I live in Ontario. Near the end of October, I was tidying up outside and found a mango seed had sprouted. I had attempted to grow one earlier in the summer; nothing happened and after couple of weeks, pushed the pot to a corner of the yard and forgot about it. It was only just above freezing and had been for a few weeks - I couldn't believe this thing was alive! I brought it into the house and wintered it with my aloe (which I had brought in back in September). Now, being Spring, my baby mango is starting to take off and I'm so glad you made this video because I have NO idea how to take of an orphaned mango. I'll tread carefully - many thanks :)
Finally someone who agrees that dwarf fruit trees do better in smaller 5-10 gallon pots. I been telling my local nursery this. My dwarf lime, lemon, emperor lychee, and ice cream mango plants are flourishing in 5 gallon pots. My bay leaf exploded after I downsized it to a five gallon pot. Subscribed to you for sure sir. 🙃😉❤
I live in Los Angeles and funnily enough a mango seed sprouted in my compost pile about 9 months ago. I wasn't sure what it was until I saw the seed pod. I transplanted it into a 5 gallon pot with a well draining potting mix and it is flourishing. The new leaves are burgundy and there are many growing. It is about 18" tall now, I have it on a drip line and feed it along with my other plants just regular plant food. Don't know what I'm doing but it must be o.k. because its doing great. Wish me luck and keep up with the great videos!
People struggle so much growing mangoes and I do too but the same thing happened to me one time I gave up on a seat and threw it outside in Pennsylvania and then the next spring I start growing next to my stairs. I don’t get it all the ones that I’ve tried to take care of never worked in that one did!
it would probably be a ton of work, but I'd love to see video playlists for the different growing zones, so beginners can get a quick idea of what is best to grow in their zones. love then channel!
@@laljiahir5193 in case this is a serious question (in which case I apologize for my previous comment, laughing as I thought it was a joke) mangos are tropical plants. They grow best in temps between 27-45*C which equates to about 80-110*F. Above that temp they can experience heat related damage. Mangos can handle temps down to about 55-60*F without damage, simply slowed growth, however below that temp some minor damage or stunted growth is likely. Below about 45*F minor damage is guaranteed and seedlings or young mango trees not acclimated to cooler weather may die if exposed for too long. Michigan has an average winter high of about 30*F and winter low of about 15*F, at 30*F most young trees are guaranteed death and adult trees (those too large to be moved in and out in containers unless SERIOUSLY pruned like crazy) will almost be guaranteed major frost damage and loss of all foliage and young branches. At the coldest average temp even adult trees would be guaranteed death and his mango is far younger than a fully mature adult tree that I'm referring to. Also keep in mind that half the time the temp is below that average for lows and highs, which means it is close to impossible to grow a mango to full maturity in that grow zone. The alternative would be to keep it potted and VERY well pruned, in which case it still may eventually outgrow the container and house it's in but will likely reach fruiting age and may produce fruit if conditions such as temp and light can be kept ideal for the plant (80*F+ if possible, quite a bit above comfortable room temp) yet a year round heated greenhouse would be even better. We live in grow zone 5 which is even colder than Michigan, sometimes reaching 20 below zero or colder in the most extreme winter's, yet there is someone who designed a well insulated greenhouse that uses geothermal heating (fancy word for pipes buried VERY deep below the frost line to give the greenhouse somewhat warmer air) to keep citrus plants (oranges and grapefruit mostly if my memory is correct) which have very similar tropical requirements to mangos, which could make this a suitable alternative to keeping the plant small and moving it inside and out each winter if the greenhouse can be kept big enough. If you have any other questions about mangos or mango growing I'd be happy to help as best I can. We are growing our mangos indoors until it gets warm enough outside, our grow room is insulated so we can keep it warmer than the rest of the house for our tropical plants but we are also working on building an attached greenhouse built around the door to our backyard so we can have access to year round plants including our mangos.
Planted 2 mango seeds last week, already sprouting. They were huge seeds. Great weather here in south Texas. Have great soil in back yard, shade and sunlight. It'll be awhile to see some mangos, I'll be back when they come👍🌱
Great video. I live in Puerto Rico and in the country side you see lots of bananas, mango, plantain, and avocado. I decided to plant a avocado seed since I love them. I grew the seeds in compost. Last year it was 4 years old. The second time that it gave avocados. The first time it was around 25 but last summer was around 100 avocado. I had to give them out in bags so they would give to others. I asked my husband to check to see if they started to grow and there are lots of flowers and baby avocados. Keep up the great work
Tukemuth Its an amazing place - really cheap to live there right now after the hurricane too. Best time to get a house there at least for like a beach home is now!! Just went there for family and its a beautiful place
I grew a mango from a seed about 20 years ago . That thing grew to be a 7 ft tree after about 7 years . The seeds are easy to start just plant it in a large houseplant pot with a wandering Jew or Coleus plant sprig on top . When the mango seed spouts just remove the sprig . It’s just there so you won’t forget to water it. It was a houseplant but they get large. My Bajan grandfather said, “ Dat wone set de fruit” and it didn’t but I liked the plant anyway.
I live in Zone 9b and mangoes grow just fine here. If it’s going to get cold you can put up blankets and/or those old school Christmas lights for heat. It’s not cold here very often and people do get fruit here; my uncle has a tree in his backyard in the Orlando area.
Gia Medina I am in zone 9 too. Arizona. We tried last summer to grow manos but it got cold before we were ready and they died. Haven't given up yet. Soon as I can I am going to Shamus O'Leary's and get a couple more trees and try again.
I'm in Wisconsin and I grow several fruit trees indoors (in the winter) and outside (during the summer). So far I have two orange trees, a Suriname cherry, a cattley (strawberry guava), dragonfruit, starfruit, coconut, and Pepino melons; I've also killed several over the years. When moving plants from inside to outside or vise-versa, move them a little more everyday to not cause severe shock. Starfruit leaves are extremely sensitive (they open and close when disturbed) and drop when moved into a new environment. With light, a 120 watt plant light especially works great and adds extra warmth. The more light, the more fruit. So far I have gotten the cattley guava, dragonfruit, Suriname cherry and one orange tree to fruit indoors. The starfruit flowers twice a year but the flowers always end up dropping off. Years ago I ordered a mango tree and it flowered and I got 2 fruits off 1 small tree; but then the tree died. The mistake was that it put all of it's energy into producing the fruit exhausting the plant. Don't let it fruit the first few years. Also, dont plant these fruit trees from seed if you expect fruit. For 1 the fruit may be poor quality or good quality. And for 2, the trees take years to bear fruit, if at all. Get grafted DWARF varieties.
