Sir, I am in favor of growing mangoes from pits though they may or may not be true to type so grafting is commonly preferred and practised world over. Here I may refer to your old video regarding Tipping and Tipping the terminal or lateral shoots or even bigger limbs to convert the tree into a bush. I can't say if the bushy smaller trees may produce more fruits of quality. But my point is whether we can turn the pits grown plants into early bearing as they tend to be growing faster than the grafted ones whatever may be variety (ies) vigorous or otherwise. Shall feel grateful if you focus light on this issue. I am very impressed from your 13 years old video having most important and valuable information please. Thanks. Welcome and regards from India State of Himachal Pradesh's Subtropical Kangra Distt. please. Hats off to your work in Horticulture especially mango. 👌👍❤️🙏🙏
What do you do if you have a tree that was planted and let to grow for a few yrs without pruning? It definitely needs help, but idk where to start. It can't even hold it's own weight. Not sure where to prune.
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Hi Richard, all of your videos are very helpful. Now I recently planted a grafted mango tree in the ground and it's about 19" tall. Should I wait till the tree is a little bigger before I go ahead and tip it? Also, what do you think about removing the lower leafs to encourage more growth? Thank you for your time!
I accidentally let a couple month old mango tree sit in my car to long before transplanting and the new small baby leave on top dried out and fell off should I just let it be ? Or cut the top. It still has about 6 big leaves on it that are healthy. Tree is growing in South Florida. Thank you : : : The ANSWER is I cut the top off 3 or 4 weeks ago just like in the video new growth has began growing half inch below the cut. New sprouts of leaves are shooting out way better than the four leaves to began with. The very young five or six month old tree looks great now , Good video Thank you
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Hello, I have started to grow a mango tree in my house. Living in NH I have to keep it in my home. I would like to keep it small. The plant is about 2.5' tall but grew three tears this summer. the stump is only about 1/4 inch around. Any tips to widen up that stump?? When should I start pruning and where on the tree should I prune?
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One other question please. If that first tree you showed here was a little too tall for your preference, why couldn't you just tip lower down at hip level? Thank you very much.
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Thank you so much for this demonstration...I would like to know the spacing of your MANGO trees and if you can carry out this PRUNING method on LOW-density MANGO plantation?!
Does this apply to other tropical trees such as avocado, lemon, and lime? We planted about a dozen trees a couple weeks ago, and only three of them are mangoes. Do we only use this method for the mango trees?
Hi! Our Fairchild Mango expert, Dr. Noris Ledesma, suggests that a combination of both will work great for the mango tree. For more questions, feel free to reach out to nledesma@fairchildgarden.org Thank you!
Hi Adam, Thank you for your question! Please refer to our Mango pruning guide right here: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-Training%20and%20Pruning%20a%20Mango%20Orchard.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122542-230×tamp=1528734431149 You can also find other mango guides in the right hand column on our Mango & Tropical Fruit festival page: www.fairchildgarden.org/mango . Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions!
What variety was that? does it have a turpentine taste? Grafted? So in just r yrs, you get fruits? Would this pruning method work for Philippine mangoes because the advise given to me by Philippine mango growrrs are different.
Three years are you still tipping? Good lord, I planted a Carrie the same size as yours, no "tipping" my tree is wider and bigger than that, plus I harvested fruits every year since I planted it.
Very informative, and counter-intuitive for someone like me who has never grown fruit trees before. I have a Keitt and Kent sapling en route from Florida to my home in Los Angeles right now. If I want a slightly larger tree/bush, can I just tip at a later/longer length? e.g. if I let the flushes grow to ~15" instead of 10", will I get a tree of similar shape that's just 50% taller/wider than the one in your video? Or is there something special about the 10" length that's optimal for encouraging fruiting?
