Many years ago I saw and bought a tray of Silver Mangoes, they were literally the 2nd best mangoes I’d ever eaten. In my youthful ignorance I put he mango “seeds” into some potting soil in a pot. Only one seed sprouted (these days I’d get heaps). I then planted the seeding out the back of my parents back shed. I note my father was a gardener of note of classical backyard veggie garden type. In his nature he watered, mulched, staked and in winter bagged the seedling ( this was suburban Sydney and had frosts). In the FIRST YEAR, the tree started producing fruit and what fruit, their scent, their size and the opacity and lack of fibre fruit! Easily the best mango I’d ever eaten. For some years the tree bore fruit, got bigger, in time my father started netting the tree after fruit set. Then, my Mother “chucked a wobbly” demanded a divorce, my parents divorced, their home was sold, the house bulldozed (tree included) and a block of flats built. Not all a loss, it added another 10+ years to my Fathers life, he moved to the North Coast and led a much nicer life.
Came looking for your channel when I bought a tray today, unfortunately didn't choose the Kensington... Will go back tomorrow and see if the box is still there. THANK YOU for a great video!
Oh I’m so pleased! If the mangos you already bought are really good and you’ve got the space, you could try growing them too. If multiple shoots pop up then you know it’s a polyembryonic mango and will be a clone of the mother tree. Choose the strongest shoots, discard the others and you should be getting delicious mangos within a few years. Happy propagating! Alex 🪴💚🪴
I have 2 Pink Lady Apple seed trees, and a Fuji Apple seed tree growing here on the farm. I know they do not grow true to seed. My plan was to graft known varieties onto them later. I figured that if they grew well here, then they are good root stock, right? LOL Also, I intend to keep at least one branch from the original plant to see if it does generate an awesome variety.
Yes I have planted many apples from seed, purely out of curiosity. I have some low chill apples I can always use for grafting material if they don’t work out 😊
@@dreamsofgreen I'll have to get you a link that reveals that "chill hour requirements" are a myth. A guy in southern California has about 50 varieties producing fruit, many with chill hour requirements over 1,000. He has zero chill winters...often! LOL When people tell me my apples will not grow because of a lack of chill hours, I tell them my apple trees get a lot of chill hours. I follow a process of Stress Elimination, so, every hour I spend in the garden is a "chill" hour. LOL I chill with my plants.
I bought so many mango trees and none of them survived. is zone 9a good enough for hardiness? Maybe the soil is bad (clay with pH >8) here... I enjoyed this channel a lot and thank you for sharing the experience👍
I love how uncomplicated you make everything 😊 Can the tree handle a frost though? I definitely have dry winters and springs but not sure if the tree would like my frosts 🥶
Thank you Sharon! Definitely surround your young mango with pigeon pea and tephrosia for protection. Sometimes if I don’t have grass you can use a wire basket and shade cloth for added winter protection. Mature trees can tolerate a light frost (also have a look around and see if anyone else is growing them in your area?). I say if you eat a few mangoes you may as well try and plant the seed! If you have a north facing slope that’s up a bit higher this may help too. But I’ve planted them all over as insurance if some don’t make it 😁🌱🥭
@@dreamsofgreen They are my flocks and herds. Of course, I do want chickens. As soon as I can grow enough to reliably feed them, and as soon as some trees provide the shade, and protection from the hawks, that they need.
@@dreamsofgreen Your hands look wonderful. I started a yardwork company in 2014 -- Diamond Yardmasters. Here in the desert, where everything either pokes, bites, or stings you, or so they say. I cannot pull weeds with gloves on. I cannot feel when the ground releases them. I cannot get the right grip on them. I watched guys on my crew wear gloves, and they spend half their time removing pokies from them. My hands got tougher, but not rough like a construction workers hands. Also, I discovered that you can pull even pokey weeds without getting poked. There is a skill, or technique, that my hands learned. I also noticed that some things I pulled had something on them, or in them, that actually made my hands numb. And it was most helpful! LOL But, mostly I have noticed that all the plant matter getting on the skin actually conditioned it. My hands are hard, but smooth. I love it. I have moved bricks and rocks around with my hands, and they rip the skin and make hands rough. That is nasty. LOL Well, I was scrolling for a continuing education video as that is the part of my work day I am at, when I saw your red dot. I suppose I'll watch another of your videos for my continuing Ed. today. LOL
Hi and thank you so much for the class I learned a lot I was successful for the first time in my life with growing a mango plant, by the way I was wondering by any chance have you ever encountered any black Bears their in Australia?
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Many years ago I saw and bought a tray of Silver Mangoes, they were literally the 2nd best mangoes I’d ever eaten. In my youthful ignorance I put he mango “seeds” into some potting soil in a pot. Only one seed sprouted (these days I’d get heaps). I then planted the seeding out the back of my parents back shed. I note my father was a gardener of note of classical backyard veggie garden type. In his nature he watered, mulched, staked and in winter bagged the seedling ( this was suburban Sydney and had frosts). In the FIRST YEAR, the tree started producing fruit and what fruit, their scent, their size and the opacity and lack of fibre fruit! Easily the best mango I’d ever eaten. For some years the tree bore fruit, got bigger, in time my father started netting the tree after fruit set. Then, my Mother “chucked a wobbly” demanded a divorce, my parents divorced, their home was sold, the house bulldozed (tree included) and a block of flats built. Not all a loss, it added another 10+ years to my Fathers life, he moved to the North Coast and led a much nicer life.