Being from a Caribbean family, I’d love to grow mangoes in zone 7b ✊🏾 Do you have any update videos of the growth of this mango tree? Did it fruit? How long did it take to fruit? I have so many questions.
I'm so glad you finally made this grow guide!! Now I know why I lost 3 mango trees using only Trifecta+... thanks for explaining, now I know what else is needed!!
I had a mango pit sprout in my compost, I now have a small mango plant with 5 leaves so far 👍. I live in Nova Scotia Canada so gonna be a challenge I’m sure
I did a project where I grew a mango seed in soil with vegetable food waste in the bottom and in the top allowing the centre to be filled with soil as a temperature buffer because I wanted to get the heat from the fermentation of the food to keep the seed warm and it worked like a treat.
This is a great channel, very informative with a lot of important information. This video helped me so much with my mango tree. It is about a year old and was much smaller than a lot of younger trees that I see. I realized that I had it in a pot that was too large, I replanted it in a smaller pot and saw new growth on it in less than a week. Thanks so much!
Everything you said it’s true! I live in CA , bought a beautiful healthy 4 feet mango tree IN THE WINTER, not knowing about how much they hate cold weather, it went from gorgeous to completely dead in a matter of days as soon as it got cold. Giving it a try this year but in the summer
Nope! Died completely!!! The store ( fast growers) lucky sent me a new tree as a replacement. I receive it two weeks ago and so far it’s doing good. It’s been on the ground for over a week and doing good :) praying it stays alive and gives me lots of mangos
I live in Michigan for 6 years now. I have pineapple, mango, avocado, lime and lemon trees. I have them all in pots. As we speak, they are still outside and temps here, at this time of the year, are 42 and up. All from seeds. Very easy to grow all of them. The problem with mango and avocado is repotting them. To feed them, I just blend all vegetable scraps with water and water them with it. To repot them, I add vegetable scraps first, then, the soil finally plant and potting soil, I do it in a hot day on the shade. It’s easy. I talk to them a lot!!!
At want point (degrees) are you compelled to bring them in? Am in Michigan, too (6A). I have about 6 lemon trees grown from seed in the summer of 2020. My biggest one is 12" now.
HEY! I found this video… I started growing a mango from seed of a fruit I ate… i started this three years ago is 4’11”… honestly the easiest tree/plant ever… I tried this out of fun… I fertilize my tree with mango fruit skins from the mangoes I eat… or pick up the mangoes from the grocery that are being tossed out… I’ll remove the seed pod and leave the rest of the mango cut up and place around the base… I have always had my seedling in a narrow tall pot, with golf ball size rocks in the bottom separated with plastic window screening to keep the soil and rocks separated. I would love to show y’all a photo… I’m going 4 more the same way.
I live in Sacramento zone 9b and the young mangos I have in pots have shown no sign of stress even when I left them outside during winter evenings. Sometimes it would get down to the upper 30s, low 40s before I brought them in the evening. It was the same routine in the winter of putting them outside during cold 43 degree mornings and then bringing them inside when it got back to 45 in the evening. Most of tropicals stayed evergreen in the winter with my yesterday today tomorrow plants even blooming in late January. Our heavy clay soil worries me more than the climate.
I live in Maryland and grew one from a seed from some mangoes from Costco 🤣 it's about 7 ft tall now, I named it "Mungo." I just throw my coffee grounds and chopped up banana peels into it occasionally, give it a little fertilizer, and it's good to go. Still putting on new growth and definitely thriving in our hot, humid late spring-early fall weather
I have managed to get mango seeds to sprout living in the UK, as far from tropical as is possible. It took some caring for, and more work than non-tropical plants, but I expected that. They are very slowly growing, hopefully they will continue to grow. It's fun, even though I will more than likely never get any of them to fruit.
I am in zone 8b in Myrtle Beach, SC and I sprouted a mango seed just to see if I could. I love the fruit and the trees are beautiful but I have no knowledge on how to grow them. Thank you for your complete growing guide! They are so helpful!
Great video. We grow mangos in The Philippines. We have Indian mangos which are common and Apple mangos which are harder to grow and much larger and better tasting. We often just put in a pit and a few years later start picking mangos. Your channel is great. Thank you for sharing some great information. God bless America.
We do grow a large variety of mango trees in Florida both in the ground and containers. I - and with me probably most of the Rare Fruit council members - would disagree with some of the knowledge that is being shared here. There is plenty of literature out there on growing mango trees in containers and greenhouses from reputable sources. Probably not as entertaining but definitely worth a look. I still liked this video since it encourages people to experiment with more complex gardening in a creative way!
Ahhhhhhhh, No! check out dr. Richard Campbell from Mango Men in Homestead FL. You dont want to over feed nitrogen to mangos. You will have a hard time ever getting it to fruit with so much nitrogen. Mango trees do much better with light green leaves due to a a lower amount of nitrogen. Love the channel and the rest of all your great info. P.S. i have 2 super productive mango trees that are 50 plus years old and they were never once fertilized.
You are correct Brad! This guy doesn’t seem to know much about mangos. I’m from the south as well and a lot of the stuff he mentioned made me roll my eyes and shake my head. He needs to research more before trying to teach about something he knows little about. This is how misinformation gets spread. Mangos are a great tree and if done right, can bring delicious fruit and happiness for many generations - they can live up to 300 years!
But aren't you trying to promote foliar growth rather than fruiting in the early years of the plant's life? A lot of people cut off the mango panicles in the first year of flowering to encourage leaf and stem growth.
I 've had great results using Black Gold Cactus Mix mixed with coir and perlite and water pH adjusted to 6 with 1-2 ml Dyna-Gro per gallon, watering just a little from the bottom when the pot feels light. I use T5 bulbs - 3 5000K and 1 3500K. The 3500K probably isn't necessary. It's just for aesthetics to have less blue looking light in my living area..
I sprouted a mango seed here in Vermont. I have no hopes for it, but it's kinda fun to watch its root grow to the bottom of this water bottle I have it positioned on. I cut the top of a water bottle off, stuck toothpicks through the bottle near the top, and just have the seed resting on the toothpicks and the root grows down the water bottle.
I am also growing kalamansi. They are almost 1.5 years old... one of them are dark green and bushy the other is tall and light green... I added Epsom salt a couple weeks ago hoping it would darken up. I also need to transplant them soon.
