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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: rliou on July 28, 2014, 01:36:32 AM
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Got my first crop of valencia pride mangos and alphonso. I have previous only had Irwin from the tree which must be tree ripen until it's soft. My understanding is alphonso must be picked green and then ripen. But how could u tell that is ready for picking since it will look green. One of my VP mango fell and I took a picture of it. It definitely was not ripe so would appreciate any help regarding when to pick this mango.
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VP is like KP; to get a really good one, you have to let it ripen on the tree. Pick when it's fully coloured and blushed, and slightly firm to the touch.
If it's a choice between the risk of over ripe and under ripe, go with over; VP retains a better quality in late ripeness than Bowen (Kensington pride).
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Easiest way to tell with VP is when the green turns to a nice yellow its ready to pick.
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Actually, I was going to say with Alphonso's, at least as far as my ripening
went this year, is to let the green kind of turn yellow-green and then pick.
Even at yellow-green they will sometimes fall and be sort of soft/ firm, but ripen in a couple
days. It is hard to decide, but I'd say let them (the Alphie's) get at least 1/3
yellow/green and then pick....or if you have a soft place for them to fall, let them
do that....can you put like a sleeping bag under them....or maybe some bubble-wrap
packing material or something....???
And boy, mine were tasty, with the piney overtone to the sweet and mysterious
flavor that is only Alphonso. The one fruit I can identify immediately by smell alone...
Gary
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Agree that it is best to pick VP when the tips are yellowish. I made a mistake of picking one that was still green at the tip. It ripened after over a week but it was not as sweet as the ones that were yellow when picked.