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hi, I have an Ataulfo mango tree and every time i tip the tree, i notices that it only gives one shoot off of the tipped branches. i have also notices that the branches are a bit elongated in comparison to the other mango trees i have (Keith, Kent..etc). What should i be doing to get more branching from the Ataulfo? thanks T
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Hello! Thanks for the question! We recommend pruning very early on as this will help shape the tree for the rest of its life! We've outlined the procedures here: www.fairchildgarden.org/home-gardening/proper-pruning-techniques/pruning-mangos Thank you and please let us know if you have any other questions! - Fairchild
Such a dense bush may be good in drier, low anthracnose areas.... but in wetter areas, in my experience you want more light and airflow to get in there. May take a bit longer to fruit that your method, but less fungal issues.
Please do a "close up" on where you are cutting below the terminal bud... Ie. we need a better understanding of what constitutes "Tipping". Can you just cut anywhere below the terminal bud??? Thanks in advance, Sean
great vid man, my mango tree has just started shooting new leaves but the leaves are yet tiny and some new leaves are getting ready to push out. can anyone answer if i should wait for full bloom to prune or should i prune now, or after flower bloom>? when is the best time to prune a mango in simple words?
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I have a question! I have a 4 1/2 foot mango plant, 18 months old. I want to tip it down to 3 feet but my question. When is the best time to tip the plant? after winter? thank you
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My Mallika and Nam Doc Mai have multiple leaf flushes that have grown out in the last 2 weeks, thanks to tipping I have done in part, and they are beautiful. I want to continue tipping to encourage further leafing. Is it safe to tip still growing flushes, and how frequently should I do it?
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Hi Ben, Thank you so much for our question! Our Tropical Fruit Curator, Dr. Noris Ledesma wrote an article about appropriate ground cover for our mango trees and you can read about it here: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-grown%20covers.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122541-683×tamp=1528734391888
Hi, I have a 3 y/o mango tree that I never tipped, can I still tip it to create branching? I only got one edible mango this year and we had lots of really small mangoes. It was really disappointing. The tree is 10-15 ft tall, should I top and tip it to get the branching going? What time of year should you stop tipping? It is early July now..?
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Thank you for sharing, your videos are very informative. I just wish I had seen the video earlier. My mango trees are about 2-2 1/2 years old. I have not done any pruning until this past Sept, cutting off the upright vigorous branches, and tipped the branches with the blossom spikes, so I did not do a thorough tipping as you've shown here. Would you recommend that I go back and tip the trees now, or are they too old? Only about 5 trees bore fruit, the others have not.
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My Mallika and Nam Doc Mai have flushed numerous new leaves in the last 2 weeks and they are beautiful. I have been tipping sporadically and believe that had something to do with it, but I want to be more aggressive about it to see if they fluff out more, since the Mallika is about 4 years old and has yet to give me fruit. Is it safe to tip the new flushes? Also, how often should I tip. Neither tree has yet fruited and they are both about 4 to 5 feet tall.
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Hello! Thank you so much for your question! Our Tropical Fruit Curator and mango expert, Dr. Noris Ledesma says that you can treat the mango plant the same, except that a container-grown mango tree is usually a draft cultivar, and will grow slower. Please let us know if you have any other questions!
