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how to stop a mango tree from bearing fruit

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mango's starts with ...
Hi,
I have a large mango tree above my bush shack and it is a great shade tree but when the mango's fall it sounds like a shotgun hitting the roof. Is there any way of stopping it from fruiting as I would like to keep the shade.
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mangos1
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16th November 2009 9:21am
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Jimmy says...
Nope, to big to get up there and pull the flowers off if its over a shed.

Supposedly nitrogen in winter makes it shoot instead of flower, but I doubt it.
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amanda says...
Hi Mango's in Townsville...maybe you need to solve the problem a different way? If you don't want to prune then what about netting to catch the fruit (probly plenty of trawl netting where are?) or something to "soften" the thud on the roof? bit of a hassel but you might be able to think of something that could be permanent.
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Geraldton. WA
22nd November 2009 12:03pm
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Brendan says...
Hi Mango's,

It's probably too late for this years crop, but next year, try this.

Mix 60g copperoxy chloride with 4½ litres of water, and 60ml of a good wetting agent. Spray the OPEN mango flowers with this, it WILL kill them all, and therefore you'll have NO mangos.

Wouldn't hurt to do as Jimmy says too, give it some nitrogen fertilizer as well.
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24th November 2009 6:27am
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mango's says...
Thanks for your input. I did think of the net, just need to try to get some, cheap. Will also try your method Brendan, may be a little difficult as the tree is quite tall, hard to get to a few sopts. Cheers.
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24th November 2009 12:46pm
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Tropicdude says...
I kind of like the Net idea myself, seems like it would be less hassle, and it would be a one time fix, plus you'll still have mangoes to eat or give away,
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