Food for thought for nitrogen and for sake of tropical soil modification... spent and partially composted coffee grinds. You may need to watch your calcium levels depending on the water you use to water the plants, but overall they work great. Just dump them on the pot and away from the plant stem then water over them for sake of a time release effect.(then again i'm a heavy coffee drinker...)
Love your work but I’d like to point out one thing.. mangoes actually thrive on a little bit of neglect so fertiliser is really only necessary once a year! Otherwise you’ll just get lots of growth but no fruit
Thank you. You're expert. I am currently on going planting alot of mango and i love this tree... My old mango doing fine with humidity climate. But now i am growing in a hot, dry, clay, full of stones and temperature can reach above 47c(very challinging). The stones make things more worse bcs of heat transfer on them per area.. Mango need more nitrogen & little sandy for water to reach the roots. thank u for info. & Godbless you.
Your tree is big enough for grafting take one brunch from mango tree that produced before and do the grafting with it note no matter which type of seed you planted you'll get local mango type it you didn't do the grafting with the type that you want also there's benefit of grafting your tree will produced fruits in one year only sometimes untill three after permanent cultivators in the ground instead of six years + mango tree roots can go untill 5 feet in the ground so you need a big barrel
If you graft it, you will probably also get a much better fruit. If you grow mangoes from seed, they can be extremely stringy with a bad flavor that reminds you of turpentine.
Ha! What a perfect video to watch right now. I just got done ordering a mango pineapple flavored BCAA mix. Don't know how they'd do down here but we've got the heat part covered.
I have a couple of potted mango trees in a plywood heat box with 75 watt light bulb on 24/7. Both mangoes are in just soil, no sand. Mulch on top to hold moisture. There is a lot of moisture in soil. So much that there is green alga-like stuff growing in dirt. The pot is clear so you can see this. My mango trees have been growing non stop for 4 months now. The only difference between my two mango trees is that one soil was mixed with 50% raw rabbit manure and not the other. The tree with rabbit manure is putting on its fourth tier of leaves while the other is still at its 3rd.
Wow, Michigan? More power to you. Central Florida works great, and we're sub tropical, not super, super tropical, I Love your love for cool plants! Keep growing, brother.
People who do this might be even happier by growing several types of Mangoes in containers. It actually works out better than just one big bushy potted tree. I mean you could fit 10 in the average spare room in winter and in summer- fall you can pick a few off this type and a few off that type...like that. In marginal California same thing only cover outside if freezing temps move in..but just think how many you could keep even in a small backyard. Better climates beg to be planted..but that's another topic.
I always overpot the mangoes to get good growth they give you a five foot stick plant I air layer top and two and a half foot tree will bush out and I shape it the larger pot causes rapid growth even in Pickering third year fruits fourth year for the top that I air layered
I should have watched this before my 4 year mango died. I read from somewhere that mangoes dont like fertilizer and havent fed it. Its leaves kept getting smaller and new growth died . I have a new mango now and its loving the compost and fish fertlizer
You need to come to Florida. Along the coast on both sides of the state in zone 9, mangos grow like crazy. If you go inland, they can freeze out, but on the coast, they grow just fine.
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona. Zone 9-10. In my garden, I have in-ground mangoes, papayas, bananas, guavas and other tropical fruiting trees. . They are all in full sun with afternoon shade. Yes, tropical fruit trees will grow in Phoenix, Arizona Zone 9&10.
Here in zone 3, we're likely not going to try mangoes. lol I have to say though, the seeds my wife bought from you are doing fantastic!! Especially the peas. I gave you a shout out on my pea trellis video, but I was wrong about the peas I mentioned.. (yours were on the other side of the trellis from where I was pointing). I'll do a follow up and correct that. Your peas are outgrowing all of the other peas we have planted! hahahaha They. Are. Enormous! I can't wait to taste them. They are full of flowers as well as a lot of immature pods. The kale is doing good, but some are being attacked by cabbage moths, and the collards are doing great. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you. I also added a link to your channel in my description, so you may get some wood turners that are interested in gardening, following your channel. :) Thanks for your inspiration! We really love watching your channel, and have learned a lot. Cheers!
Has your mango produced fruit yet? I have one in Phoenix that gets cold protection and it just exploded with growth in it's second summer in the ground. They like to be foliar fed zinc and manganese.
Very informative video! It's nice to see a gardener growing something that is thriving out of its growing zone. I think I'll try this but with blueberry bushes. Luckily I could grow mango trees outdoors where I live.
Mango trees are really not "ultra" tropical, they are actually native to sub tropical zones. cold snaps in the 40's on occasion wont really hurt them. as for nitrogen, a slow release balanced, 6-6-6 or 15-15-15 is ok in infancy stage. but many mango growers in the south ( in ground trees ) even stop adding nitrogen all together once trees are adult size. nitrogen stimulate leaf growth, and not flowering. the little nitrogen from mulch is all that is needed once tree is adult. but adding some in very poor soils is ok, timing is key. I totally agree with the water/drainage recommendations. very well drained, do not over water ( biggest mistake people make specially in potted plants ) think about the native enviroment where these trees come from, about 7 months of very low rain fall, then after harvest , it rains for like 2-3 months ( monsoon ).
Mature mangos survive down to 28°F for several hours. They'll make it better above mid 30's if they must deal with cold weather - - just don't let it get too wet in the cold!! Create the microclimate for it and you might be having the only home-grown mango-selling stand in all of Michigan!! 🤣
I think it depends on what kind of mango it is because when i went to mexico. In the part of mexico i went to is very hot and i saw lots of big trees of mangos and they do well in the heat.
Was just watching John at Grow Your Greens..he was talking about the worm castings..I thought worm casting were simpy worm castings..so are there different types of castings? he didnt get into it so now I need to know. what are the differences, should I use more than one brand? Learning..always learning Thanks Luke..
Build your own greenhouse and do a video over it - it will probably fruit in an insulated greenhouse - it's notoriously one of the most difficult plants to grow in the world. If you could keep it in one place it will prevent plant stress and promote fruiting.
