I always find myself watching African farming vidoes. Theyre plain and simple to watch. No rambling on about how good am I, like you get in American or British vids. Great work guys.
I like mangoes I’m not from Ghana I’m not a farmer I don’t own a land But since TH-cam recommended this video, I will prune my mango trees, if I become a mango farmer. Thank you TH-cam
Tynsi fi newyork bhai please help me donetion for treatment my child Allah bht de ap ko mere hushband nhi Hain mere chote chote Bache Hain mere halat baht karab hain please help me donetion bhai jazakAllah
@@Mr.DMZ. no you didn't... but the fact of your comments was extremely stupid... how could you think or say such stupid ness... (not to think other parts of the continent of Africa. Not speaking English).. other than south Africa. Your either ignorant. Or just plain and simple stupid... because you cannot be that naive!
@@petersugar2185 HAHAHAHAHAHA you are a fool! Get off your high horse and stick your nose in the dirt for a little bit and maybe some sense and rationality will come to your little short-tempered brain. No one thinks or cares about Africa in Japan as we only care about developed and neighboring countries.
An eye opener. Tho I prune my trees n remove dead fruit branches I now understand the importance of such practice. Am wiser n more knowledgeable watching this video. Respects n tnx frm Nigeria.
Glad I found this. My mango tree is giant & dense. People say "DON'T PRUNE IT, THE TREE WON'T GIVE GOOD FRUIT." Unfortunately I didn't know what to do. Now I can see that I should prune it to make it healty, control its size, help with airflow & get quality fruit. Thank you for this video, I learned alot😃
I love the way he says "efficient". Great video, i recently planted 10 mango trees from seed and they are the right height for harvesting and i always used to see large mango tree fruit drop and rott to the ground because they are too high to harvest. I'm gnna prune my trees now, but i'll stick to organic methods for the pest and fungal control, thank u for uploading!
Absolutely fantastic & educational video. Thank you Mr Komayire for your invaluable insight. Tomorrow, the 1st thing I will do is re-evaluate the tree structure of my three mango trees in my backyard and apply the small intensive tree management system, except for the spraying. No chemical spray will touch any of my fruit trees.
Thanks for this video. Very informative as a future reference. IN JAMAICA whenever a mango tree is worm infested We burn dried grass to create smoke under the tree and this helps to get rid of the flies and worms , of course this is mainly for domestic use .
I just bought my first mango fruit from the supermarket. Then looked a video how to determine whether it's ripe enough and how to storage it, followed by a video about slicing a mango fruit, then a video about planting and growing a mango tree and now (as a mango professional) I'm watching a video about increasing the productivity and quality of a mango tree. ROFL
rbaleksandar 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I just bought my first mango tree a week ago, and it was only about 50 cm tall...but I already watch a lot of video about how to growing it the best, fertilizing, harvesting, and making them into pickles and sweetmeats etc. I haven't even get my lazy dreamer bum to put the tree out of its plastic container and plant it on the ground yet! 😂😂😂 All hail to experts graduated from TH-cam! 😂😂😂
Dont ripe fruit in refregerator.. Just keep it in 36degree in dry place.. Just 24-36hours it will be ripe and put it back if it ripe put it back in refregerator to preserve
Omg your video is so useful! We have problems with our mango tree because is too high and big and we have a really small backyard! I will start pruning it for good!
This is so true. I have several fruit trees in my garden, which I keep at a manageable height. Light and airflow are the key to keeping them disease free and healthy. The fruits are a lot easier to harvest that way and get much bigger too. Works great with my plum, peach and Apricots and even an apple, I treat that way with great results. Great video and very informative, even though I live in Europe. Love Africa!
In addition to learning about the best way to care for my mango tree in Florida, I thoroughly enjoyed the feel of this beautiful and well crafted video. Thank you.
This is far and away the most interesting and most useful video I have seen to date. I have a small home orchard that includes four mango trees. I am building this orchard using these techniques of high density planting and canopy management. Thank you so much for creating such an informative and helpful video.
Mr. Komayire for the win! Goes to show that bigger is not always better👍💡 This video was very informative, clear, and analytical. Excellent! This world needs more videos of this caliber💯
Wonderful information, and willing to share it with the world. Hats off to you gentlemen. More production , better fruut, less chemical waste,way less chemical to begin with.....Thankyou!