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Hi, i have a tree, grown from shop bought seed, monoembryonic, perhaps from Brazil, about 4,5 years old, the trunk is about 3-4 cm wide, sizewise the tree is 1/3 of a regular tree in Florida i guess. I live in middle of Europe, it gets some humidity in the greenhouse, but not much. I started to grow it in the summer in a greenhouse. It grew from July till September 2 sections. During the winter 2 really small parts, then from May in the greenhouse every year about 3 sections. I like your pruning methods, till end of the summer it will have 10-15 branches not really thick, to tip prune. My climate is not ideal i know even with greenhouse, can i hope for any fruiting? I ordered cheap seeds from China. Is it true that some Asian varieties grow better in less humid regions? I tried lots of shop bought seeds from Brazil, and i put them outside right after germination in June in the full sun, and they did not grow, lack of humidity?? or too strong sun, or hot temperature. I put some seeds a plastic cover arrroud them, that helped growth, but as i removed it , growth slowed down. My experience is to start them inside in February, and they will have time to get bigger till end of summer. I have now two plants germinated in February, and they are about 50cm tall, still inside. Usually the seeds are just 30cm big till end of the summer, when i start them in June outside. Inside they grow really fast, it took 10-12 days to form the 3. section compeletly. I have a Kensington 1,5 years old, and a Gomera-3 at that age too, bought from South-Italy. According to some sources Gomera is a really hardy variety, with lots of small fibrous fruits. As i said, i live in middle Europe so 4 seasons i have. All my plants are in containers, i put them inside for winter. I fertilize them with balanced NPK. In your other video you mentioned to use more potassium when fruits are coming, but still not the case for me:) Does cutting degree has an impact on the direction of the branches growing, or just have to pay attention where the leaf stems are. Could you name me tasty varieties, for a less humid reagon like mine to try? Thank you Adam
Hi Adam, Thank you so much for your comment! We apologize for the late response, we had to reach out to our Curator of Tropical Fruit (and Fairchild Mango expert), Dr. Noris Ledesma. Below are her answers. Q1: Can I hope for my mango tree to fruit? A: Yes, it might still fruit. However, it might be better to try a dwarf cultivar such as 'Angie', 'Pickering', 'Manilita' or 'Fairchild'. Q2: Do Asian varieties grow better in less humid regions? A: Well mangos are subtropical and tropical. So it depends how humid! Q3: Does cutting degree has an impact on thedirection of the branches growing, or just have to pay attention where the leaf stems are.A: Training a tree requires a lot of different steps! Here’s a study we did on training and pruning our mango trees that might be helpful: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-Training%20and%20Pruning%20a%20Mango%20Orchard.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122542-230×tamp=1528734431149 Q4: Could you name me tasty varieties, for a less humid region like mine to try? Osteen, Jumbo Kesar, Kesar, Langra Thank you! Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions.
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Camera needs to be closer, its hard to see what he is doing, its nice to see the sky in the background, but we all have sky. do you mean you are tipping ALL the ends of ALL the branches?? at what length of the branch to cut off, how often?
Hello! Sorry for the late response. We recommend tipping pretty aggressively to shape your tree. Proper early pruning will provide balance for the rest of your tree's life! Trees should be tipped every 20 inches. For more tips, here's a Miami Herald article Dr. Noris Ledesma wrote. www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/article1973880.html as well as a published article: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-Training%20and%20Pruning%20a%20Mango%20Orchard.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122542-230×tamp=1528734431149
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I have a 30 foot mango tree about 10 years old , last year we had a good harvest but this year we had none ,can I do some pruning in mid October ? the tree is about 10 ft. in diameter. can someone give me some advice ?
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Thank you for your reply, I have seen your video on pruning avocados, however, that particular video has you working on a well established avocado tree. The one i currently have is only a few months old. (I grew it from a seed and now it has leaves and stands about 1 and 1/4 a feet tall).
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so everytime there is new growth you keep tipping? mango trees grow slower in California compared to Florida and the tropics...hard to prune like your video....
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I have really enjoyed watching your videos. They are well made. I am in the Tampa Bay Rare Fruit Council. I am working on a Mango list to help new people to mango's make good choices. Would you be willing to look at it and help make it a little better based on your experience? I can email it to you.
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Hello! Thank you for the suggestion. We are in the works of producing a new video with Mango pruning techniques. Stay tuned and subscribe to our channel for updates!
STOP....I like the 'Bush'. But I want at least chest high branching. Why? The trees are in my grassy yard...not in an orchard. A tree with low hanging fruit turns into a big mess to mow the grass around them during the summer AND varmints are less likely to discover fruit if it's hanging higher. So if you're a home yard grower like me...get your mangos to hang higher off the ground! Make your life easier.
I have a question about mango grafting: What are the requirements to keep the scion healthy from the time it is cut from the desired tree until it is grafted on to the rootstock? For how long can the scion survive after being cut from the desired three until it is grafted on to the rootstock? Thanks.
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Thank u for ur clear explanation. At a certain moment it would have been great to zoom a little into the pruning of the small tree.