Thanks for the advice! I am new to growing mango (haven't killed it yet, but it only arrived yesterday). It sounds to me as if you more or less treat a mango as a citrus plant. I live in a cold, predominantly wet part of the UK, so my take is that the mango (Alphonso) will stay indoors for all but the best of summer weather. However, am I better off only putting the mango out in the day and still bringing it back in at night? Sadly my house can be dark at times of the year, so being in isn't ideal, but needs must at this point. I would like to put the tree outside in good weather (end June - mid August), but am feeling that the overnight cold would be too much of a difference in relation to daytime heat. In addition, another channel recommends more or less cutting the mango down to half its size before the trunk thickens, thus promoting 3 branches of growth in place of the main stem. The following year, he advises the same to each individual branch - again with the same result. The tree takes on a pyramidal form with lots of flowers after a few years. It seems a good idea, but not living in the ideal part of the world for a mango I would be cautious. Have you or anyone else tried this technique - I would be interested to hear results. Thank you, Vox.
I have seven seeds I've collected from mango's I've eaten this summer and they've gone from germination to soil. My largest is about a foot tall. Not sure what I'm going to do but I'm planning to get a decent grow lamp for this winter but currently they share a south sun view.
@@wmluna381 I get all my seeds to germinate and the plants grow to about 16" and typically I bring them in as cold weather starts to set in and that's when I loose them. I tend to have bugs in the soil no matter what soil I use. I end up ditching the plants as not to invest the other plants in my home. I'll probably start some more in February and hopefully have a faster start and longer growing season.
I guess I'm in 8a in eastern NC and I've grown 5 mango trees 2 died but the 3 have done great. And we also have 8 banana trees! Last year we were able to harvest a small amount of bananas on our 10ft tall tree
You can grow mango trees from seed. You have to get the small yellow mangoes though. Those big red/green mango seeds do not grow true to type. The small yellow mangoes produce a "poly-embryotic" seed that typically germinates into two or three trees. One embryo is not true to type, while the rest are exact clones of the tree that produced the fruit. Supposedly, the largest embryo is the non-true to type embryo, so if you snip off that first seedling tree that comes up, you might be able to get a good tasting mango tree.
For faster growth and better production, full sun and cutting down water during flowering and watering more frequently after fruit set are ideal tips used in mango growing regions (South Florida)
Hi! Awesome video! thank you! I have two questions. The planting guide mentioned putting a fish on the pot, so I did. I planted my mango with a 2 pound tilapia. Should I add more fertilizer? Also, how do I make my soil more acidic? should I add some lime fertilizer? Thank you!
A year ago, I started one by seed. It was a beautiful 1+ foot tall plant, but I 1) had it in too big of a pot, 2) it was screaming for nitrogen, but I didn't know it at the time, 3) it got over-watered at some point..., and I lost it. 😫😭😭 Now I know what to do--thanks!!! 🙂 I'm in western Wisconsin, zones 4/3 (depending upon the winter).
A mango tree likes to be root bound in a pot but is it different when they are planted in the ground? Because when they are growing in the ground they are not really too root bound and they still grow big and do very well like most trees
Glenn is one of the best variety to grow in zone 7 because it fruits much earlier than the others like Keitt, Kent, even Tommy Atkins.. and it is compact, does not make such long flushes like lot of other varieties. Did you have some fruit?
I'm living in Louisiana between the zones of 8-9 and since last year I've been trying to grow a mango, tried growing autaflo mangos at first then tried growing a tommy Atkins mango, they grew but then died, but what killed them was the heat of the brutal summer last year, so this year of 2024 early spring i planted three atuaflo mangos and only one of them grew so well and is still growing well, have it in a 5 gallon bucket when it out grew it's smaller container best thing ever to grow and atuaflo mango and I know im misspelling the name of the mango, but oh well
I live in Ontario. Near the end of October, I was tidying up outside and found a mango seed had sprouted. I had attempted to grow one earlier in the summer; nothing happened and after couple of weeks, pushed the pot to a corner of the yard and forgot about it. It was only just above freezing and had been for a few weeks - I couldn't believe this thing was alive! I brought it into the house and wintered it with my aloe (which I had brought in back in September). Now, being Spring, my baby mango is starting to take off and I'm so glad you made this video because I have NO idea how to take of an orphaned mango. I'll tread carefully - many thanks :)
Sounds like you did a really good job! I hope your plant is still doing good..Did you ever grow a fruit?
Did it make it?
That crazy, I’m surprised it survived!
Finally someone who agrees that dwarf fruit trees do better in smaller 5-10 gallon pots. I been telling my local nursery this. My dwarf lime, lemon, emperor lychee, and ice cream mango plants are flourishing in 5 gallon pots. My bay leaf exploded after I downsized it to a five gallon pot. Subscribed to you for sure sir. 🙃😉❤
I live in Los Angeles and funnily enough a mango seed sprouted in my compost pile about 9 months ago. I wasn't sure what it was until I saw the seed pod. I transplanted it into a 5 gallon pot with a well draining potting mix and it is flourishing. The new leaves are burgundy and there are many growing. It is about 18" tall now, I have it on a drip line and feed it along with my other plants just regular plant food. Don't know what I'm doing but it must be o.k. because its doing great. Wish me luck and keep up with the great videos!
When he said if u don’t have the sand u might as well throw it into your compost bin.. the irony
best wishes bro
People struggle so much growing mangoes and I do too but the same thing happened to me one time I gave up on a seat and threw it outside in Pennsylvania and then the next spring I start growing next to my stairs. I don’t get it all the ones that I’ve tried to take care of never worked in that one did!
any updates with the mango plant? I live in LA too
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it would probably be a ton of work, but I'd love to see video playlists for the different growing zones, so beginners can get a quick idea of what is best to grow in their zones. love then channel!
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Mangoes in Michigan!!?? So cool. I love the complete growing guide series.
Thanks James! So glad you enjoy the series! :D
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You’re growing mangoes in Michigan?!
Brave man.
Try Nebraska, a whole zone colder than where he lives haha
Is it banned ?
@@laljiahir5193 haha
@@laljiahir5193 in case this is a serious question (in which case I apologize for my previous comment, laughing as I thought it was a joke) mangos are tropical plants. They grow best in temps between 27-45*C which equates to about 80-110*F. Above that temp they can experience heat related damage. Mangos can handle temps down to about 55-60*F without damage, simply slowed growth, however below that temp some minor damage or stunted growth is likely. Below about 45*F minor damage is guaranteed and seedlings or young mango trees not acclimated to cooler weather may die if exposed for too long. Michigan has an average winter high of about 30*F and winter low of about 15*F, at 30*F most young trees are guaranteed death and adult trees (those too large to be moved in and out in containers unless SERIOUSLY pruned like crazy) will almost be guaranteed major frost damage and loss of all foliage and young branches. At the coldest average temp even adult trees would be guaranteed death and his mango is far younger than a fully mature adult tree that I'm referring to. Also keep in mind that half the time the temp is below that average for lows and highs, which means it is close to impossible to grow a mango to full maturity in that grow zone. The alternative would be to keep it potted and VERY well pruned, in which case it still may eventually outgrow the container and house it's in but will likely reach fruiting age and may produce fruit if conditions such as temp and light can be kept ideal for the plant (80*F+ if possible, quite a bit above comfortable room temp) yet a year round heated greenhouse would be even better.
