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Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« on: August 26, 2022, 02:24:10 PM »
Hello there friends, what would be the best way to use this space of land to plant some mango trees?

Here is a picture of the land, it has a slope so it drains well.

I have already planted another mango tree next to the other one and it is 15 feet apart.
I can plant some at the top near the fence as well.

What would you recommend to maximize this area for cultivars?

Thanks


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Re: Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2022, 02:32:00 PM »
Plant smaller trees Cogshall  ,Pickering , Dwarf Hawaiian
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Re: Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2022, 03:04:52 PM »
I put in mango tree thinking 15ft would be ok since they dont grow that fast here but they are already getting tight. 

20ft is probably better for florida. 
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Re: Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2022, 12:48:27 PM »
Yes, I already have smaller trees in mind.
Thank you!
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Re: Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2022, 06:27:39 PM »
I put in mango tree thinking 15ft would be ok since they dont grow that fast here but they are already getting tight. 

20ft is probably better for florida.

I planted some mango @ 10 feet. They are not too tight yet and approaching year 5.
But if year 10 comes and I find they are tight I can eliminate every other one, at that point, to have 20 ft spacing.
They are averaging 40 pounds/tree each of fruit which is 40 x $3.50 USD = $140 USD/year/tree.
The trees cost $15 each at wholesale, so selling for two years easily recoups the cost of those trees which may be eliminated.
Selling crop from those trees another 8 years pays for the establishment and irrigation costs for the whole planting.

So, to me, planting close is not a problem so long as you can be pragmatic and willing to sacrifice excess trees.
After all, we usually thin vegetable seedlings, thinning out trees can be considered no differently.

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Re: Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2022, 10:20:14 PM »
So, to me, planting close is not a problem so long as you can be pragmatic and willing to sacrifice excess trees.
After all, we usually thin vegetable seedlings, thinning out trees can be considered no differently.

I'm approaching my tree plantings in this same way. My hope is that my seedling trees will be worth salvaging, and if so, they will then be grafted onto a neighboring tree should they be the one to ultimately be removed.

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Re: Best way maximize land for mango tree planting
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2022, 11:21:06 PM »
I put in mango tree thinking 15ft would be ok since they dont grow that fast here but they are already getting tight. 

20ft is probably better for florida.

I planted some mango @ 10 feet. They are not too tight yet and approaching year 5.
But if year 10 comes and I find they are tight I can eliminate every other one, at that point, to have 20 ft spacing.
They are averaging 40 pounds/tree each of fruit which is 40 x $3.50 USD = $140 USD/year/tree.
The trees cost $15 each at wholesale, so selling for two years easily recoups the cost of those trees which may be eliminated.
Selling crop from those trees another 8 years pays for the establishment and irrigation costs for the whole planting.

So, to me, planting close is not a problem so long as you can be pragmatic and willing to sacrifice excess trees.
After all, we usually thin vegetable seedlings, thinning out trees can be considered no differently.

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