Sir, I am in favor of growing mangoes from pits though they may or may not be true to type so grafting is commonly preferred and practised world over. Here I may refer to your old video regarding Tipping and Tipping the terminal or lateral shoots or even bigger limbs to convert the tree into a bush. I can't say if the bushy smaller trees may produce more fruits of quality. But my point is whether we can turn the pits grown plants into early bearing as they tend to be growing faster than the grafted ones whatever may be variety (ies) vigorous or otherwise. Shall feel grateful if you focus light on this issue. I am very impressed from your 13 years old video having most important and valuable information please. Thanks. Welcome and regards from India State of Himachal Pradesh's Subtropical Kangra Distt. please. Hats off to your work in Horticulture especially mango. 👌👍❤️🙏🙏
I fixed my baby tree from this video. It says the specifics in my comment below. Thank you great video.
What do you do if you have a tree that was planted and let to grow for a few yrs without pruning? It definitely needs help, but idk where to start. It can't even hold it's own weight. Not sure where to prune.
I have a 2 minute video on my tree, I was looking for help on how to tip\top it. Thank you for your help, I love your channel!
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Hi Richard, all of your videos are very helpful. Now I recently planted a grafted mango tree in the ground and it's about 19" tall. Should I wait till the tree is a little bigger before I go ahead and tip it? Also, what do you think about removing the lower leafs to encourage more growth?
Thank you for your time!
I accidentally let a couple month old mango tree sit in my car to long before transplanting and the new small baby leave on top dried out and fell off should I just let it be ? Or cut the top. It still has about 6 big leaves on it that are healthy. Tree is growing in South Florida. Thank you : : : The ANSWER is I cut the top off 3 or 4 weeks ago just like in the video new growth has began growing half inch below the cut. New sprouts of leaves are shooting out way better than the four leaves to began with. The very young five or six month old tree looks great now , Good video Thank you
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Thank you so much for your question! We apologize for the late reply and are so glad that you were able to work it out! Our Fairchild Mango expert responded saying that what you did - cutting the top off - will work fine.
If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out! Thanks again!
Thank you for the videos. Do you have a video on grafting.
Does tipping in other trees (aside from mangoes) produce branching also?
It would be nice an easier if u had close ups of wut ur doing
I have one mango that I let grow very tall, can I still cut it back to about half its height tp help it bush out?
Hello, I have started to grow a mango tree in my house. Living in NH I have to keep it in my home. I would like to keep it small. The plant is about 2.5' tall but grew three tears this summer. the stump is only about 1/4 inch around. Any tips to widen up that stump?? When should I start pruning and where on the tree should I prune?
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One other question please. If that first tree you showed here was a little too tall for your preference, why couldn't you just tip lower down at hip level? Thank you very much.
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Closer shots please
Thank you so much for this demonstration...I would like to know the spacing of your MANGO trees and if you can carry out this PRUNING method on LOW-density MANGO plantation?!
Also, I would like to know if this PRUNING method is only done on TALL mangoes or can be done on MEDIUM size growing MANGOES?!
Since you mentioned not being to selective or thinking to much can you use a hedge trimmer?
If you, for the first time, cut the terminal bud after 4 years of age, is that too old?
Does this apply to other tropical trees such as avocado, lemon, and lime? We planted about a dozen trees a couple weeks ago, and only three of them are mangoes. Do we only use this method for the mango trees?
Do you have thoughts or preferences on whether to prune to alternating buds or to a ring of buds? Thx
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Our Fairchild Mango expert, Dr. Noris Ledesma, suggests that a combination of both will work great for the mango tree. For more questions, feel free to reach out to nledesma@fairchildgarden.org
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Hi, which is better at that stage? Cutting the tip off or i can just remove the bud on the top to start multiple branching? Thx Adam
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Thank you for your question! Please refer to our Mango pruning guide right here: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-Training%20and%20Pruning%20a%20Mango%20Orchard.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122542-230×tamp=1528734431149
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Very good video, peace be upon you
Great! Another video from this guy without sanitizing the tools🤦♂️
What variety was that? does it have a turpentine taste? Grafted? So in just r yrs, you get fruits? Would this pruning method work for Philippine mangoes because the advise given to me by Philippine mango growrrs are different.
Three years are you still tipping? Good lord, I planted a Carrie the same size as yours, no "tipping" my tree is wider and bigger than that, plus I harvested fruits every year since I planted it.