We live in grow zone 5 which is even colder than Michigan, sometimes reaching 20 below zero or colder in the most extreme winter's, yet there is someone who designed a well insulated greenhouse that uses geothermal heating (fancy word for pipes buried VERY deep below the frost line to give the greenhouse somewhat warmer air) to keep citrus plants (oranges and grapefruit mostly if my memory is correct) which have very similar tropical requirements to mangos, which could make this a suitable alternative to keeping the plant small and moving it inside and out each winter if the greenhouse can be kept big enough.
If you have any other questions about mangos or mango growing I'd be happy to help as best I can. We are growing our mangos indoors until it gets warm enough outside, our grow room is insulated so we can keep it warmer than the rest of the house for our tropical plants but we are also working on building an attached greenhouse built around the door to our backyard so we can have access to year round plants including our mangos.
This is a clickbait video. He's not producing any mangoes
Planted 2 mango seeds last week, already sprouting. They were huge seeds. Great weather here in south Texas. Have great soil in back yard, shade and sunlight. It'll be awhile to see some mangos, I'll be back when they come👍🌱
If you don’t mind me asking where in south Texas? What hardiness zone?
@@phaeren6217 Texas
When did the plants produce fruit ?
Great video. I live in Puerto Rico and in the country side you see lots of bananas, mango, plantain, and avocado. I decided to plant a avocado seed since I love them. I grew the seeds in compost. Last year it was 4 years old. The second time that it gave avocados. The first time it was around 25 but last summer was around 100 avocado. I had to give them out in bags so they would give to others. I asked my husband to check to see if they started to grow and there are lots of flowers and baby avocados. Keep up the great work
oh...my... I want to live in Puerto Rico.
That sounds fantastic! :)
Tukemuth Its an amazing place - really cheap to live there right now after the hurricane too. Best time to get a house there at least for like a beach home is now!! Just went there for family and its a beautiful place
i also am growing an avocado tree in sw florida...you say you had 100 avocados in just 4 year old tree??? thats amazing...
Makes me want to cry that we can't grow such a wonderful tree here in the Pacific Northwest.
I grew a mango from a seed about 20 years ago . That thing grew to be a 7 ft tree after about 7 years . The seeds are easy to start just plant it in a large houseplant pot with a wandering Jew or Coleus plant sprig on top . When the mango seed spouts just remove the sprig . It’s just there so you won’t forget to water it. It was a houseplant but they get large. My Bajan grandfather said, “ Dat wone set de fruit” and it didn’t but I liked the plant anyway.
I live in Zone 9b and mangoes grow just fine here. If it’s going to get cold you can put up blankets and/or those old school Christmas lights for heat. It’s not cold here very often and people do get fruit here; my uncle has a tree in his backyard in the Orlando area.
Gia Medina I am in zone 9 too. Arizona. We tried last summer to grow manos but it got cold before we were ready and they died. Haven't given up yet. Soon as I can I am going to Shamus O'Leary's and get a couple more trees and try again.
I’m 9a I’m going to try😊
Zone 9a (Texas) here as well and am about to pot my little seed, wish me luck !
I live and sc I can found what zone is ? The you know ? please
@@conwaycats6169 its called Google. Jesus.....
I'm in Wisconsin and I grow several fruit trees indoors (in the winter) and outside (during the summer). So far I have two orange trees, a Suriname cherry, a cattley (strawberry guava), dragonfruit, starfruit, coconut, and Pepino melons; I've also killed several over the years.
When moving plants from inside to outside or vise-versa, move them a little more everyday to not cause severe shock. Starfruit leaves are extremely sensitive (they open and close when disturbed) and drop when moved into a new environment. With light, a 120 watt plant light especially works great and adds extra warmth. The more light, the more fruit.
So far I have gotten the cattley guava, dragonfruit, Suriname cherry and one orange tree to fruit indoors. The starfruit flowers twice a year but the flowers always end up dropping off. Years ago I ordered a mango tree and it flowered and I got 2 fruits off 1 small tree; but then the tree died. The mistake was that it put all of it's energy into producing the fruit exhausting the plant. Don't let it fruit the first few years. Also, dont plant these fruit trees from seed if you expect fruit. For 1 the fruit may be poor quality or good quality. And for 2, the trees take years to bear fruit, if at all. Get grafted DWARF varieties.
Great info, thanks for sharing!
Being from a Caribbean family, I’d love to grow mangoes in zone 7b ✊🏾 Do you have any update videos of the growth of this mango tree? Did it fruit? How long did it take to fruit? I have so many questions.
I'm so glad you finally made this grow guide!! Now I know why I lost 3 mango trees using only Trifecta+... thanks for explaining, now I know what else is needed!!
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I had a mango pit sprout in my compost, I now have a small mango plant with 5 leaves so far 👍. I live in Nova Scotia Canada so gonna be a challenge I’m sure
Would love to know how it's holding up
I did a project where I grew a mango seed in soil with vegetable food waste in the bottom and in the top allowing the centre to be filled with soil as a temperature buffer because I wanted to get the heat from the fermentation of the food to keep the seed warm and it worked like a treat.
Mangos grow well around here in zone 9b central Florida.
Do you have it in container or land?
Duh!
I live in Zone 9A and I have seen some big mango trees full.
Bad Weatherfreak can you get some seeds to share? I’m in Daytona
homewithtina where?
This is a great channel, very informative with a lot of important information. This video helped me so much with my mango tree. It is about a year old and was much smaller than a lot of younger trees that I see. I realized that I had it in a pot that was too large, I replanted it in a smaller pot and saw new growth on it in less than a week. Thanks so much!