Great video. yeah quality control is the most important thing. This is a no-brainer. well pruned small trees of the absolute BEST cultivars pruned to minimize or exterminate anthracnose. NO systemic fungicides; all organic best tasting mangoes!
I noticed that in the fields with the pruned trees the ground is uncovered. I kindly recommend that you cover the ground, just like your unpruned tree area. The cover will protect the earth from drying out and many other things.. The leaves on the ground will decompose and nourish the soil.
Mulch all your cuttings if you can, it is the best way!! Bare soil is not healthy. Sooo nice to walk on the mulch too. Its like a forest floor and we aim to increase as much biodegradable material as possible. Compost area now built too. It's just feels so natural to do it.
The green leaves are on top of the soil not in the soil the green leaves are not in the soil where the roots of the trees are the green leaves are not affecting the tree the green leaves will die off turn brown decompose before they ever reach the soil below the top surface much less of soil near the roots nature is perfect just look at the woods it does just fine it applies everything in layers which decomposed before they reach the under soil and The Roots although I would not recommend piling up high a bunch of freshly green cut foliage or grass right up next to a tree or plant this could cause excessive heat during the composting stage but spread thin enough this will not happen but as far as brown leaves I've had much success deck in them several inches higher higher right up to the Tree or plants in fact that's how I plant vegetables on bare dirt if it is exposed and not covered with wood chips but I will rake the bare dirt spread my seeds and then lightly cover completely with brown leaves seems to work pretty good how's the moisture in and keeps the ground a little cooler and the seedlings pop right up through it
Very very very very very well done....... Simple, yet immensely valuable in terms of the information conveyed..... Thanks and hats off to all the guys involved in producing these videos... Special thanks to Agriculture department of Ghana..... Keep it up...
What an informative video. The video explains the benefits of pruning very well. I would never have imagined that pruned trees would outperform unpruned trees to the degree that they do. I cannot imagine NOT pruning the trees after watching this video. One question does come to mind. Could a person convert his unpruned tree farm to a pruned tree farm while still using his current trees?
Nice video and nice concept. Here in the Philippines I'm sure Cashew growers could learn a lot from pruning their trees. One idea for Mr Kwaw - if he's still in business - would be to consider chopping down 10% of his trees each year for the next 10 years and replace with smaller pruned trees. The trunks, branches and leaves could be buried in a Hugelkulture style to add more nutrients to his soil and the money he will save on water will probably make up for the shortfall of the first couple of years!
Howdy! I simply want to give an enormous thumbs up for the nice video you have got here on this post. I will probably be coming again to your vid for more soon.
I live in a condo en Chile. But I will recommend this to my cousin in india. I will also recommend him to look for adoptive parents for his trees, he donates the proceeds to CareHomes. Tks
What are you going to do with all the open land between the small trees? When you already have a high canopy wouldn't it be more suitable to establish an agroforestry system (putting Avocado or others underneath, creating more harvestable products)? I realy like the idea of reducing the pesticides a lot! Thanks for your effort!!
Thank you for the video. The content is very insightful and I recommend that many farmers adopt the pruning process as it is proven to be highly effective in terms of yield, profit, and market stability just to mention the few.
still it is important to note that pruning or tipping is very labor intensive. I like the idea for tipping/pruning for back yards as you only have a small number of tree to work.
I have two trees in south Florida. A large one 10+ meters and a small one 4 meters. The large is a Valencia pride, the small is unknown as this is the first year from seed to fruit. I am trying to graft multiple varieties on the small tree. Up to six different types. This would be ideal for a homeowner who wants a long lasting fruit season with different fruits without multiple trees. I see this as a way to go forward for back yard mangoes.
i have planted about 10 seeds and having month old small trees, when can one apply protection to tree/leave as some are already having half eaten leaves?
Awesome Thanks for the Great Advice Its Great Information, much Love and I Pray the Best for You all @ J.F.P films, Keep up the Excellent Work fellas! :')
Things like this happen when the "experts" go by what has "always" been done. I am going to start pruning my fruit trees as soon as the snow melts where I live (Minnesota, US), right now it is about 5 feet high in some areas. What they are saying make a lot of sense!