Wow Anthony!! Amazing story. I can taste that mango! Thanks so much for sharing, Alex 💚🌿
Wonderful 😊. Single seed with four plants. Wow, I learnt to propagate a mango tree ....
Love it! I hope you will be able to grow lots of mango trees 😊🌱🪴🥭
Came looking for your channel when I bought a tray today, unfortunately didn't choose the Kensington... Will go back tomorrow and see if the box is still there. THANK YOU for a great video!
Oh I’m so pleased! If the mangos you already bought are really good and you’ve got the space, you could try growing them too. If multiple shoots pop up then you know it’s a polyembryonic mango and will be a clone of the mother tree. Choose the strongest shoots, discard the others and you should be getting delicious mangos within a few years. Happy propagating! Alex 🪴💚🪴
Amazing!!! Will do, might not have the space for the full grown trees but that's future me's problems 😂
@@alisonlonergan5605 Haha! Don’t forget you can prune them and keep them to a manageable size too! 💚
I have 2 Pink Lady Apple seed trees, and a Fuji Apple seed tree growing here on the farm. I know they do not grow true to seed. My plan was to graft known varieties onto them later. I figured that if they grew well here, then they are good root stock, right? LOL Also, I intend to keep at least one branch from the original plant to see if it does generate an awesome variety.
Yes I have planted many apples from seed, purely out of curiosity. I have some low chill apples I can always use for grafting material if they don’t work out 😊
@@dreamsofgreen I'll have to get you a link that reveals that "chill hour requirements" are a myth. A guy in southern California has about 50 varieties producing fruit, many with chill hour requirements over 1,000. He has zero chill winters...often! LOL
When people tell me my apples will not grow because of a lack of chill hours, I tell them my apple trees get a lot of chill hours. I follow a process of Stress Elimination, so, every hour I spend in the garden is a "chill" hour. LOL I chill with my plants.
I bought so many mango trees and none of them survived. is zone 9a good enough for hardiness? Maybe the soil is bad (clay with pH >8) here... I enjoyed this channel a lot and thank you for sharing the experience👍
I love how uncomplicated you make everything 😊 Can the tree handle a frost though? I definitely have dry winters and springs but not sure if the tree would like my frosts 🥶
Thank you Sharon! Definitely surround your young mango with pigeon pea and tephrosia for protection. Sometimes if I don’t have grass you can use a wire basket and shade cloth for added winter protection. Mature trees can tolerate a light frost (also have a look around and see if anyone else is growing them in your area?). I say if you eat a few mangoes you may as well try and plant the seed! If you have a north facing slope that’s up a bit higher this may help too. But I’ve planted them all over as insurance if some don’t make it 😁🌱🥭
Now I have Fruit-Tree-Envy. Again! 😂😂😂
I’ll swap you some mangoes for some cherries and hazelnuts!! 🤣
Sooo disappointed to learn I couldn’t grow those in my climate! 🍒🌱
Wow❤
It is so nice to see you get your hands dirty. I could not imagine wearing gloves in the garden. How can you feel anything through gloves?
It’s all about the microbes!
Although girlfriends don’t seem to understand my love of getting my hands in the dirt when they look at my very unmanicured nails in despair…
@@dreamsofgreen They are my flocks and herds. Of course, I do want chickens. As soon as I can grow enough to reliably feed them, and as soon as some trees provide the shade, and protection from the hawks, that they need.
@@dreamsofgreen Your hands look wonderful. I started a yardwork company in 2014 -- Diamond Yardmasters. Here in the desert, where everything either pokes, bites, or stings you, or so they say. I cannot pull weeds with gloves on. I cannot feel when the ground releases them. I cannot get the right grip on them. I watched guys on my crew wear gloves, and they spend half their time removing pokies from them.
My hands got tougher, but not rough like a construction workers hands. Also, I discovered that you can pull even pokey weeds without getting poked. There is a skill, or technique, that my hands learned.
I also noticed that some things I pulled had something on them, or in them, that actually made my hands numb. And it was most helpful! LOL But, mostly I have noticed that all the plant matter getting on the skin actually conditioned it. My hands are hard, but smooth. I love it.
I have moved bricks and rocks around with my hands, and they rip the skin and make hands rough. That is nasty. LOL
Well, I was scrolling for a continuing education video as that is the part of my work day I am at, when I saw your red dot. I suppose I'll watch another of your videos for my continuing Ed. today. LOL
Hi and thank you so much for the class I learned a lot I was successful for the first time in my life with growing a mango plant, by the way I was wondering by any chance have you ever encountered any black Bears their in Australia?
Thanks so much for watching and I’m so pleased you learnt a lot. Just koalas in the wild here 💚