Well I was doing some work in the yard getting ready for this heat wave so I can share. I dug up a 10’ tall mango seedling from a friend that was moving a house and transplanted it. I dug up a root ball not even the size of a 15 gallon and transplanted it from pure sand to my pure clay yard. I was worried it wasn’t going to take but it lived through the winter. I did this in October, an ideal time to do this. I wouldn’t transplant anything right now.
That next summer I cut the plant all the way back to 3 feet tall and tried some bark grafts one took. This summer I grafted onto the new shoots and 4 took. It has a long way to go before becoming a successful fruiting tree, but it’s starting well and the tree was free. I don’t think I would try it on a $200-$300 dollar tree though
I’ve had that tree and seedlings under a pop up greenhouse through the winter and then I never took the fabric off through the summer. It seems the heat doesn’t bother the mango trees too much as long as the light is getting diffused, it has been getting over 100° regularly in there, but with it supposed to hit 111° here on Sunday I’m not wanting to risk it. So greenhouse fabric off and shade cloth up.
When we hit 116° A couple years back and I didn’t have shade cloth over my Valencia Pride it get absolutely roasted.
Speaking of which looks like my VP fruit are coming along well. Looking like late September I should be ready to harvest