Very informative, and counter-intuitive for someone like me who has never grown fruit trees before. I have a Keitt and Kent sapling en route from Florida to my home in Los Angeles right now. If I want a slightly larger tree/bush, can I just tip at a later/longer length? e.g. if I let the flushes grow to ~15" instead of 10", will I get a tree of similar shape that's just 50% taller/wider than the one in your video? Or is there something special about the 10" length that's optimal for encouraging fruiting?
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Thank you for the advice. I'm going to plant a tree soon. Where can I find the tree you are working on here?
Is this the general idea behind all hardwood fruit trees? I'm about to plant mangos, avocados, sapotes, annonas, etc... Thanks!
hi, I have an Ataulfo mango tree and every time i tip the tree, i notices that it only gives one shoot off of the tipped branches. i have also notices that the branches are a bit elongated in comparison to the other mango trees i have (Keith, Kent..etc). What should i be doing to get more branching from the Ataulfo? thanks T
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nice video , but you should prune it how many months before getting flowers
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Thanks for the question! We recommend pruning very early on as this will help shape the tree for the rest of its life! We've outlined the procedures here:
www.fairchildgarden.org/home-gardening/proper-pruning-techniques/pruning-mangos
Thank you and please let us know if you have any other questions!
- Fairchild
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Dr. Campbell how can we purchase your Mango seeds. Our non profit foundation has a garden program & would love to try out your seeds ?
Such a dense bush may be good in drier, low anthracnose areas.... but in wetter areas, in my experience you want more light and airflow to get in there. May take a bit longer to fruit that your method, but less fungal issues.
Please do a "close up" on where you are cutting below the terminal bud... Ie. we need a better understanding of what constitutes "Tipping". Can you just cut anywhere below the terminal bud??? Thanks in advance, Sean
great vid man,
my mango tree has just started
shooting new leaves but the leaves are yet tiny and some new leaves are getting ready to push out. can anyone answer if i should wait for full bloom to prune or should i prune now, or after flower bloom>?
when is the best time to prune a mango in simple words?
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When tipping a young tree that has several lateral branches from a previous tipping, how often would you tip? After two shoot growths or more?
Everyone be careful when pruning quickly...can tip your finger.
I have a question! I have a 4 1/2 foot mango plant, 18 months old. I want to tip it down to 3 feet but my question. When is the best time to tip the plant? after winter? thank you
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My Mallika and Nam Doc Mai have multiple leaf flushes that have grown out in the last 2 weeks, thanks to tipping I have done in part, and they are beautiful. I want to continue tipping to encourage further leafing. Is it safe to tip still growing flushes, and how frequently should I do it?
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Is it too late to start pruning for a 1 year old mango tree?
Could you make a video , for your successful mango blooming after pruning ? Thank you
i like your saw type tool.....can yu leave the name or make of it.....?
your video has inspired me to go wild on our 50+ mango trees......
is tipping the same as topping?
hi there,
what groundcover do you grow beneath your trees? And why?
Thanks
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Thank you so much for our question! Our Tropical Fruit Curator, Dr. Noris Ledesma wrote an article about appropriate ground cover for our mango trees and you can read about it here: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-grown%20covers.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122541-683×tamp=1528734391888
Hi, I have a 3 y/o mango tree that I never tipped, can I still tip it to create branching? I only got one edible mango this year and we had lots of really small mangoes. It was really disappointing.
The tree is 10-15 ft tall, should I top and tip it to get the branching going? What time of year should you stop tipping? It is early July now..?
Michael Roman yes you still can prune the treejust watc video here give you an idea
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Thank you very much for these tips, no pun intended, can i use this same strategy for a young avocado tree?
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Thank you for sharing, your videos are very informative. I just wish I had seen the video earlier. My mango trees are about 2-2 1/2 years old. I have not done any pruning until this past Sept, cutting off the upright vigorous branches, and tipped the branches with the blossom spikes, so I did not do a thorough tipping as you've shown here. Would you recommend that I go back and tip the trees now, or are they too old? Only about 5 trees bore fruit, the others have not.
