mango (forum)

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hi, i'm back still not done any pics, but just noticed on my plant, the leaves are getting spots on the underside, looking at the light through the leaves they look white but looking carfully at them they look like little black spots, got 16 leaves on my main plant and 7 on my other, is there any plant sprays i can get to give them some vitamins i dont want to loose them, thank you,

Time: 14th July 2010 10:29pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Do they look like scale insects at al? Sometimes a bit of white summer oil can help unless it's a fungal problem

Time: 16th July 2010 5:23pm

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joe says...
i dont understand white summer oil, do you mean like suntan oil or food oil? i have looked hard at the spots but cant see any bugs just marks under leaves,i thought it might have been this british weather not doing them any good, thank you for any info,

Time: 16th July 2010 9:13pm

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amanda says...
Phil - u better help this guy out here...?? I am having visions of mangoe trees covered in Coppertone...
(sorry joe - no offense intended..!)

Time: 21st July 2010 8:35pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Gray leaf spot can affect mangoes, although I don't know if it's present in the UK. I'd try the fungicide treatment first, just get a copper based spray from your garden centre and follow the directions. You may not see improvement until the new leaves sprout though so be patient. If the spots look like little scales you can sometimes pick them off and see small insects sheltering underneath the waxy covering. Best to buy a white oil from the garden centre as well to treat these over the warmer months.
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Time: 21st July 2010 9:15pm

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joewigan says...
Thank you, I will get these to-day if they have them,and hope it works, apart from these blemishes on the underside of the leaves they are going quite good,i dont expect to get fruit from them as i said at the start it was just for fun,Why i am on here i would like to keep them in pots what type of soil-compost would be best suited to re-pot them, as always Thank you,

Time: 27th July 2010 6:05pm

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joe says...
well i moved house. think my Mango likes it here better. still got the edges of leaves brown.but still doing Well. I lost the baby mango, so will have to find a friend for the big one. I searched all over for that summer oil. hope it wasnt a wind up. LOL. thanks guys.

Time: 7th December 2011 7:48pm

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john says...
Summer oil is better known as horticultural oil. As for the spots ,because they have an areola around them, they may be bacterial spot. This responds to copper sprays -I use Bordeaux which is cheap and effective. Are you really trying to grow mangoes in the UK?

Time: 9th December 2011 3:33pm

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joe says...
Hi john yes always been into fruit an veg, get it from late family, The mango thing, i just one day thought why not, i didnt think for one second think it would work, and after listening to you guys out there in all the mango lands thought the same, all these lotions an potions you tell me about, we cant buy here,and i cant import from Oz,i think a bit of bitching from our goverments stop anything thats of use to us, so unless there is another name for these i'm screwed, all your coments are brill love reading them all, planting some fruit tree's this week nothing as exotic as yours just cherry apple pear thinking of a 4th one but not my Mango, i put a plastic bag over it like was sugested its working,how much water do i give it while its in hibernation, and should i be doing anything else with it?. anyway guys its nearly Christmas so all the best, and again thanks for all the info from you all, have a great holiday. from St Helens, UK

Time: 14th December 2011 10:51am

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