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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Hawaii mango planting project of the best Florida varieties
« on: October 28, 2023, 04:19:36 PM »
Aloha friends.
For years and years I have been on this forum and seen people post about all these wonderful sounding zill varieties of mangos and left to wonder why in the world no one in Hawaii is planting these mangos.
As I ask around to all the main fruit people I know in Hawaii it seems that every farm basically circulates about 10-20 of the regularly seen mangos in Hawaii. (And don’t get me wrong these mangos are amazing) However I wanted to branch out and do some experimenting now that I have a prime piece of property for mangos and see what all the hype is about. So I’ve been importing grafted mangos over the last year or two and as of last week I have planted about 65 varieties. With 10 or so more that I need to plant! I wanted to share this list with all of you and include you on the journey. I don’t know what mangos will be successful here or not and to be honest I’m ok with the outcome. There is only one way to find out and I’m doing it.
My mangos are planted every 20’ and I plan to prune and guide these trees through their life to be great shaped, Low canopy and highly productive. My inspiration to undertake this project was two summers ago attending the “kona mango festival” on the big island of Hawaii (where I live) and being so disappointed with the complete lack of mangos here and flavors. Seems like in Hawaii everyone grows Haden. Keitt. R2e2. And 3-4 other classics. We’ll buckle up kona cause I’m about to introduce you to some new flavors that nobody in Hawaii has ever seen the likes of. To you guys in Florida this will probably seem like a normal list of mangos you might have in your orchard. But in Hawaii I dare say this will be the most diverse mango collection planted on my island. (If someone knows of another person on big island with an extensive collection pls let me know. I’d love to collaborate). Here is the list so far. Any comments or tips are appreciated and any other must haves that I’m missing please help me find them. Hoping to have 100 varieties when it’s all said and done.
Behold the list.
Valencia pride
Sweet tart
Orange sherbet
Lemon zest
Coconut cream
Cotton candy
Pineapple pleasure
Rapoza
Golden glow
Mapalehu
Brooks late
Lancetilla
Ceci love
Carrie
Pickering
Piña colada
Crème brûlée
Tymour
Cabeza
Ice cream
Peach cobbler
Juicy peach
Alampur beneshan/imam passand
Fairchild
R2E2
M-4
Florigon
Fruit cocktail
Gary
Sugarloaf
Cushman
Venus
Duncan
Cogshall
Julie
Juliette
Nam doc Mai #4
Okrung
Angie
Rosigold
(Pirie)
White pirie
Row 3
Zillate
Glenn
Southern blush
Orange essence
Lemon zest
Harvest moon
Triple sec
Fruit punch
Edward
O-15
Super Alphonso
Alphonso
Kesar
Chockanon
CAC
Rapoza
Juicy peach
Sunrise
Madmam Francis
Phoenix
Momi K
Haden
Keitt
Ewais
Mystery lost tag (maybe ataulfo)
Raw honey
Maha Chanok
For years and years I have been on this forum and seen people post about all these wonderful sounding zill varieties of mangos and left to wonder why in the world no one in Hawaii is planting these mangos.
As I ask around to all the main fruit people I know in Hawaii it seems that every farm basically circulates about 10-20 of the regularly seen mangos in Hawaii. (And don’t get me wrong these mangos are amazing) However I wanted to branch out and do some experimenting now that I have a prime piece of property for mangos and see what all the hype is about. So I’ve been importing grafted mangos over the last year or two and as of last week I have planted about 65 varieties. With 10 or so more that I need to plant! I wanted to share this list with all of you and include you on the journey. I don’t know what mangos will be successful here or not and to be honest I’m ok with the outcome. There is only one way to find out and I’m doing it.
My mangos are planted every 20’ and I plan to prune and guide these trees through their life to be great shaped, Low canopy and highly productive. My inspiration to undertake this project was two summers ago attending the “kona mango festival” on the big island of Hawaii (where I live) and being so disappointed with the complete lack of mangos here and flavors. Seems like in Hawaii everyone grows Haden. Keitt. R2e2. And 3-4 other classics. We’ll buckle up kona cause I’m about to introduce you to some new flavors that nobody in Hawaii has ever seen the likes of. To you guys in Florida this will probably seem like a normal list of mangos you might have in your orchard. But in Hawaii I dare say this will be the most diverse mango collection planted on my island. (If someone knows of another person on big island with an extensive collection pls let me know. I’d love to collaborate). Here is the list so far. Any comments or tips are appreciated and any other must haves that I’m missing please help me find them. Hoping to have 100 varieties when it’s all said and done.
Behold the list.
Valencia pride
Sweet tart
Orange sherbet
Lemon zest
Coconut cream
Cotton candy
Pineapple pleasure
Rapoza
Golden glow
Mapalehu
Brooks late
Lancetilla
Ceci love
Carrie
Pickering
Piña colada
Crème brûlée
Tymour
Cabeza
Ice cream
Peach cobbler
Juicy peach
Alampur beneshan/imam passand
Fairchild
R2E2
M-4
Florigon
Fruit cocktail
Gary
Sugarloaf
Cushman
Venus
Duncan
Cogshall
Julie
Juliette
Nam doc Mai #4
Okrung
Angie
Rosigold
(Pirie)
White pirie
Row 3
Zillate
Glenn
Southern blush
Orange essence
Lemon zest
Harvest moon
Triple sec
Fruit punch
Edward
O-15
Super Alphonso
Alphonso
Kesar
Chockanon
CAC
Rapoza
Juicy peach
Sunrise
Madmam Francis
Phoenix
Momi K
Haden
Keitt
Ewais
Mystery lost tag (maybe ataulfo)
Raw honey
Maha Chanok