mango

Kath says...
Yes you should remove the fruit, or better still the flowers before the fruit form. Heartbreaking as it may seem, it is much better for the health and growth of your tree to do this. If you leave the fruit on the tree will put all it energy into fruiting and it will not grow as you want it to do while it is a young tree. Mangos are reasonably large fruits and the weight of six mangos on your little tree will put a lot of pressure on this little tree, the result will be a stressed young plant that will still be small at the end of the growing season. Daley's recommend removing all flowers and fruit from grafted trees for the first two years to allow your tree to establish and grow large enough to be able to hold the weight of the fruit.

Ramesh says...
Kath,

Any tips for growing mango in cold Melbourne - variety and care. Coming from Mauritius, just throwing away a mango seed after eating it fresh from the backyard tree become a mango tree. As a new comer to Melbourne, I've lost my bearings.