieF]

Apologize for not reading whole thread, question- can mono have 2 shoots?
This is Cogshall. 
Thanks,
Ed

[JakeFruit]

Apologize for not reading whole thread, question- can mono have 2 shoots?
This is Cogshall. 
Thanks,
Ed

True mono can have multiple shoots coming off the same collar, but they'll share the same root system and separating them successfully is pretty unlikely. When I see a mono with multiple shoots coming off the same collar, I cull all but the strongest asap; seeds like these seem to always have more problems (I don't bother grafting to them, if I have enough other candidates).


It's also not black or white when it comes to mango seeds, you can occasionally get a mono or poly from a variety known as the opposite.

[Oolie]

In the rare event of multiple seed in the husk of a mono type, Har pointed out before that it's rare, but no different from twins.

[SHV]

Was checking out some of my in ground mango seedlings and found this M4 seedling with little flower panicles.  It’s not even 2 years old.  Should I let it fruit? 😉

[spaugh]

Was checking out some of my in ground mango seedlings and found this M4 seedling with little flower panicles.  It’s not even 2 years old.  Should I let it fruit? 😉

You should tell it to knock that off, it's too young to be reproducing.

[simon_grow]

Was checking out some of my in ground mango seedlings and found this M4 seedling with little flower panicles.  It’s not even 2 years old.  Should I let it fruit? 😉

I wouldn’t let it hold fruit, it’s much too small. If it holds a fruit, the fruit won’t reach its maximum potential and you will stunt your tree.

I would take a branch from this seedling and graft it onto a mature tree to determine the quality of the fruit.

[roblack]

Just got an exciting report; gifted a conglomerate of Orange Sherbet seedlings (1 sprouted poly seed) in 2021, which pretty sure was from 2019 fruit. Was told it/they fruited last year, and producing a lot of fruit this year. 4 years to first fruiting. They love the fruit too. It's doing better than my 12 foot tall grafted OS, lol.

[fliptop]

Awesome news, roblack! Where are the trees (your area or a different part of Florida or elsewhere?)? Have they shared any fruit with you?

[roblack]

Thx! The trees are not far from my place in Miami. I have not seen them since gifting, and have not tried the fruit. Doubt I will get to see it or try, it would be complicated.

Very reassuring to know lots of people are getting fruit from seedling trees without waiting ages. Good things to come.

[skhan]

Update on the canal bank seedling.

This year it taste a lot better.
It has a very rich classic flavor.
Maybe a little hint if west Indian resin.
A little tart to balance it all.
I feel like taste something like a Edward mixed the texture of a ripe Malika. With the classic Edward flavor kicked up on the outer parts.

If prefer it was a kent on crack but o well.

I've been looking for a good classic tasting mango and this maybe be able to contend on that front.

No disease problems and the production was better this year.

One curious thing is that the tree has multiple sized fruit that all seem to ripen around the same time.
The pasty interior problem seems to go away when you pick it mature green.

[skhan]

I ate a big one next to a small one today and they were very different.

The small one is sort of Dot tasting

We can figure out the seed to flesh ratio with the pictures below.
I think I picked the big one to early since it took over a week to ripen outside.
I have 3 more on the tree, if the big ones mature to somewhere near to the flavor of the little ones this will be a keeper.

[Oolie]

Looks like you got your "Pound of flesh"

[Vid_nand]

Hi all,
I’m planning to start a few mango seedlings as fun project to share with people and also for future grafting.  I also need one rootstock to add to my existing five year old Mallika mango tree (To double  the rootstock thanks to the suggestion from our fellow member @Nullzero).  I was planning to use Manila or Ataulfo as root stocks. After seeing an old post (pls check below) from MangoProfessor, I got confused. He suggests kent & few other as better options than Manila.

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=7089.0

Could someone pour your thoughts on which route stock I should choose ex. Mono or Poly.  Manila, Kent etc.  As we live in Torrance , CA - 90504( close to beach),  I prefer getting a suitable rootstock for our cooler weather even though I’m trying to give the tree a bit more heat by adding rocks at the bottom & supplemental heat from the landscape lighting after late evening.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks in Advance!

Vidyaa

[Shanshan786]

Greetings to all: this is a mango seedling statred 05-25-2024 I don’t know what kind of mango the seed was from but it was very delicious, this is it’s second flush of growth, the first flush has some sun damage but nothing too bad, I’m wondering when do I prune it so that it starts to branch off? This is my first time growing mango from seed.

[Shanshan786]

Has anyone ever planted a seed from Valencia pride and tasted the fruit?if so how was it? I’m very curious

[Vid_nand]

Cambodiana Mango Seedling
After a couple years of producing, I thought this would be a good time for a write-up.  My tree produced fruit after 5 years from seed but I waited for year 7 to confirm mango quality and size.  This tree consistently puts out 6 ounce size fruit and one of the earliest to ripen in my yard. It’s a strong producer of disease free fruit, flowers, and leaves.  Lanky grower that needs a good pruning. I’ll get to it someday…right.  If left to ripen on the tree, the fruit turn a beautiful orange with yellow-orange fiberless flesh and brix in low 20s. Can also be picked early with a hint of yellow and they ripen on the counter just fine.  Flavor is pure indochinese.  Apparently this is the OG of all other indochinese types we love from Zill.  It’s like a Sweet Tart mango, but smaller.  Polyembryonic seed, however, I only have luck growing out the primary shoot in the subsequent generations. I have planted out several seedlings of this seedling on my property due to the favorable characteristics of the mother.  Another win for us SoCA seedling growers.

Very interesting.  Would you be willing to share / sell a cutting / seedling please.  🙏