Mangoes are very common plants in India. There are lot of mangoes varity like Alfanso Dashahri Badam Langda Totapari Neelam Begampalli etc. Welcome to India and visit mangoes plantation even most of house holder grow mango tree in own home. Love from India.
U must mulch the ground with your leaves. If mangos hate nitrogen that much leave 5 meter diamater without leaves but ALWAYS cover open ground. Not optimal to burn leaves. Stleast compost leaves with other garden scrap and so u build compost u can apply on field and so build your soil throughout the years. And so fight erotion and anable your acres to be farmed for centuries. Nitrogen from compost wont overfeed the trees, the tree will only absorb the nitrogen it need ithink. Nice video!
Nice videos jfp film, very informative. I have a question, we live in South Florida and we purchased a potted Keitt mango tree that was about 3 feet tall and it was left unattended in the pot for about 8 months and it grew real tall, approx. 7 feet, it has no low branches, only a single long stem and only few branches on the very top; because we have a small area assigned for this tree we wouldn’t want to have a tall large tree; how can I prune it to get lower branches and keep it small? May I do a drastic cut of the stem at 3 feet or so and still get it to branch out or am I going to destroy it? Thank you in advance.
OK you had me until you talked about fruits per tree, I have a 30' tree with a 50' spread, I keep the center open and spray with saltpeter every other year and I get 2000+ high quality mangoes twice a year off one tree.
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I always find myself watching African farming vidoes. Theyre plain and simple to watch. No rambling on about how good am I, like you get in American or British vids.
Great work guys.
I like mangoes
I’m not from Ghana
I’m not a farmer
I don’t own a land
But since TH-cam recommended this video, I will prune my mango trees, if I become a mango farmer.
Thank you TH-cam
i feel you brotha
Tynsi fi newyork bhai please help me donetion for treatment my child Allah bht de ap ko mere hushband nhi Hain mere chote chote Bache Hain mere halat baht karab hain please help me donetion bhai jazakAllah
I learned 3 things:
1) Pruning my mango tree is very important if I want nice mangos
2) Bigger isn't alway better
3) People in Ghana speak english
@A BcdIt's not common sense dude. I thought only South Africans spoke English on the whole continent.
@@Mr.DMZ. then you don't have any sense
@@petersugar2185 why the insults? I never said anything bad to you
@@Mr.DMZ. no you didn't... but the fact of your comments was extremely stupid... how could you think or say such stupid ness... (not to think other parts of the continent of Africa. Not speaking English).. other than south Africa. Your either ignorant. Or just plain and simple stupid... because you cannot be that naive!
@@petersugar2185 HAHAHAHAHAHA you are a fool! Get off your high horse and stick your nose in the dirt for a little bit and maybe some sense and rationality will come to your little short-tempered brain. No one thinks or cares about Africa in Japan as we only care about developed and neighboring countries.
An eye opener. Tho I prune my trees n remove dead fruit branches I now understand the importance of such practice. Am wiser n more knowledgeable watching this video. Respects n tnx frm Nigeria.
This is the best video on pruning mango I have found so far
Glad I found this. My mango tree is giant & dense. People say "DON'T PRUNE IT, THE TREE WON'T GIVE GOOD FRUIT." Unfortunately I didn't know what to do. Now I can see that I should prune it to make it healty, control its size, help with airflow & get quality fruit. Thank you for this video, I learned alot😃
I love the way he says "efficient". Great video, i recently planted 10 mango trees from seed and they are the right height for harvesting and i always used to see large mango tree fruit drop and rott to the ground because they are too high to harvest. I'm gnna prune my trees now, but i'll stick to organic methods for the pest and fungal control, thank u for uploading!
" Bagging " the fruits is possible on a small scale or even on a large scale to protect them from insect damage . But what about fungal control ?
This is extremely helpful, thank you!
Absolutely fantastic & educational video. Thank you Mr Komayire for your invaluable insight. Tomorrow, the 1st thing I will do is re-evaluate the tree structure of my three mango trees in my backyard and apply the small intensive tree management system, except for the spraying. No chemical spray will touch any of my fruit trees.
Thanks for this video. Very informative as a future reference. IN JAMAICA whenever a mango tree is worm infested We burn dried grass to create smoke under the tree and this helps to get rid of the flies and worms , of course this is mainly for domestic use .