Everything you said it’s true! I live in CA , bought a beautiful healthy 4 feet mango tree IN THE WINTER, not knowing about how much they hate cold weather, it went from gorgeous to completely dead in a matter of days as soon as it got cold. Giving it a try this year but in the summer
Nope! Died completely!!! The store ( fast growers) lucky sent me a new tree as a replacement. I receive it two weeks ago and so far it’s doing good. It’s been on the ground for over a week and doing good :) praying it stays alive and gives me lots of mangos
I live in Michigan for 6 years now. I have pineapple, mango, avocado, lime and lemon trees. I have them all in pots. As we speak, they are still outside and temps here, at this time of the year, are 42 and up. All from seeds. Very easy to grow all of them. The problem with mango and avocado is repotting them. To feed them, I just blend all vegetable scraps with water and water them with it. To repot them, I add vegetable scraps first, then, the soil finally plant and potting soil, I do it in a hot day on the shade. It’s easy. I talk to them a lot!!!
At want point (degrees) are you compelled to bring them in? Am in Michigan, too (6A). I have about 6 lemon trees grown from seed in the summer of 2020. My biggest one is 12" now.
@@wmluna381 when temperatures are below 40, they all go inside. If it’s windy and below 50, they go inside too.
@@ymrelang Thanks for sharing what is working for you!
@@wmluna381 you are the most welcome. Good luck with your plants!
@@ymrelangdid they fruit yet
HEY! I found this video… I started growing a mango from seed of a fruit I ate… i started this three years ago is 4’11”… honestly the easiest tree/plant ever… I tried this out of fun… I fertilize my tree with mango fruit skins from the mangoes I eat… or pick up the mangoes from the grocery that are being tossed out… I’ll remove the seed pod and leave the rest of the mango cut up and place around the base… I have always had my seedling in a narrow tall pot, with golf ball size rocks in the bottom separated with plastic window screening to keep the soil and rocks separated. I would love to show y’all a photo… I’m going 4 more the same way.
I live in Sacramento zone 9b and the young mangos I have in pots have shown no sign of stress even when I left them outside during winter evenings. Sometimes it would get down to the upper 30s, low 40s before I brought them in the evening. It was the same routine in the winter of putting them outside during cold 43 degree mornings and then bringing them inside when it got back to 45 in the evening. Most of tropicals stayed evergreen in the winter with my yesterday today tomorrow plants even blooming in late January. Our heavy clay soil worries me more than the climate.
I live in Maryland and grew one from a seed from some mangoes from Costco 🤣 it's about 7 ft tall now, I named it "Mungo." I just throw my coffee grounds and chopped up banana peels into it occasionally, give it a little fertilizer, and it's good to go. Still putting on new growth and definitely thriving in our hot, humid late spring-early fall weather
joanhelenak is it bearing fruit? Thnx
I have managed to get mango seeds to sprout living in the UK, as far from tropical as is possible. It took some caring for, and more work than non-tropical plants, but I expected that. They are very slowly growing, hopefully they will continue to grow. It's fun, even though I will more than likely never get any of them to fruit.
I am in zone 8b in Myrtle Beach, SC and I sprouted a mango seed just to see if I could. I love the fruit and the trees are beautiful but I have no knowledge on how to grow them. Thank you for your complete growing guide! They are so helpful!
Great video. We grow mangos in The Philippines. We have Indian mangos which are common and Apple mangos which are harder to grow and much larger and better tasting. We often just put in a pit and a few years later start picking mangos.
Your channel is great. Thank you for sharing some great information. God bless America.
Thank you! I accidentally sprouted some mangoes in my compost and didn't know what to do with them 😂 zone 7b
They have a huge temperature range. They can survive several nites of 28 degrees outside, and love our 122 degree summers in Arizona.
No, mangoes don't love our 122 F summers. They hate it!
I've never had a mango that didn't get some damage by 40 degree or below temperatures, what variety where you growing?
Hahaha it can survive until 45 degree
rewatching this because a mango pit I put in the worm bin sprouted. :D after a couple of years of trying!
Love your guide, we grow most of ours in pure sand and use a hydroponics mix to fertilize the plants
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We do grow a large variety of mango trees in Florida both in the ground and containers. I - and with me probably most of the Rare Fruit council members - would disagree with some of the knowledge that is being shared here. There is plenty of literature out there on growing mango trees in containers and greenhouses from reputable sources. Probably not as entertaining but definitely worth a look. I still liked this video since it encourages people to experiment with more complex gardening in a creative way!
David V
Can I grow mangos in New York City, I’m looking for the best sweetest mango plants, can you help me out
Ahhhhhhhh, No! check out dr. Richard Campbell from Mango Men in Homestead FL. You dont want to over feed nitrogen to mangos. You will have a hard time ever getting it to fruit with so much nitrogen. Mango trees do much better with light green leaves due to a a lower amount of nitrogen. Love the channel and the rest of all your great info. P.S. i have 2 super productive mango trees that are 50 plus years old and they were never once fertilized.
You are correct Brad! This guy doesn’t seem to know much about mangos. I’m from the south as well and a lot of the stuff he mentioned made me roll my eyes and shake my head. He needs to research more before trying to teach about something he knows little about. This is how misinformation gets spread. Mangos are a great tree and if done right, can bring delicious fruit and happiness for many generations - they can live up to 300 years!
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But aren't you trying to promote foliar growth rather than fruiting in the early years of the plant's life? A lot of people cut off the mango panicles in the first year of flowering to encourage leaf and stem growth.
@@navidfarkhondehpay1142 watch this video, at around 12:15 mark Dr Cambell talks about fertilizers and nitrogen nitrogen
I think it depends on where you live and the soil that you have. Soil should be a little acidic around 6 to 6.5 PH. Las Vegas is a 7 PH.
I love the color of the leaves!
mango leaves can cure diabetis, google it?
Very well sequenced for my way of understanding. Good presentation, thank you.
GeeZ! You seriously have grown EVERYTHING! ....I’m clearly biting off more than I can chew in my studio apartment in California lol
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one of the best fruit ever
I 've had great results using Black Gold Cactus Mix mixed with coir and perlite and water pH adjusted to 6 with 1-2 ml Dyna-Gro per gallon, watering just a little from the bottom when the pot feels light. I use T5 bulbs - 3 5000K and 1 3500K. The 3500K probably isn't necessary. It's just for aesthetics to have less blue looking light in my living area..
I sprouted a mango seed here in Vermont. I have no hopes for it, but it's kinda fun to watch its root grow to the bottom of this water bottle I have it positioned on. I cut the top of a water bottle off, stuck toothpicks through the bottle near the top, and just have the seed resting on the toothpicks and the root grows down the water bottle.
I am growing Sour Sop "Guyabano" and Calamondin "Kalamansi" in the pots .
im also growing kalamansi in my pot, I'll be transplanting soon to a bigger pot
I have to transfer mine soon also.
