Dr Richard Campbell:growing mango trees: key west: Bahamas: rocky soils:flood prone:brackish water

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  • Dr Campbell discusses growing mangoes with no tap root due to rocky soils in homestead, Florida. Also the need for areas like key west and the Bahamas that are flood prone or near sea level to grow mango trees on mounds; preferably a pile of rocks for more permanence and less settling of soils like mounded fill.

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  • @thehuntfortruth
    @thehuntfortruth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This confirms my experience with growing in temperate climates. Mangos do best with high draining mineral based soil instead of organic material.

    • @UberGastronomer
      @UberGastronomer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree. Mangoes love plain mineral dirt. Whenever i put a mango in soil that is too rich in organic matter, it gets sickly and sometimes it will just get root rot and die for no reason. Yet i stick a mango in plain sand with almost no organic matter and it does great, takes off like a rocket. “Rich organic soil” is highly overrated.

    • @thehuntfortruth
      @thehuntfortruth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@UberGastronomer trees are adapted to grow in dirt not soil. Mango trees aren't anual vegetables like tomatoes or squash.

  • @subpilot1000
    @subpilot1000 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I figured out the same trick for my Cayman Islands mango trees going into "reclaimed" swamp land. I have 1'-2' of very rich loamy soil on top of solid (very few fissures and holes) limestone bedrock. I piled up a 3' mound of soil and rocks on top of that, ringed it in with the biggest boulders I could move by myself and then put more soil around that. Later, as the tree outgrew the ring I added more boulders on top of the soil above the root system. Topped it all with garden trimming mulch. The idea is better drainage without drying out, increased soil depth and for the roots to have anchors to grab ahold of to resist high winds in tropical storms and hurricanes in otherwise light, shallow soil that would not hold the roots down. I also prune hard whenever a storm is aimed at us after Hurricane Grace knocked down 3 of my trees in 2021. My heavy pruning worked for Hurricane Beryl last week and the timing is right for rapid regrowth in prep for next season!

  • @user-ky1yl8wj2f
    @user-ky1yl8wj2f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Do breadfruit and jackfruit also coconut palm like drainage like mango tree or all the above with tropical.

  • @EffectivePickyEatersSolutions
    @EffectivePickyEatersSolutions 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    did he say what he use to fill gaps between rocks? and i am wondering if he just place a pot with mango on top of the soil and surround by rocks? what are the dimensions of the mound ? you guys don't ask right questions there, lol. Bc you might have much better results with mango with planting like this!

    • @greatergood3706
      @greatergood3706 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Big mounds

    • @EffectivePickyEatersSolutions
      @EffectivePickyEatersSolutions หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@greatergood3706 does he water it? especially if it's just planted for example from 3 gal pot

    • @greatergood3706
      @greatergood3706 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EffectivePickyEatersSolutions plant it during the rainy season.