My Edibles: Mango Trees QLD

Mango - Bowen (Seedling)

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Another of my favourite fruits, that has true mango aroma and great flavour. The seeds of these grow true to parent. Have 2 growing, one of which is a red skinned variety. Lovely big trees eventually.

Height 35 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Nil needed yet.

Mango - Bowen (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - This tree is much too big for my garden, and needs constant cutting back.  May try to lop it or top work other varieties. Received it as a gift, rescued pot bound from a local nursery.  Have grafted two Nam Doc Mai to one limb with success.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2001

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 25% in

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: cue-lure amulet and organic bait spray

Mango - Glenn

Comments: - Set quite a few fruit this year, but they fell off during the dry spell in November. Putting on a lot of growth now that it's wet.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Mango - Kensington Pride grafted

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Great tree with great fruit.......full of flavour and no fibre at all.  I keep all my mango trees at about 3 metres tall (I have 4 all together, and cut back 1 each year).  This one is in amongst my vege garden, and has a compost bin sitting right underneath, so gets all the nutrients it needs from there.

Pollination: No

Mangosteen Purple (Seedling) ^5/10

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Yes i know this is brave of me in Brisbane but i'm stubborn and i just CRAVE the fruit, ever since i tried my first one, and unsuccessfully planting the seeds, i must have more! And we get such sad old hard fruits in the supermarket from Thailand, i will die happy if i can grow my own fresh ones.

Planted: 2011

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

optimistic of me i know but i trimmed the top two leaves to encourage branching and thought i would try a leaf cutting. It's still green after 3 weeks so you never know!

Make sure you keep it out of any and all sun. The sun is much more of a problem than the cold.

Mango - Alison Red Kensington Pride (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - This is one of Birdwood's limited release selections. It is a bowen mango on a dwarf mango tree with a beautiful red skinned fruit. Very very nice tree.

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Mango - Irwin ^7/10

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It had about 8 mangoes growing nicely until three weeks ago when they all fell off during very high winds.

Fruiting Months November and December

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: at planting

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

hasn't had anything after it yet.

Organic Status:Certified

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) (Grafted) ^8/10

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Update 09-Dec-2011: Got around 2-3 tiny fruits which dropped before they matured. Just one fruit remaining which is as big as a closed fist at the moment. New pic attached.

I love mangoes, my favourite being the Alphonse variety. But unfortunately we do not get it here in Australia. Daleys is seeking propogation material for the last 2 years :( The variety closest to alphonse i believe is the bowen variety. But I have planted the R2E2 variety which produce a larger fruit and is equally sweet.

This tree was in my apartment balcony in a pot for about a year before i planted it into the ground last year. And about a month later it flowered and produced 3 lovely fruits :)  

This year it has already started flowering profusely (pic). I might have to prematurely remove the fruits in december coz i dont think this little tree will be able to bear the weght of the fruits if it holds on to 3 or more.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring

Mango - Kensington Pride grafted

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted)

Mango - Keitt

Mango - Glenn

Mango - Palmer

Mango - R2E2 (Seedling)

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

i have had my tree fruit heavy in its first year bu didnt fruit last season any hints?

Mangosteen Purple ^5/10

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Would love to grow any Mangosteen - problem now is lack of space. Have never tried the fruit either.

Mango - Kensington Pride grafted (Grafted) ^9/10

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Good sized fruit and tastes great.

Fruiting Months January

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Mango - Bowen ^7/10

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 1991

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

sprays for mould

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) (Grafted) ^5/10

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Fruit taste is without rival

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2003

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2010 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) (Grafted) ^7/10

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The fruit was of good quality. Perhaps not as superior as a Bowen type mango but better than the majority of mangoes in Brisbane. Survived the November 2009 storms in The Gap / Keperra. 2010-2011 season has been disappointing only because it was wet during flowering and no fruit was set. The tree has made up for it with fresh vegetative growth and is getting a little larger than I expected!

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2008

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 5% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Sheep. horse

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None required. Seems fairly pest-free.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Can I expect it to get much taller!?

Mango - Bowen (Seedling) ^10/10

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LOVE to eat !!!

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 1980

Height 10 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

how long do they last??? I'm really not sure how old they are as we have only been here 15 years and they were already well established

Mango - Bowen (Seedling) ^9/10

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love the fruit as do the kids! Its growing well with a handful of mixed fetiliser giving it a boost this summer. I am surprised it hasnt died from waterlogging with all this rain we have had the soil around it is mud!

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Fertiliser or Organics Used: randomly when I feel like it its mulched with chook pen cane mulch

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Mango - Keitt (Grafted) ^8/10

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Mango - Bowen (Seedling)

Planted: 2004

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Bowen ^5/10

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I LOVE mangoes.

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2005

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

It hasn't fruited since we got a few the first time it fruited.  It is planted next to a loquat (doesn't fruit either) that has outgrown it and is probably shading it out.  Should I prune the loquat severely?

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) (Grafted)

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Largest fruit of all my Mangos, very sweet and isn't in the one bit stringy

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Bowen (Grafted) ^8/10

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I love Bowens - who doesn't?  I planted the first mango in our orchard in September - and it has grown 2ft since then.  We live on deep clay - so have put it (like all the fruit tree planted here in the last few months) on a raised mound.  Planted out with a reef fish carcass.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol and Cow Manure

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Underplanted with nasturtiums. 

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Dwarf Mango - Irwin

Comments: - Had this in the ground for a while and it was a sickly thing that wasnt really worth the bother. Sappy, flimsy growth and quite ugly. Replaced with a Cherry of the Rio Grande.

Mango - Bowen (Seedling) ^7/10

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Flowering now, fruit are small but delicious. old tree with dense crown.

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Yellow Mangosteen

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Mango - Kwan (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - I purchased this Kwan Mango 2 months ago and planted in a 10% mix of worm casting with the original soil. I water the tree every second to third day depending on rain. Every 2 weeks I use a nutrient mix consisting of 'Ground Breaker', 'Nutisoil' 'Seasol' and 'Superthrive'.

Fruiting Months September

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Do I cut the first flowers off the plant as it is grafted and hasn't grown a season yet?