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I have not heard of many area on the west side if this island that are too wet for mangos, as most varieties do very well at lower elevations on the west side (if powdery mildew is controlled)...
The WET side (or east) of this island is where most mango varieties have problems with anthracnose fungal attacks, and it is best to choose only anthracnose resistant plants.
Those mango varieties that have resistance to this common plant fungal disease, that attacks mango flowers, have higher fruit sets.
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Has anyone sprayed calcium nitrate or potassium nitrates on their trees to force flowering? Is this toxic? What was your result? thanks
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Julie,
If the tree is coming back from near dead you may want to focus on general health and not push it into flowering before it is ready, otherwise you could stress it out and set it back. If the tree was kept by the former owners of your house long enough to get that sized trunk it must have had value to them, so instead of messing with it I would just leave it be and try to be patient. Think of it as the mango version of waiting for your Christmas present!
Carol
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500 feet and below in elevation is best for mango of un known variety.
The newer Frankenstein grafted ones can be for higher elevations .
As a general rules of thumb,like many wild fruiting tree's even from the cane haul days is every other year for production of fruit.
Same with Lychee,they need a year to rest after birthing.
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My neighbor has many mangos on their tree, so I know this is possible up here. If I take a mango off of their tree and sprout it- will the tree that grows produce in my yard? The leaves on that tree are darker green, than my mango that I already have, but I also have a baby mango growing, that may have come from a pit that someone threw out in the yard.
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aloha ukj,
good idea to do what you were thinking but with a twist,
you could try to:
(1) sprout one of their mangoes - (let it grow and harden off for a while before attempting this method)
(2) make a 'v' shaped slit (cut) into the stem of the mango (this is to try to graft on a 'scion')
(3) the 'scion' you take from the same tree that the mango you sprouted came from and you cut a small tip off one of the branches - then cut the bottom into a 'v' shape also
(4) insert this 'scion' into the original slit or cut you made and you should have fruit relatively soon.
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Oh, fabulous idea! Thanks. Will try this.
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It appears I have a one sprig - that has maybe 6 baby mangos starting to grow. I did not see any flowers, but I guess I missed it. This is great news! All I did was throw handfuls of miracle grow at the base of it a couple months ago.
