Mango trees are flowering

Wayne starts with ...
Driving around Mackay I see mango trees starting to flower already, a full six months before we normally pick. So it looks like we are heading into the same pattern we have had over the past 3/4 years. The tree will flower but won't set fruit, it will get a growth spurt then flower again and just a few fruit will set.

Strange goings on.

Wayne says...
Hello Jantina, I think just let it do it's own thing and if you get a few mangoes well and good.

Jantina says...
Thanks Wayne and amanda, much appreciated. I'll let you know what happens. My bunchiosa flowered prolifically but after teasing me with tiny fruits dropped the lot. Sigh.

Jantina says...
Very informative site amanda, thanks, I've bookmarked it for easy future reference.Have decided to go with Waynes suggestion, leave the flowers and see what happens. The pot is in a solar grower attached to the house so I have reasonable control over temp. and water. Everyone in Oz will hear about it if I manage to pick a ripe mango from my own tree!

MO says...
Hi Jantina,I have a mango plantation - first of all the tree U have should not stay to grow in a pot mango trees may out live peaple could rang be 100 200 or more years.U should not leave it in the pot more than 2 years or U will bend and disfigure the wooden root, this would lead to an unhealthy short tree.About flowertops they should be cliped at least till 4 years old ,at 7 years is the best bigining to start geting a crop.if U clip the flowers the first few years U will get much faster growth.It is true that U should not irrigate it in winter as long as the leaves are looking good ,that is for a small tree and this will incourage flowering .But at this age U dont need flowering ,till the age 7;also this tree loves strong sun.After 10 yrs of age this tree can stay 60=70 days with no irrigation (Dec. to Feb.+) depending on if outdoores (BEST) if temperature doese not go below 4 degrees(centigrade). There R many reasons why mangos may shed the fruits .The first reason could be irigation in hot temp. U should irigate in summer only early morning or night time.Winter any time.But in winter U dont want to rot the roots with water this is the worst U can do .Maybe in 2-7 years U can water it every 10 15 or 20 days play it by observing the leaves they will start drooping (new growths) and the edges will start looking like a sine wave (for the thicker leaves, the older generation)no panic then water it well but dont over do it.In summer when growing fruits it should be watered every 7-10 days for a 7 years old but never let it thisrsty while growing fruits it needs alot of water till the fruits reach 2/3 its size (Mid April-End June or mid July) then U should gradually decreas water to 10 then 11 12,15 and 20 days or the mango may crack open.

Michael says...
Hello Everyone ,
My two large mango trees are starting to push out flower buds . Even the small ones in pots like the Nam Doc Mai,Keow Savoey ,Florigon and Dwarf Irwin are also pushing out flower buds. Is this normal at this time of year for Sydney ? I remember last year my two large trees were completley covered in flowers around November but had only 5 mangoes between the two trees. It was quite a wet time during the flower season and would this have caused the low fruit count ? Is there anything I can do to increase the chance of fruit setting more this year like how often I should be watering,spraying stuff on the leaves or ,give it certain fertilizers.

MO says...
Hi Wayne the most commen mistakes that may cause mangos to shed the crop:-
1- never water the trees at mid day or heat.Better to water eary morning or ate afternoon.This applies to the fowering period and a duration of crop with no exception.You can irrigate it best when temperature is below 25-28 degrees centigrade.
2-Mango trees may flower alot but dont polinate wel if al of them R the same mango types.But U should still get a felt crop.
3-spraying with copper oxi chlorides after flowering will cause a great percentage of infirtility.Still U will get some mangos.
3-Some flower tops after bigining to fruit, the go drys and al thin shoots dry - This is prevented by spraying michronic sulphur + copper oxichlorides after pruning until the biginning of flowerring - never never spray a tree unles it has been irrigated 2-4 days ago.Good Luck.