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My Mallika and Nam Doc Mai have flushed numerous new leaves in the last 2 weeks and they are beautiful. I have been tipping sporadically and believe that had something to do with it, but I want to be more aggressive about it to see if they fluff out more, since the Mallika is about 4 years old and has yet to give me fruit. Is it safe to tip the new flushes? Also, how often should I tip. Neither tree has yet fruited and they are both about 4 to 5 feet tall.
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my mango tree is about 2.5 yrs.old. it is now 11/2015, what time of the year should I start tipping?
not enough information
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Can you do a similar process like this only in a pot and everything be a little bit shorter and still have it produce fruit?
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Can potted Mangos be treated the same way?
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Thank you so much for your question! Our Tropical Fruit Curator and mango expert, Dr. Noris Ledesma says that you can treat the mango plant the same, except that a container-grown mango tree is usually a draft cultivar, and will grow slower.
Please let us know if you have any other questions!
The canopy on that mango tree is extremely dense. Don't you have problems with air flow, high humidity, and ultimately fungal diseases?
How often do you tip it? Just once a year?
You missed one. I like the tip of the hat to DEVO.
Is it normal after pruning the pruning tip turning black?
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Are those mango grafted?
Hi, i have a tree, grown from shop bought seed, monoembryonic, perhaps from Brazil, about 4,5 years old, the trunk is about 3-4 cm wide, sizewise the tree is 1/3 of a regular tree in Florida i guess. I live in middle of Europe, it gets some humidity in the greenhouse, but not much. I started to grow it in the summer in a greenhouse. It grew from July till September 2 sections. During the winter 2 really small parts, then from May in the greenhouse every year about 3 sections. I like your pruning methods, till end of the summer it will have 10-15 branches not really thick, to tip prune. My climate is not ideal i know even with greenhouse, can i hope for any fruiting? I ordered cheap seeds from China. Is it true that some Asian varieties grow better in less humid regions? I tried lots of shop bought seeds from Brazil, and i put them outside right after germination in June in the full sun, and they did not grow, lack of humidity?? or too strong sun, or hot temperature. I put some seeds a plastic cover arrroud them, that helped growth, but as i removed it , growth slowed down. My experience is to start them inside in February, and they will have time to get bigger till end of summer. I have now two plants germinated in February, and they are about 50cm tall, still inside. Usually the seeds are just 30cm big till end of the summer, when i start them in June outside. Inside they grow really fast, it took 10-12 days to form the 3. section compeletly. I have a Kensington 1,5 years old, and a Gomera-3 at that age too, bought from South-Italy. According to some sources Gomera is a really hardy variety, with lots of small fibrous fruits. As i said, i live in middle Europe so 4 seasons i have. All my plants are in containers, i put them inside for winter. I fertilize them with balanced NPK. In your other video you mentioned to use more potassium when fruits are coming, but still not the case for me:) Does cutting degree has an impact on the direction of the branches growing, or just have to pay attention where the leaf stems are. Could you name me tasty varieties, for a less humid reagon like mine to try? Thank you Adam
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Thank you so much for your comment! We apologize for the late response, we had to reach out to our Curator of Tropical Fruit (and Fairchild Mango expert), Dr. Noris Ledesma. Below are her answers.
Q1: Can I hope for my mango tree to fruit?
A: Yes, it might still fruit. However, it might be better to try a dwarf cultivar such as 'Angie', 'Pickering', 'Manilita' or 'Fairchild'.
Q2: Do Asian varieties grow better in less humid regions?
A: Well mangos are subtropical and tropical. So it depends how humid!
Q3: Does cutting degree has an impact on thedirection of the branches growing, or just have to pay attention where the leaf
stems are.A: Training a tree requires a lot of different
steps! Here’s a study we did on training and pruning our mango trees that might
be helpful: www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-Training%20and%20Pruning%20a%20Mango%20Orchard.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122542-230×tamp=1528734431149
Q4: Could you name me tasty varieties, for a less humid region
like mine to try? Osteen, Jumbo Kesar,
Kesar, Langra
Thank you! Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions.
