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valenciaguy
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Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 9:08 pm

I have a mango from the grocery store and i was wondring if i plant the pit will it grow into a tree and is there any kind of special ways to propigate it like avocodes?
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Malcolm_Manners
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Posted: Thu 01 Jun, 2006 1:04 am

As long as the grocery store has not refrigerated the mango so cold that they killed the embryo, there is a good chance that the seed is alive.

Don't dry it out. Plant immediately after removing from the fruit, or keep the pit damp until you're ready to plant it.

You can plant the whole pit (lay it on its side and bury), but you'll get faster, more certain germination if you remove the seed from the pit. Along one side of the pit it should be thin, whereas the other side is thick (the seed is between the 2 walls of the pit, there). Take a heavy pair of scissors or a pruning clipper and carefully cut through the thin side of the pit, being careful not to injure the seed. the seed looks like a kidney.

Plant it on its side, covered with maybe 1/2" of soil. Keep it warm and don't allow it to dry out completely during germination. It should send out a root within a week or two, and a top should rise from the soil in the 2nd or 3rd week.

Some mangos are polyembryonic, and in that case, you may get several plants from one seed. This is true of many of the pale, greenish-yellow fruit types, which are also often elongated. The more heart-shaped, brilliant red/orange/purple types, on the other hand, are nearly always monoembryonic and give just one plant per seed.

Once the seed sprouts, give it as much light as possible. Mango trees enjoy full sun in the tropics. It will withstand chilly weather, but no frost. Established mango trees are remarkably tolerant of both drought and flooding, compared to other fruit tree species. Still, a well-drained soil, moderately watered, will give you the best growth.

If the plant is a polyembryonic type, the seedlings may be genetically identical to the fruit from which they came. If a monoembryonic type, each seedling is a new (and usually inferior) variety.

Commercially, mangos are usually grafted. They're not terribly easy to graft. Trees grow to be amazingly large, and small trees usually don't bear well (unless a known dwarf variety), so you may not get much or any fruit from a potted houseplant. Ancient seedling trees may grow to 60-80 feet tall by over 100 feet wide; grafted trees can reach more than 40 feet tall by 50 or more feet wide.
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stressbaby
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Posted: Thu 01 Jun, 2006 1:35 pm

I would like to ask a question about mango growth patterns.

I have two "condo" mangos, dwarf varieties, in the greenhouse. One tree I just got this spring. The other tree I planted last fall in a large raised bed in loam amended with peat and compost. Drainage is good.

This tree is just sitting there. It bloomed and did not set fruit this spring, and since then nothing. No leaf drop, but no new growth, not even any evidence of bud swelling. The only sign of new growth I have seen is a tiny little stem that emerged beneath the graft union which I removed today.

My citrus and lychee trees are on their second flush of new growth. The guavas never stop. But this darn mango...

Is this normal?
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Malcolm_Manners
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Posted: Fri 02 Jun, 2006 3:30 pm

If the tree looks healthy, it's likely normal. Mangos flush new growth only a few times a year.
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garnetmoth
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun, 2006 10:46 am

they sprout super easy in vermicompost. they have come up in our bin. I planted one, but decided itll be too big and not worth it.
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valenciaguy
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Location: Southern Ontario, Zone 6a

Posted: Mon 05 Jun, 2006 7:30 pm

I tried to cut out the seed which is huge and i accidently cut the seed well i guess there is always next time to try.
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stressbaby
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Posted: Sat 08 Jul, 2006 11:02 pm

Just an update: the above-referenced Mango 'Carrie' finally pushed out a sprout of new leaves this week. Simultaneously, it started dropping some of its older leaves. I had poked around the root zone a bit and the root growth has been excellent. I suppose is was just getting its "footing."
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