The Tropical Fruit Forum

My mangos went like this..
Maha Chanok 1st yr fruited, tastes like canned tropical fruit punch flavors by the dozens.
Cogshall love it for edible skin.
M4 certainly had that coconut or the like taste.
Peach Cobbler really did smell & taste a bit like baked peaches.  Make sure it's ripe.
Pickerig only 1 fruit tasted coconut, the rest bland, some were decent but nothing special.
Kent i peeled to freeze 10 and not 1 tasted the same.

Also learned most go from amazing to garbage can if allowed to overripen! 
Was overwhelmed with too many at once ripening in kitchen, great as Maha & Cogshall are, they smelled (and tasted) so bad after too many days sitting there!  Killed me.  Lesson learned, peel & freeze if not eating when ready.  Still learning firmness too.  Better under then overripe 99% of the time.

Probably froze 10lbs of decent ones so far.  Watched Truly T youtube vid of Ms Chris dehyrating them into fruit rollups.  Planning on trying it

Pickering i don't remember tasting coconut but this yr it does.  Alot. 
I'm not a coconut person, i'll try to time a M4 & Pickering & eat both.
Picked 5 Pickerings today, tired of seeing large ones 1/2 eaten on ground.
Tomorrow i bet just the seed at most will be left. I imagine varmints eyes open wide when they bite ripe mangos.  Beats a nut.

M4 cold, before lunch.  Reminded me of pina colada shakes i had as kid at bazars minus bag of zeppolis lol.

They were hard when i picked them a week or more ago.  Hanging low, sticking out, didn't want to lose them to mower.  Quite large too.  Ripened up nice on counter.
I have more on tree & 1/2 dozen golf ball 2nd bloomers.  Wind was brutal months ago.

i would definitely pick one.  I see shoulders, dark enough stem, squeeze & take the 1 with give.
Or do the bend it up thing till stem snaps at 90 degrees.  I prefer cutting stem though.
Don't have to eat it yet if too firm.

edit- take the 1 on the left middle photo

I've been picking quite a few when still hard fearing varmints & landscaper.
I figure less then perfect's better then losing it lol.  Squirrels attack when ripe.
Some are slightly soft i've picked.  Mainly cogshall & maha.

During dry season my parents visit.  They worry we'll dry out.  I say don't, we make up for it quick.
Funny they came down to help me do what we didn't get to over winter & left a few days ago.  The 2 weeks they were here was sure hot but rain never was issue.  Sky opens up day after they left & hasn't stopped lol.

Parents here visiting helping me get some house work done so i've been occupied.  Back to mango talk,
My trees, planted & maintained close, red line approx height i cut last year & will forever hopefully.
M4, Phoenix (no fruit), Peach Cobbler.  Already trimmed some carefully.  PC does grow height quick.
Will be 1st yr tasting PC.

Doc, they all look great.  Mine don't look as pretty.  I must be using the wrong nutrients.  Good job.

My 1st 2025 mango.  Cogshall picked 2 weeks ago outta fear of losing it.  Was great.
Ate most of skin, a bit thick though maybe because i picked it soon but ate it anyway lol.
Spoon thing just for fun.  I don't eat mangos with spoons

Fixed sprayer, did all but 2 trees (used up mix) before lunch & will spray the others shortly.
Spinosad label shows it's omri blessed which honestly i'd rather have without blessing at 1/2 cost.

If i were to use mineral oil instead & washed it off following day before temps got above 90F, would that work?
Don't know how long spiders & eggs can hold their breath.

A list of signs when to pick each variety would be so nice.  I know some get shoulders, but do all?
Brown stem, sap beads, color change, firmness, shoulders, all that would be great to read.