The Tropical Fruit Forum

Try smelling a broken up leaf from each one and see if one smells better than the other. You could maybe select for the best smelling one

That red Malay is beautiful. Wow. I’ve seen them more golden colored, but smaller. Those look like
Keepers

Must be super rare. I agree with Lindsay in not really liking kutejensis. Curious about this one though

Ng’s red, orange flesh from Malaysia. Somewhere between firm and soft flesh. would have to acquire seed from Frankie’s. He doesn’t sell plants of it. Produces most of the year. Great flavor. Medium size.

Excel fruit set

 I prefer firm, white fleshed, over pink ,mushy, mealy texture

I get that it’s bigger but taste wise you really think it’s much different ? I would be surprised if it was really something that special.

They are super sensitive. Have been a pain for me to grow from seed and I’m in the tropics. I think yours will die, only a matter of time until then. Don’t beat yourself up just try something easier next time, a citrus, guava or maybe a Surinam cherry

Quote from: MasOlas on February 16, 2025, 07:17:39 PM

No as in no fertilizer? Palm/cactus mix from the big box store doesn’t have much in the way of nutrients.

I know, there are people that say no fertilizer (and even no watering!) for mangoes, including experts. That is sort of correct in my view. For juvenile mango trees that have are not large enough to bear fruit, I want to encourage quick vegetative growth to get them large enough to fruit. So I do give fertilizer with nitrogen, along with grass clippings and wood chip mulch. Something like 8-3-9 with micronutrients should do the trick for your young tree, even the standard fruit tree fertilizer from Home Depot works well enough if you want an easy option. Your local nursery should have the specialist fertilizers like slow-release Nutricote or Osmocote. The 6 month slow-release is a good choice if you can find it. Water heavily for fast growth as well.

Once your 3 foot mango tree gets to 6 feet tall with a thicker trunk, then you can adjust your routine to the fruit production stage, to limit the nitrogen and limit the water during bloom/fruit time.

Hi coconut. Can you go into why some people say to not fertilize or water trees? I’ve been told by my mango mentor to water especially in early stages , and during the dry season, but curious as why people would advocate against that? I’ve noticed young trees (around 2 years old) planted in ground, non-irrigated can grow just fine when receiving only rain water but I never considered extra water would be a bad thing, especially in the early stages.

I wondered if they are spraying something to force flower them to get pineapples this early in the season. I think this is how larger operations do it, with mango as well for year round production. Anyone with knowledge on this im generally curious. When I worked with pineapple at Frankie’s we  would get a few fruits in the winter time but the main  season came in the summer months unless you are spraying to get an early crop, which really does make sense from an economical standpoint because the local market gets flooded with whites in the summer.

There are cacao trees in a greenhouse at Longwood gardens in Pennsylvania that set and hold fruit. They also have Jaboticaba and citrus trees, both of which fruit. Guava seems to do pretty good, and relatively easy to fruit in colder climates given you have some kind heated greenhouse.

No, dulcis is not that common in Sabah or Sarawak, graveolens, kutenjsis and oxyleanus are more
Common than dulcis. I met this guy , Naga in Miri who lives there and he said he only saw dulcis once every few years. Miri is a hot spot for durian and there are some nice hybrids to be found in that area