Can't see where you cut and what you are counting.
i need from you to advice me how i deal with mango tree to bloom and also need good fertilizer
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Forgot to mention, I live in South Florida. Do you have these available?
When do i have to tep the tree i have 1year old mango tree what year & is ther time of the year do i have to tep it
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Camera needs to be closer, its hard to see what he is doing, its nice to see the sky in the background, but we all have sky. do you mean you are tipping ALL the ends of ALL the branches?? at what length of the branch to cut off, how often?
Hello! Sorry for the late response.
We recommend tipping pretty aggressively to shape your tree. Proper early pruning will provide balance for the rest of your tree's life! Trees should be tipped every 20 inches. For more tips, here's a Miami Herald article Dr. Noris Ledesma wrote.
www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/article1973880.html
as well as a published article:
www.fairchildgarden.org/Portals/0/Mango%20and%20fruit%20growing%20pdf%20articles/2017-Training%20and%20Pruning%20a%20Mango%20Orchard.pdf?ver=2018-06-11-122542-230×tamp=1528734431149
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great video.
How often should the tipping be done after the first one?thank you.
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I have a 30 foot mango tree about 10 years old , last year we had a good harvest but this year we had none ,can I do some pruning in mid October ? the tree is about 10 ft. in diameter. can someone give me some advice ?
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Thank you for your reply, I have seen your video on pruning avocados, however, that particular video has you working on a well established avocado tree.
The one i currently have is only a few months old. (I grew it from a seed and now it has leaves and stands about 1 and 1/4 a feet tall).
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I grew beautiful plant in pot on first time and now when to transfer outdoor plz plz plz answer
For better survival, you can transfer it after 1 year .
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thank you it works
How many times in a year should I prune my mango tree?
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very informative....i hope to see more recent ones
great vid man, what about the soil mix? i am using hills sandy soil mixed with peat moss. is that ok?
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Thanks for teaches@
so everytime there is new growth you keep tipping? mango trees grow slower in California compared to Florida and the tropics...hard to prune like your video....
wish I could send you a pic of some of my trees.
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Camera is too far. Would be nice to have some close up,, especially when you do tipping. Thanks!
Thank you for your info.
Excellent, thank you
Edward Scissors Hand would be proud
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Close up video please. Great explanation and info.
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Thanks for the suggestion - when we do get around to producing more footage, we'll be sure to get close up shots!
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anybody seen that movie about gardening called" back to eden" its a good movie ,i recommend it to everybody
Should make FPJ with the growing tips.
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at what parte parte we tip? before or after de flush?
mrcocolini u tip after the harvesting, immediately. If u wait to long u could lose next years crop
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Hi , i live in zone 10 can i grow mango trees?
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This is not just fruit production. If you're planting these in Florida then you do not want a tall tree that will get knocked down by a hurricane.
i bet that smells amazing.. too bad i cant see though.
It's ok if I don't graft mango plant
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I have really enjoyed watching your videos. They are well made. I am in the Tampa Bay Rare Fruit Council. I am working on a Mango list to help new people to mango's make good choices. Would you be willing to look at it and help make it a little better based on your experience? I can email it to you.
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BEst tip ever get it :)))))))))))
Rocket science 😀
👎🏼 cause I can’t see what you’re doing. No zoom button on that camera ?
Precocious tree? What the hell does that even mean?
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probably talks back.. listens to arthouse music.. possibly a criminal..
More close up video for better instruction. Show your cuts plz.
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DEVO hahhaha
STOP....I like the 'Bush'. But I want at least chest high branching. Why? The trees are in my grassy yard...not in an orchard. A tree with low hanging fruit turns into a big mess to mow the grass around them during the summer AND varmints are less likely to discover fruit if it's hanging higher. So if you're a home yard grower like me...get your mangos to hang higher off the ground! Make your life easier.
This is not rocket science. Thanks for the videos
I have a question about mango grafting: What are the requirements to keep the scion healthy from the time it is cut from the desired tree until it is grafted on to the rootstock? For how long can the scion survive after being cut from the desired three until it is grafted on to the rootstock? Thanks.
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