I am also growing kalamansi. They are almost 1.5 years old... one of them are dark green and bushy the other is tall and light green... I added Epsom salt a couple weeks ago hoping it would darken up. I also need to transplant them soon.
Did you get fruit from the sour sop?
Pinay in PA, where did you get your guyabano seed? I would like to try growing that and Mangosteen!
Food for thought for nitrogen and for sake of tropical soil modification... spent and partially composted coffee grinds. You may need to watch your calcium levels depending on the water you use to water the plants, but overall they work great. Just dump them on the pot and away from the plant stem then water over them for sake of a time release effect.(then again i'm a heavy coffee drinker...)
i love mangoes i didnt think you could grow them in containers whoo hoo
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Love your work but I’d like to point out one thing.. mangoes actually thrive on a little bit of neglect so fertiliser is really only necessary once a year! Otherwise you’ll just get lots of growth but no fruit
I read that a few times: mangoes don't like too much fertiliser
nor too much care
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I’m in 9a and mine do fine🤙- Of course I’m in Florida so yeah
Arthur Brown The UNCANNY KODIAK l live in Ocala Florida and I just got a mango tree hopefully mine does as good as yours.
Do you grow it in a pot or land?
Luke appear to be very excited talking about mangos.
Thank you. You're expert. I am currently on going planting alot of mango and i love this tree...
My old mango doing fine with humidity climate. But now i am growing in a hot, dry, clay, full of stones and temperature can reach above 47c(very challinging). The stones make things more worse bcs of heat transfer on them per area..
Mango need more nitrogen & little sandy for water to reach the roots. thank u for info. & Godbless you.
Your tree is big enough for grafting take one brunch from mango tree that produced before and do the grafting with it note no matter which type of seed you planted you'll get local mango type it you didn't do the grafting with the type that you want also there's benefit of grafting your tree will produced fruits in one year only sometimes untill three after permanent cultivators in the ground
instead of six years
+ mango tree roots can go untill 5 feet in the ground so you need a big barrel
If you graft it, you will probably also get a much better fruit. If you grow mangoes from seed, they can be extremely stringy with a bad flavor that reminds you of turpentine.
Thank you so much for showing us how to grow mango tree .
Ha! What a perfect video to watch right now. I just got done ordering a mango pineapple flavored BCAA mix. Don't know how they'd do down here but we've got the heat part covered.
You are such a great young man, very thankfull you and you family share your videos, thank you
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Can you use the aquarium water for the mango tree?
i'm growing a mango tree in zone 4b so great info its very appreciated
I have a couple of potted mango trees in a plywood heat box with 75 watt light bulb on 24/7. Both mangoes are in just soil, no sand. Mulch on top to hold moisture. There is a lot of moisture in soil. So much that there is green alga-like stuff growing in dirt. The pot is clear so you can see this. My mango trees have been growing non stop for 4 months now. The only difference between my two mango trees is that one soil was mixed with 50% raw rabbit manure and not the other. The tree with rabbit manure is putting on its fourth tier of leaves while the other is still at its 3rd.
Wow, Michigan? More power to you. Central Florida works great, and we're sub tropical, not super, super tropical, I Love your love for cool plants! Keep growing, brother.
I very highly recommended growing grafted mango trees for fruit
People who do this might be even happier by growing several types of Mangoes in containers. It actually works out better than just one big bushy potted tree. I mean you could fit 10 in the average spare room in winter and in summer- fall you can pick a few off this type and a few off that type...like that. In marginal California same thing only cover outside if freezing temps move in..but just think how many you could keep even in a small backyard. Better climates beg to be planted..but that's another topic.
I always overpot the mangoes to get good growth they give you a five foot stick plant I air layer top and two and a half foot tree will bush out and I shape it the larger pot causes rapid growth even in Pickering third year fruits fourth year for the top that I air layered
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Wow, that so cool. I love mango 🥭🥭
Thanks, Luke, for those great tips. Great video!
I should have watched this before my 4 year mango died. I read from somewhere that mangoes dont like fertilizer and havent fed it. Its leaves kept getting smaller and new growth died . I have a new mango now and its loving the compost and fish fertlizer
Love your enthusiasm. Thanks for the video Luke. Would love to see a video on pruning/training and possibly espalier for smaller gardens. Cheers
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You need to come to Florida. Along the coast on both sides of the state in zone 9, mangos grow like crazy. If you go inland, they can freeze out, but on the coast, they grow just fine.
Great video! Very helpful tips! Thanks!
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona. Zone 9-10. In my garden, I have in-ground mangoes, papayas, bananas, guavas and other tropical fruiting trees. . They are all in full sun with afternoon shade. Yes, tropical fruit trees will grow in Phoenix, Arizona Zone 9&10.
Here in zone 3, we're likely not going to try mangoes. lol I have to say though, the seeds my wife bought from you are doing fantastic!! Especially the peas. I gave you a shout out on my pea trellis video, but I was wrong about the peas I mentioned.. (yours were on the other side of the trellis from where I was pointing). I'll do a follow up and correct that. Your peas are outgrowing all of the other peas we have planted! hahahaha They. Are. Enormous! I can't wait to taste them. They are full of flowers as well as a lot of immature pods. The kale is doing good, but some are being attacked by cabbage moths, and the collards are doing great.
Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you. I also added a link to your channel in my description, so you may get some wood turners that are interested in gardening, following your channel. :)
Thanks for your inspiration! We really love watching your channel, and have learned a lot.
Cheers!
Has your mango produced fruit yet? I have one in Phoenix that gets cold protection and it just exploded with growth in it's second summer in the ground. They like to be foliar fed zinc and manganese.
Now Im more confident trying to grow them here in Virginia ! Thanks!
I successfully germinated a jackfruit and Spanish lime (mamocillo, or chinup) seedling.
Very informative video! It's nice to see a gardener growing something that is thriving out of its growing zone. I think I'll try this but with blueberry bushes. Luckily I could grow mango trees outdoors where I live.
I grow a couple of fruiting mangos in Phoenix.
Mike Ramos
Mango trees are really not "ultra" tropical, they are actually native to sub tropical zones. cold snaps in the 40's on occasion wont really hurt them.
as for nitrogen, a slow release balanced, 6-6-6 or 15-15-15 is ok in infancy stage. but many mango growers in the south ( in ground trees ) even stop adding nitrogen all together once trees are adult size. nitrogen stimulate leaf growth, and not flowering. the little nitrogen from mulch is all that is needed once tree is adult. but adding some in very poor soils is ok, timing is key.
