Dad and I planted a mango tree today.
It’s not very big, maybe 2 feet tall, but hopefully, it will do well. We put it by the gate in front of the kennel building. If it grows, it will provide some much needed shade from the morning sun.
It’s near the compost bin so it should be well fed once it puts out roots that can reach that stuff.
Dad bought it from a guy who enjoys starting odd plants from seed, so who knows what variety it may be. I’ve read that they rarely come true to type from seed. All this man knew was that it was a “large fruit”. I guess we just have to wait and see now.
Hi! How did the mango tree fair with the freeze? Sorry I have not heard from you in a while and my e-mail lost all contacts!!
I have a web site now http://www.deanasgarden.com. Hope this finds you well!
Deana (deanabess@comcast.net)
A mango grown from seed may take up to 10 years to bear, or never bear at all. All mangos grown from seed have very small fruit, but usually very tasty. Remember that mango trees are very cold sensitive, and can be killed easily by just such a cold snap as the one we just had. They need to be protected for the first five years, and even that doesn’t guarantee they will survive. But at the very least, they are very pretty shade trees.
Hi, Deana. Now I know why I stopped getting your newsletter updates! The mango tree isn’t looking so great. I totally forgot about it when we got hit with that freeze or I would have at least covered it. The stem is still flexible rather than brittle as it would be if it were dead, so I have some hope for it. That little thing is only about two feet tall, so it’s going to be forever before it amounts to anything.
I added my email address on my “About Me” page, but for the record, here it is again: info@ednakelly.com
Thank you for that information. I’ve never tried to grow a mango, started from seed or otherwise, so all I know about them is that every year my Dad gets very frustrated because a frost (or worse) always seems to hit his Port Charlotte home just when the mango is blooming. The tree survives but he only gets fruit every few years.