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Sindhu starts with ... I would like to include a mango tree in my small food forest but am not sure which variety is most suitable. I live in the subtopics and do not have any frost. As I said it is a smallish area and because I rely totally on solar power I cannot include any varieties which are too tall. Disease resistance would be preferably but the most desirable quality would be it's taste and lack of stringiness. | About the Author Sindhu Terania Creek 22nd July 2015 12:42pm #UserID: 12069 Posts: 4 View All Sindhu's Edible Fruit Trees |
echinopora says... There are a few smaller mangoes commonly available that stay smaller, but formative pruning is going to be the most important thing followed by a lower nitrogen fertilizer program. There are a couple of videos about it on youtube from fairchild gardens. Between Forbidden fruits and Daleys you should find all of the dwarfish varieties. As soon as you get the tree cut it as close to the graft as you can while still leaving 3-5 nodes. Then tip every 40cm or so to get a mango bush. Varieties to try would be Birdwood varieties- Allison red kensington pride and King Thai (Maha Chanok) Common varieties- Nam Doc Mai, Irwin, palmer, osteen. This is one of fairchilds videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhF-YphevA you can find the rest on thier page | About the Author terranora 22nd July 2015 1:39pm #UserID: 10023 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Bangkok says... If Irwin is the same as Aiwen mango (i guess so) then it grows much more compact then a namdocmai or other mango. There are a few dwarf varietys and Irwin is one of them. I don't know how it tastes but it fruited 1 year after grafting. For very good taste you can grow namdocmai si keo. | About the Author Bangkok thailand 23rd July 2015 7:07am #UserID: 11594 Posts: 370 View All Bangkok's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Bangkok says... With dwarf mango like Aiwen (Irwin) i mean real dwarf, much more dwarf then namdocmai. The leaves are like 10 cm max. I grafted it onto namdocmai and it's a huge difference. There are about 5-10 of them real dwarfs and mostly (or only) in the usa. Dwarf hawaiian is also one of them. If a dwarfing rootstock really dwarfs a scion more then i would like to see Irwin growing on it. That must become a bonsaitree then i guess. Daleys describes their namdocmai as green/yellow. That might be the namdocmai si keo (green) because namdocmai si thong is really yellow (gold) when ripe. The green namdocmai is the sweetest one. | About the Author Bangkok thailand 23rd July 2015 10:20pm #UserID: 11594 Posts: 370 View All Bangkok's Edible Fruit Trees |
Markmelb says... I grew a Keitt seed before winter and the cold hasnt affected it at all compared to the Honey Golds all shrively growth not liking the cold at all but the seedling HGs in my micro climate quite ok. The NDM didnt like the cold at all this year and is inside at nite and out during day till spring - I think i might graft some palmer onto my Keitt seedling as the Palmer is fine outside with these 0 to 5c nights and did grow a pretty big mango this year at only 2yo (Birdwood plant) | About the Author Markmelb MT WAVERLEY,3149,VIC 23rd July 2015 10:37pm #UserID: 7785 Posts: 1192 View All Markmelb's Edible Fruit Trees |