I totally agree with the water/drainage recommendations. very well drained, do not over water ( biggest mistake people make specially in potted plants ) think about the native enviroment where these trees come from, about 7 months of very low rain fall, then after harvest , it rains for like 2-3 months ( monsoon ).
agriperma Great insight. Thanks mate.
Mature mangos survive down to 28°F for several hours.
They'll make it better above mid 30's if they must deal with cold weather - - just don't let it get too wet in the cold!!
Create the microclimate for it and you might be having the only home-grown mango-selling stand in all of Michigan!! 🤣
I love your instructional videos Luke! Thank you!!!
Very nice good great job
Imran arain from Pakistan
I think it depends on what kind of mango it is because when i went to mexico. In the part of mexico i went to is very hot and i saw lots of big trees of mangos and they do well in the heat.
Just wow
Hey Lucas, I received your Trifecta + Fertilizer today and would like to say thank you for the quick shipping.
Was just watching John at Grow Your Greens..he was talking about the worm castings..I thought worm casting were simpy worm castings..so are there different types of castings? he didnt get into it so now I need to know. what are the differences, should I use more than one brand?
Learning..always learning
Thanks Luke..
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Build your own greenhouse and do a video over it - it will probably fruit in an insulated greenhouse - it's notoriously one of the most difficult plants to grow in the world. If you could keep it in one place it will prevent plant stress and promote fruiting.
im growing dwarf red mango in zone 7 doing LED for winter fall and roof patio for summer
Incredibly awesome video!
Hi luck ,you did a video on mango 2yrs ago ,now did it go now ,do you have any fruit yet with your ZONE THANK YOU.A BIG TROPICAL FAN.
Thanks for the advice! I am new to growing mango (haven't killed it yet, but it only arrived yesterday). It sounds to me as if you more or less treat a mango as a citrus plant. I live in a cold, predominantly wet part of the UK, so my take is that the mango (Alphonso) will stay indoors for all but the best of summer weather. However, am I better off only putting the mango out in the day and still bringing it back in at night? Sadly my house can be dark at times of the year, so being in isn't ideal, but needs must at this point. I would like to put the tree outside in good weather (end June - mid August), but am feeling that the overnight cold would be too much of a difference in relation to daytime heat. In addition, another channel recommends more or less cutting the mango down to half its size before the trunk thickens, thus promoting 3 branches of growth in place of the main stem. The following year, he advises the same to each individual branch - again with the same result. The tree takes on a pyramidal form with lots of flowers after a few years. It seems a good idea, but not living in the ideal part of the world for a mango I would be cautious. Have you or anyone else tried this technique - I would be interested to hear results. Thank you, Vox.
Greetings from Thailand, Luke & Sindy! Will hopefully have some results soon on how the Orange Rousollini is going to do here in Northern Thailand! :)
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Thanks for the info 😊
I love your enthusiasm!
I have three baby mango plants at DFW, let's see how it goes.
Awesomeness 🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯!!!
What about keeping it inside all year with grow lights?
I have seven seeds I've collected from mango's I've eaten this summer and they've gone from germination to soil. My largest is about a foot tall. Not sure what I'm going to do but I'm planning to get a decent grow lamp for this winter but currently they share a south sun view.
Did it survive, J Dixon?
@@wmluna381 I get all my seeds to germinate and the plants grow to about 16" and typically I bring them in as cold weather starts to set in and that's when I loose them. I tend to have bugs in the soil no matter what soil I use. I end up ditching the plants as not to invest the other plants in my home. I'll probably start some more in February and hopefully have a faster start and longer growing season.
I go from nursery pot to 20 gallon Pickering and other dwarfed mangoes grow to pot . Best to get fruit second year
I guess I'm in 8a in eastern NC and I've grown 5 mango trees 2 died but the 3 have done great. And we also have 8 banana trees! Last year we were able to harvest a small amount of bananas on our 10ft tall tree
Awesome, mangoes are my favorite fruit :-)
tankyou i love mangoes
could you plz grow more things from seeds I find it more fun and its the only way that I can
You can grow mango trees from seed. You have to get the small yellow mangoes though. Those big red/green mango seeds do not grow true to type. The small yellow mangoes produce a "poly-embryotic" seed that typically germinates into two or three trees. One embryo is not true to type, while the rest are exact clones of the tree that produced the fruit. Supposedly, the largest embryo is the non-true to type embryo, so if you snip off that first seedling tree that comes up, you might be able to get a good tasting mango tree.
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For faster growth and better production, full sun and cutting down water during flowering and watering more frequently after fruit set are ideal tips used in mango growing regions (South Florida)
thank you
Hi! Awesome video! thank you! I have two questions. The planting guide mentioned putting a fish on the pot, so I did. I planted my mango with a 2 pound tilapia. Should I add more fertilizer? Also, how do I make my soil more acidic? should I add some lime fertilizer?
Thank you!
I grow mangoes in.... Canada
same Calgary Zone 4a
Same but i started from seed a few weeks ago and it started growing. Quebec zone 3b
Devanie Dézémé . . . .you grow mango in Canada ? Really, how's the fruit ?
its good just have to bring in over the winter and take out when its nice again
A year ago, I started one by seed. It was a beautiful 1+ foot tall plant, but I 1) had it in too big of a pot, 2) it was screaming for nitrogen, but I didn't know it at the time, 3) it got over-watered at some point..., and I lost it. 😫😭😭 Now I know what to do--thanks!!! 🙂 I'm in western Wisconsin, zones 4/3 (depending upon the winter).
A mango tree likes to be root bound in a pot but is it different when they are planted in the ground? Because when they are growing in the ground they are not really too root bound and they still grow big and do very well like most trees
Hey MI good video can you make a followup video with the progress of the mango tree and if it produced any mangos thanks
Glenn is one of the best variety to grow in zone 7 because it fruits much earlier than the others like Keitt, Kent, even Tommy Atkins.. and it is compact, does not make such long flushes like lot of other varieties. Did you have some fruit?
I'm living in Louisiana between the zones of 8-9 and since last year I've been trying to grow a mango, tried growing autaflo mangos at first then tried growing a tommy Atkins mango, they grew but then died, but what killed them was the heat of the brutal summer last year, so this year of 2024 early spring i planted three atuaflo mangos and only one of them grew so well and is still growing well, have it in a 5 gallon bucket when it out grew it's smaller container best thing ever to grow and atuaflo mango and I know im misspelling the name of the mango, but oh well
So... How long before it gives fruit?
Excellent video Luke! :)