mango (forum)

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I have a baby mango tree from Daleys in January this year. It has flowered and it has 6 mangoes on it which are half the size of my fist. Because the tree is so young should I pull the baby mangoes off to let the tree mature or will it be ok to leave them on?
Greer

Time: 16th November 2007 5:21pm

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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.

Time: 4th December 2007 8:14am

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Ramesh says...
I did the same to a lemon tree (originally from a cutting of a matured tree). It was flowering too much; I basically got rid of the flowers and left a few. Later yields were just great.

Time: 6th December 2007 8:38am

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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.

Time: 6th December 2007 8:42am

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Anonymous says...
thank you very much i will do this.so far all the fruit have fallen off any way except for one.it is 3/4 of the size of a normal mango and it is on a thick branch but i will take it off aswell.thanks again.

Time: 11th December 2007 7:45pm

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