MANGO TASTINGS 2020: MIGHTY LITTLE MANGOES: DWARF HAWAIIAN, PIÑA COLADA, FAIRCHILD +A BONUS STORY!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video we are tasting mightly little mangoes from Florida: Dwarf Hawaiian, Fairchild and Pina Colada mangoes. Plus if you are patient enough to watch all the way there is a beautiful story about the most expensive mangoes and the royals of India!
The Dwarf Hawaiian mangoes were obtained from Zill High Performance Plants nursery in Boynton beach, FL. Pina Colada mango was from Walter Zill's home mango fruit stand in Delray Beach, FL and Fairchild mango we purchased from Hidden Acres mango farm in Davie, FL.
Disclaimer: We all know that different mango varieties have different flavors; some have a classic mango taste, some have citrusy sweetness, some - tones of peach, pineapple, guava; some a cocktail of many tropical fruits and some have floral smell and flavor tones, so they cannot compete or be compared. Nor can they be given points like 1-10, as taste is very personal and subjective, varies from person to person and culture to culture. Also, the same mango variety grown in different parts of Florida will taste different depending on changes in microclimate, annual rainfall, soil health, mineral and salt content, fertigation regimen (irrigation+fertilization), etc. Lastly, mango picked early / not fully mature vs picked at the peak maturity changes how they ripen off of tree; often mangoes picked green, hard & immature eventually change color and look nice but will not get optimal sweetness (brix) or the complexity of flavor that makes mango such a unique and tasty fruit.
Music credit: Fredji - Happy Life (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Appreciate your attention to detail.
Strange your Fairchild bears few mangos. I remember marveling at how many mangos were on a Fairchild in south florida. I don't know if that's the case every year.
hopefully better luck next year :)
thank you for the video. how big does pina colada mangos get.
You’re welcome. Some pina coladas we got this year were as big as a regular Carrie mango but most were smaller, similar to Fairchild mango size.
I need your recommendation. If you were to plant 3 mangos, what would they be?
Thanks
Assuming you are in FL, based on disease resistance, productivity and tree size(compact preferred), i would plant M-4, Pickering (or Little Gem) and Orange Sherbet.
If taste is the only criterion then Sugarloaf, Lemon Zest and Sweet tart would be the ones. But they all have either disease or productivity constraints.
They all have super close contenders, that's why i have 50 varieties growing :)
You have to prune your trees every year and you will get much better fruit set. I keep my trees at 10 feet and get very good fruitset i am vero beach
Yes, thank you. That is what we plan to do as well. 10ft is ideal. I am letting some trees like Cac and Dot planted on south side get a bit big for giving shade to our veggie garden.
In India and Israel ultra high density mango trees are kept at 6-7 feet. That’s over 1000 trees per acre.
thanks for the info! Always interesting to know how growers manage their trees around the world.
Pina Colada and Little gem are both compact trees right?
Both can be kept compact. Little gem gives vertical branches so it is not like Julie mango or NDM#4. If left unpruned Little gem can be a tall tree easily but it is very productive so fruits' weight will hold the branches down and keep tree compact. Pina colada for us needed at least 3 yrs in ground to start producing so in the beginning you will need some pruning to keep it compact. Also, Pina colada seems less vigorous compared to Little gem.
@@growpuravida Thank you so much!
Just bought a home in browsed can you direct me to some good mangos vendors as well as where I can get some 15+ gallon trees to plant
All the good mango vendors we buy mangoes from are mentioned in the descriptions under each video, so depending on the variety you can select where to go, watch all the videos and decide which flavor profiles sound and look good to you. All the addresses are googlable as long as they're selling to the public.
As for 15-gal trees, in our experience they're not the most resilient ones. The first couple years in ground your 3-gal will grow to be almost the same size but will have a much healthier root system and you can trim it to your desires/requirements.
Thanks indeed I've been eating alot from your channel this season. Top 5: Orange Essense, Carrie, Maha, WP, Ugly B...& not in that order. Keep up the good work!