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Pruning a mango tree

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paula-f says... I've done this with 2 of my mangoes Cathy, and both missed a year of fruiting. I now have 3 trees, and I take it in turn to prune a different one each year so they all stay small, and so I still get fruit off the other 2 which wern't pruned. The one I pruned the year before last, had a bumper crop on this year, which we have just finished eating.	About the Author paulaf1 SE Queensland 23rd February 2010 9:16am #UserID: 2568 Posts: 51 View All paulaf1's Edible Fruit Trees
Cathy starts with ... My mango tree is getting rather too big for our suburban backyard, and I'm wonderfing if I prune it, will it fruit again next year?	About the Author Cathy5 Eastgardens 22nd February 2010 9:32pm #UserID: 3404 Posts: 2 View All Cathy5's Edible Fruit Trees
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Wayne says... Excellent idea paula-f, that way you are assured of a crop. As a rule of thumb you can cut the tree back by 1/3 without sacrificing to much fruit, but I think it depends on what you cut out as well. I prune my tree just after we pick and still retain a crop.	About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 23rd February 2010 4:10pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees
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Cathy says... Many thanks Paula and Wayne. The work was done today and it does look pretty drastic, but at least it will be easier to reach the fruit when it does come back!	About the Author Cathy6 Eastgardens 25th February 2010 6:16pm #UserID: 3419 Posts: 1 View All Cathy6's Edible Fruit Trees
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