Mango tree fruit/flowers

Ron starts with ...
My mango tree is 4 to 5 yrs old and last season had about 15 nice mangoes. This season (just fifnished) there was one frond of flowers only and no fruit at all. What do I do for next season?? There is no mould on this tree.

grub says...
gidday ron
Low temperature is the most common cause of poor flowering and fruit set,

i did get mangoes off my trees last year and this year didnt get a flower ..but my mangoes that didnt flower last year have mangoe"s on them this year .

BJ says...
Are they the Bowen Special grown in Bundy?

BJ says...
I tried Youtube - could only find the video on the Flav. 55 - Is that the one? Sounds like a good tree.

BJ says...
Thanks David. Mangoes touching the ground - looks like a Keitt tree. Let us know how they taste. 2 for $4 is not bad for a new variety. I hate it when the new varieties price themselves out of the market - like the honey gold. I'm not likely to pay $6 for one mango when there are lots of other options at the same time.

David says...
Hi BJ, heres the report on the Bundy Special mango, very watery, strange acid/sweet balance and very soft almost to the point of butter, not very exciting, but yesterday from the same shop ,they were selling what was described as Strawberry mangos 2 for $3.00. Again slightly watery sweet flavour slightly firmer, than the bundy over all nice flavour but descibing them as strawberry i think is stretching it a bit. However will continue to keep my eyes open for new stuff.

David says...
My Keitt is struggling right now i think its root problems, mind you it has one fruit on it which i recon must be close to 1.5Kg , the brooks has about a dozen on and will be ready in about mid april i think This year had my first Valencia Pride ,its in the fruit bowl finishing of ripening it weighes 790, thoght id pick it before the possoms got it , had real problems with them this year, lost 2 big glenn mangoes , how dis your mango trees go this year BJ, lots of fruit i hope. David

David says...
BJ, just ate the Valencia Pride mango off the tree, must say it lives up to its reputation ,beautiful rounded flavour very much like KP,only smoother and slightly firmer, a real winner.

Mike says...
I have been eating more sam ru dus today and they have been great.The season is nearly over and we're now saddled with brooks and palmer and the odd keitt.

Mike says...
They are alot like okrung with a flat seed,little to no fibre, a sweet and mild taste with little acid.The colour is plain yellow with winter fruit being as little as 200g and have less intense flavour.Nov to March fruit are very nice and average around 450g.Chocadam seems to be the same type.

Mike says...
You'd spit out a chunk of R2E2 in horror after eating a sam ru du.I have a few good seeds at the moment and maybe next week after I trawl the markets I could send a decent batch this time.

David says...
Today picked the one and only Keitt mango in the garden, weighted in at 1.61Kg,it is now proudly sitting in the fruit bowl ,finishing ripening, the Brooks are still rock hard, will be another month yet, i think.

BJ says...
Well, Mango season is mostly over (except for the Keitt/Kent stragglers and the Brookes and Chocodam in NQ. I have to admit the best I had this year was actually a box of calypso at Chrstmas. I know they get bad press, and I wouldnt usually waste my money on them, but they appear to have a 2 week window around Christmas when they are creamy with vanilla or coconut notes in the flavour. I had the same fruits many times throught the long season and every other time they were as unsatifying as that teasing vixen R2E2. Looking forward to adding King Thai/Maha Chinook to the tasting next season!

David says...
Ditto the above Brooks mangoes this time the three fruit i picked were the following weight ,715g, 475g ,405g. Only two Brooks mangoes left on the tree ,might leave them for the native wildlife.Didnt think that Brooks got that big, its had no supplemental water, or anything for that matter.

David says...
Heres the mango pic.

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mary_ps says...
Something is wrong with my 2 mango trees. They're three years old, planted in a big pot. Their leaves are drying, yellow, with small black spots. See pic. What should I do? Please help!

Lou says...
Hello, does anybody know what I would get if I planted an Alison Red mango seed?
And might I add, my tree unfortunately still forced to live in a pot for now gave me three of it's babies this season and as a Bowen Mango devotee and I must say that they would be the yummiest, sweetest little Mangoes I've ever eaten.
Sweeter than the Bowen.

Mango Mike says...
Lou.... If you dry out the seed husk then cut open the husk to reveal the seed embryo.... The embryo seed will show many portions i.e. polyembryonic & true to type or just one portion i.e. monoembryonic & a new variety......Mike