My Edible Fruit Trees: Mango Trees WA

Mango - Calypso (Seedling) ^8/10

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This mango is a Calypso seedling I planted in 2012. It has a very small and compact growth habit and is just over a meter tall at 7 years old. I transplanted it into a 130L pot thinking that it was root bound in its original 60L pot only to discover that it had a very small root system and was nowhere near filling its original pot. This probably explains its dwarf growth habit.

this is the only mango that currently grows in my yard that doesn%u2019t require any spraying of fungicides to control anthracnose. It seems to have a very high natural resistance to this disease. It has just started flowering in 2019 and has set many fruit. Hopefully they will hang on till maturity and taste at least as good as the original Calypso.

Planted: 2012

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 7 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Mango - Mahachanok/King Thai (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - This is the best tasting mango I have ever eaten - either here or overseas etc. It's incredible. A lovely complex flavour that is sweet but has this addictive sub-acid undercurrent to it's flavour profile. I am crazy for them. Little fibre, super flat seed - so very large flesh-seed ratio. If you love mangoes then do yourself a favour and plant this one - you won't regret it. The tree is also a semi dwarf type - which is very handy. 
It flowers all winter long down here - but only sets fruit once the rains have stopped in mid Spring really. It sets quite a lot of fruit and would imagine that it must set far more in a warmer and drier climate than ours.
I still haven't got my head around the timing of fertilising - in our climate. This selection might be a little more sensitive to boron deficiency though I think - which is a soil-mobile element that can leach from fast draining soils - especially if overwatered (either by heavy rains or retic) I will be adding a very small amount boron at the start of spring, in future, having had problems with insufficiency this spring which caused all the first fruits to fail to thrive and grow,  and then crack open.

Planted: 2014

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often. Some sulphur in early spring, iron sulphate in winter occasionally.

Question: If I remove the early flowers I get a second flush of flowers at a better time later in spring - but these second flower flushes look different - are they just as productive?

Comments

On Bowen mango, we usually lose the flowers in Spring due to anthracnose. They turn brown and drop off. Do you get this problem with the Mahachanok?

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -  Not very vigorous here. The fruit tastes way better than in the shops though. Thinking of top-working our 3 because they are underperforming, compared to the Mahachanok, for eg.
(this is the very first fruit we got - so it's really small)

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2015

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Mango - Kensington Pride (Grafted)

Comments: - Only 1.5yrs in the ground (as husband destroyed the more advanced tree accidentally) so we have to start again. The tree is healthy and does better than the R2E2's here. 

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Mango - Nam doc mai (Grafted)

Comments: - Only planted this past week, so nothing to report yet.

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Mango - Royal Sweet

Mango - Kensington Pride

Mango - Kensington Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2016

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Mango - Bowen Seedling ^2/10

Comments: - Slow! very few fruit and they are small & drop off before ripe

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mango - Kensington Pride (Seedling) ^3/10

Comments: - Not growing well, seems to have too much sun (north facing full sun position). Covered with shadecloth April 2014.

Planted: 2014

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mango - Palmer

Mango - Florigon

Mango - Kensington Pride (Seedling) ^5/10

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol

Dwarf Mango - Sensation

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The sound of this fruit and the idea of a red dwarf mango is rather exciting to me. The plan is to put it in a giant pot (about 0.5 m3) to match the other dwarf mango (which will also be in a giant pot). I've gently rubbed its tip (spring 2010) and it now seems to be preparing to branch (yippee). I've planted strawberries all around the pot to act as a living mulch

Alas, no branching ... but LOADS of fruit. In Jan 2012 I've had to remove over a dozen the size of apricots to stop them weighing down the plant. I've added support to stop the remaining fruit from bending the plant to the ground (I intend to thin down to 1-2 fruit, but want to see how they develp first)

Home grown mangos are the ultimate! so much flavour packed into a little fruit! Delicious!

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Hi bj why do u gently rub the tip? Does this make it want to flower

Oh too make it branch. Rather than topping it.

Your story is so encouraging, this is exactly what I want to do - buy 2 different Mango trees and place them in 51cm Pots. The Palmer Mano and this one sound fine!

What climate do you live in? I want to know if they grow in greenhouses in cool temperate climates?

Mango - Ono (Grafted)

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This is supposed to be a very tough form of mango. It is growing in a large pot after my Palmer dwarf finally expired. I've put down strawberries as a living mulch and the mango seems quite happy. It has a few branches but isn't growing at a great rate yet (April 2011)

As of June 2011 the plant has put on a spurt and added a further 2 branches. It doesn't seem to want to get any taller - but it does seem healthy!

By the end of 2011 it had several flowers and set fruit. In Jan 2012 I thinned this to 3 fruit only. It is still putting on new growth.

OMG ... home grown mangos are something else entirely. Anyone that can should grow a mango. These were little fruit 12cm long ... but delicious (and the pips were also small). So yummy.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

Mango Who knows ^10/10

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Come November and we have an avalanche of MANGOES. We could bathe in them. There is nothing quite like the taste the smell and the look of your own tree laden in front of you. Truly wonderful!!!

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2004

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Fruit Harvest: 50 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

nil

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Bowen Seedling ^10/10

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I decided to go a Bowen mango to add to our other 7 large fruiting mangoes. They go so well here with spectacular fruiting so why not go with a Bowen as well. It is planted on a slight slope on dripper retic. However the other mature trees rely totally on the rainfall or otherwise their roots have tapped into some underground water as I never water them. Mangoes are truly suited to this town with many trees throughout the area all healthy with plenty of fruit.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 8

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Mango - Bowen Seedling (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Kensington Pride

Dwarf Mango - Irwin (Grafted)

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just planted at 4 ft tall, but feeling good as researched it's yield v high, resistance to disease good, and good for people who want lots of fruit trees as only grows 2-3 m tall. Dug a hole almost 1m cubed, filled with well draining compost and soil, so it should be happy.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon Drop Mangosteen (Cutting) ^7/10

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted)

Planted: 2003

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

mango (Seedling)

Comments: - "MR BIG" grown from a seed from the biggest best round pink mango I've ever tasted

Planted: 2002

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mango - Kensington Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

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This tree is about 5 years old it was bought from KMart for $10 as it looked sick, it gave two fruit the first year I planted it into the ground.  I then transplanted it to the current location and it gives about 5 to 10Kg of fruit in season.

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2006

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Mango - Kensington Pride (Seedling)

Mango - Kensington Pride

Mango - Kensington Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

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These are doing ok - they have burnt leaf margins either due to wind or salinity issues.

There were pruned at 1m to encourage branching and strong framework. They are a bit slow growing - I think they need more water in summer to push them along.

This photo of 2 yr old.

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Ususal mix.

Pest Control:

None needed as yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Just planted 3 mango trees last week and the leaves are burnt too. Was worried they want survive but now I water it everyday to make sure they are alright. :)Mira

Mango - Kensington Pride ^8/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2004

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol/thrive

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Dwarf Mango - Palmer (Grafted)

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Dwarf variety re-potted on 4th January 2010. Has some sun damaged leaves on the lower trunk, but some healthy green new growth on top. 

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seafeed - Potash - Dynamic Lifter 'fruit

Pest Control:

Eco oil

Drougt Shield

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Bowen Seedling