I just bought my first mango fruit from the supermarket. Then looked a video how to determine whether it's ripe enough and how to storage it, followed by a video about slicing a mango fruit, then a video about planting and growing a mango tree and now (as a mango professional) I'm watching a video about increasing the productivity and quality of a mango tree. ROFL
Haha that's awesome
rbaleksandar
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I just bought my first mango tree a week ago, and it was only about 50 cm tall...but I already watch a lot of video about how to growing it the best, fertilizing, harvesting, and making them into pickles and sweetmeats etc. I haven't even get my lazy dreamer bum to put the tree out of its plastic container and plant it on the ground yet! 😂😂😂
All hail to experts graduated from TH-cam! 😂😂😂
Dont ripe fruit in refregerator.. Just keep it in 36degree in dry place.. Just 24-36hours it will be ripe and put it back if it ripe put it back in refregerator to preserve
yt
Lol.
Hey, you are a big thinker, that’s why. Possibilities!
I’m the exact same way. You like to learn and you think BIG! Not everyone is this way.
Omg your video is so useful! We have problems with our mango tree because is too high and big and we have a really small backyard! I will start pruning it for good!
This is so true. I have several fruit trees in my garden, which I keep at a manageable height. Light and airflow are the key to keeping them disease free and healthy. The fruits are a lot easier to harvest that way and get much bigger too. Works great with my plum, peach and Apricots and even an apple, I treat that way with great results. Great video and very informative, even though I live in Europe. Love Africa!
In addition to learning about the best way to care for my mango tree in Florida, I thoroughly enjoyed the feel of this beautiful and well crafted video. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing Empirical evidence in mango farming. Yield per Acre over time 15:30-15:37/16:40.
I appreciate your time.
This is far and away the most interesting and most useful video I have seen to date. I have a small home orchard that includes four mango trees. I am building this orchard using these techniques of high density planting and canopy management. Thank you so much for creating such an informative and helpful video.
Mr. Komayire for the win! Goes to show that bigger is not always better👍💡
This video was very informative, clear, and analytical. Excellent! This world needs more videos of this caliber💯
Wonderful information, and willing to share it with the world. Hats off to you gentlemen. More production , better fruut, less chemical waste,way less chemical to begin with.....Thankyou!
Great video. yeah quality control is the most important thing. This is a no-brainer. well pruned small trees of the absolute BEST cultivars pruned to minimize or exterminate anthracnose. NO systemic fungicides; all organic best tasting mangoes!
I noticed that in the fields with the pruned trees the ground is uncovered. I kindly recommend that you cover the ground, just like your unpruned tree area. The cover will protect the earth from drying out and many other things.. The leaves on the ground will decompose and nourish the soil.
LoriLori Hallelujah the decomposing leaves pass on the nitrogen back into the pkant and it wont be able to produce fruits
Mulch all your cuttings if you can, it is the best way!! Bare soil is not healthy. Sooo nice to walk on the mulch too. Its like a forest floor and we aim to increase as much biodegradable material as possible. Compost area now built too. It's just feels so natural to do it.
Mangoes do not like nitrogen, do not like organic compost. they like nothing.
The green leaves are on top of the soil not in the soil the green leaves are not in the soil where the roots of the trees are the green leaves are not affecting the tree the green leaves will die off turn brown decompose before they ever reach the soil below the top surface much less of soil near the roots nature is perfect just look at the woods it does just fine it applies everything in layers which decomposed before they reach the under soil and The Roots although I would not recommend piling up high a bunch of freshly green cut foliage or grass right up next to a tree or plant this could cause excessive heat during the composting stage but spread thin enough this will not happen but as far as brown leaves I've had much success deck in them several inches higher higher right up to the Tree or plants in fact that's how I plant vegetables on bare dirt if it is exposed and not covered with wood chips but I will rake the bare dirt spread my seeds and then lightly cover completely with brown leaves seems to work pretty good how's the moisture in and keeps the ground a little cooler and the seedlings pop right up through it
@@twaibukalungi602 hmmm...very interesting point you making there. Hope you are not joking cos some of us value this kind of information
One of the best videos on this subject.
Thanks for the effort & time and publishing this.
What a great management of mango farm, very rich knowledge, small is beautiful and fruitful,
Very very very very very well done....... Simple, yet immensely valuable in terms of the information conveyed..... Thanks and hats off to all the guys involved in producing these videos... Special thanks to Agriculture department of Ghana..... Keep it up...
Great knowledge! Thank you for sharing. Blessings to you. ❤️
Thank you for this video, really informative. I can't wait to grow my mango tree
Great lesson...
For a backyard grower really helpful ideas easy to understand and thanks for actually explaining why this is the best pruning method
What an informative video. The video explains the benefits of pruning very well. I would never have imagined that pruned trees would outperform unpruned trees to the degree that they do. I cannot imagine NOT pruning the trees after watching this video.
One question does come to mind. Could a person convert his unpruned tree farm to a pruned tree farm while still using his current trees?
This was very informative and well made! Thank you for your time
Nice video and nice concept. Here in the Philippines I'm sure Cashew growers could learn a lot from pruning their trees.
One idea for Mr Kwaw - if he's still in business - would be to consider chopping down 10% of his trees each year for the next 10 years and replace with smaller pruned trees. The trunks, branches and leaves could be buried in a Hugelkulture style to add more nutrients to his soil and the money he will save on water will probably make up for the shortfall of the first couple of years!
Thank you for an excellent and very informative video. Wonderful mangoes!
Excellent and informative video. Thank you.
you are good,this video is quite educative.teach us more.thanx and god bless you
very good video, i learned a lot, thank you.
Howdy! I simply want to give an enormous thumbs up for the nice video you have got here on this post. I will probably be coming again to your
vid for more soon.
why am i watching this? I live in a condo in Canada.
I live in a condo en Chile.
But I will recommend this to my cousin in india. I will also recommend him to look for adoptive parents for his trees, he donates the proceeds to CareHomes. Tks
Global warming can turn you into a mango farmer in future.. !
Perhaps a dwarf mango variety in a pot? Very rewarding.
lol u not the only one
I love in a house in the UK with 2 little seedlings 😂
nice information, i will try start pruning my mango tree also
Good. I'm going to apply those principles to my vegetable garden. Tomatoes and stuff
Can i grow a Mango tree with Mango seed?? Hope to hear back from you. Love this video!
@@terrell1201at yeah
Loved this video. Thanks!
We need more of this, I'm thinking of making a documentary series about Africa
congratulations on a simple and effective study. Best wishes to your farming industry. I take my hat to you. Best fishes
This is a blessing guys. Thank you for your work
What are you going to do with all the open land between the small trees? When you already have a high canopy wouldn't it be more suitable to establish an agroforestry system (putting Avocado or others underneath, creating more harvestable products)? I realy like the idea of reducing the pesticides a lot! Thanks for your effort!!
17leprichaun good point
Very educative information. Good job farmers! I respect and acknowledge your efforts! May God grants you more knowledge in your research.
Nice informative practical pruning mango trees
This was very informative! Thank you!
The best yet...explained well...dont go anywhere, watch this.
Thank you for the video. The content is very insightful and I recommend that many farmers adopt the pruning process as it is proven to be highly effective in terms of yield, profit, and market stability just to mention the few.
I learned too! Thanks for sharing, here in Mexico canopy trees are common
My favourite fruit!! I could build a tent in that mango orchard.
Thanks for such information.. really something worth watching... Love from India..
This video is Very Very Useful for mango producers. Thanks ....
👌👍😍
so useful..keep up the good work
Thank you very much for the video , I have learned a lot by watching, you have a new subscriber ,
Thanks Brother 😊
My advice if you have an unpruned tree is to harvest with a long rod with a blade and net at the end so the fruit does not fall on the ground.
Very informative. Thank you.
Amazing video. Clear explanation and helpful
Love from Victoria Australia.
still it is important to note that pruning or tipping is very labor intensive. I like the idea for tipping/pruning for back yards as you only have a small number of tree to work.
One can also cover the small tree with a net against bugs.
Mango Ice Cream or Sorbet are tasty !
Nagpapasalamat ako s video Na ito dito kulng nalaman Na kailangan din pala ipurning ang manga.
Shot out po.
Excellent video. Fantastic analyses. Practical tips
I have two trees in south Florida. A large one 10+ meters and a small one 4 meters. The large is a Valencia pride, the small is unknown as this is the first year from seed to fruit. I am trying to graft multiple varieties on the small tree. Up to six different types. This would be ideal for a homeowner who wants a long lasting fruit season with different fruits without multiple trees. I see this as a way to go forward for back yard mangoes.
Those are huge mangoes... I've seen avocadoes those sizes but not mangoes... Looks very juicy and delicious, yum!!!
i have planted about 10 seeds and having month old small trees, when can one apply protection to tree/leave as some are already having half eaten leaves?
Awesome Thanks for the Great Advice Its Great Information, much Love and I Pray the Best for You all @ J.F.P films, Keep up the Excellent Work fellas! :')
Very educative .i am a farmer from india. Thank you .
6 year old video, yet the information supplied is highly valuable for pruning groves in 2021
very informative. thanks!
Beautiful video. I learnt a lot
Very useful video. I learned something new today. Thank you.
there should be companion plants for these mango trees. the ground is bare and full of exposed open spaces
They are called cover crops. They help in water retention, improve soil micro organism and put more nitrogen in the soil
Amazing information me.Thanks for sharing .
Things like this happen when the "experts" go by what has "always" been done. I am going to start pruning my fruit trees as soon as the snow melts where I live (Minnesota, US), right now it is about 5 feet high in some areas. What they are saying make a lot of sense!
Excellent film!
Mangoes are very common plants in India. There are lot of mangoes varity like Alfanso Dashahri Badam Langda Totapari Neelam Begampalli etc. Welcome to India and visit mangoes plantation even most of house holder grow mango tree in own home. Love from India.
U must mulch the ground with your leaves. If mangos hate nitrogen that much leave 5 meter diamater without leaves but ALWAYS cover open ground. Not optimal to burn leaves. Stleast compost leaves with other garden scrap and so u build compost u can apply on field and so build your soil throughout the years. And so fight erotion and anable your acres to be farmed for centuries. Nitrogen from compost wont overfeed the trees, the tree will only absorb the nitrogen it need ithink. Nice video!
Nice videos jfp film, very informative.
I have a question, we live in South Florida and we purchased a potted Keitt mango tree that was about 3 feet tall and it was left unattended in the pot for about 8 months and it grew real tall, approx. 7 feet,
it has no low branches, only a single long stem and only few branches on the very top; because we have a small area assigned for this tree we wouldn’t want to have a tall large tree; how can I prune it to get lower branches and keep it small?
May I do a drastic cut of the stem at 3 feet or so and still get it to branch out or am I going to destroy it?
Thank you in advance.
thank you for the video, awesome. do these statistics that prune produce twice more hold for all types of mangoes or only a specific type?
thank you for the free knowledge
amazing video guys thank you so much
This is what youtube is for...... good information
Cool i love Planting 😁🇵🇭
thank you very much. i learned so much from this video.
Very informative. The best I can grow is parsley...but I will keep trying. Thankyou
beautiful trees gents! what pesticides are being used? blessings to you wonderful souls
Great Video
it is a great video about mango tree growing.
Can Mr. Komayire's trees, as tall and mature as they are now, be pruned back to a more manageable size?
Very informative. Thanks.
I have a 4Years and 7 months old mango tree in Luxemburg growing indoor when it's too cold outside
Very good information. Thank you.
Great video and informative... I bet this applies to cherry trees as well or any other fruit trees.
Iam from India, this vedio is very useful to our
Do you prune this way for citrus as well or does citrus have a different pruning requirement? Or you don't know?
Does Ghana have any indigenous plants/vegetables that could be exported that are not found elsewhere?
David Warrilow yeah
@@Rough_Coins WHAT IS IT?
Those MANGOES are much bigger than what we see in the market in the USA. Im going to grow my own mangos now.
Great info!
Excellent presentation!
A receptacle on the harvesting stick will catch the mango ensuring that the mango will not fall to the ground
Yes, we use something like that in America to pick our apples, peaches and pears.
OK you had me until you talked about fruits per tree, I have a 30' tree with a 50' spread, I keep the center open and spray with saltpeter every other year and I get 2000+ high quality mangoes twice a year off one tree.
Can you give more info about your process
Can you give your measurements in metres please so that the rest of us can understand the size to which you refer . . .