Good Morning Mr. Mango

[Moose]

Up yesterday morning just as the sun was kissing the big old mango tree. Usually its difficult to capture this explosion of color but the lighting was just right at this time.

[Moose]

On the north side, no sun and the color is Blah. Looks like there may be a bumper crop of mangoes this year.

[Really full garden]

The mangoes are flowering here as well. Some even have small green fruit.The first variety to ripen here is called melocoton (peach).

It is an ugly little fruit ,but incredibly sweet.We start to see these as early as Feb.15.

[Silas_Sancona]

:greenthumb: Moose.. Looks like all the trees up this way. Spied a few neighborhood Lychee trees budding up on the way home from work yesterday. Hopefully this is a great year for both.

-Nathan

[Palmdude]

Nice pic Moose! My lychees are flowering but sadly, as usual, my Nam Doc has a fungus and the flowers turned black and fell off it's not a big tree yet so hopefully it will grow out of that. Roots before fruits in any case, I guess I didn't need the flowers anyhow

[MattyB]

My Mangoes are flowering right now too! I hope I get a lot this year. We had a great crop last year but it was struck with something that made the fruit mushy at the ends.

[Moose]

Mangos almost done. The next tree should have fruit ready by the end of July.

[Moose]

Delray, Florida mango farm

[rick]

Not too many mangoes for me this year. My largest mango tree is in an off year although for some reason the fruit is ripening 2 weeks early. These were a few that I managed to grab this afternoon before the squirrels and woodpeckers got to them.

[Moose]

Rick - I get a squirrel infestation too. They are basically tree rats but can't resist how cute they look. Easy for me to say as my Haden mango is a huge tree that produces way more fruit then I can consume. The squirrels easily ruin 50 % of the fruit. The fruiting season on the Haden is over. Thank God, as picking up all the half eaten fruit was getting old. Clouds of fruit flies were hovering in the thick air.

Now I'm waiting for the Keitt mango to mature. Supposedly the Keitt does well in Southern California. A late season cultivar that usually is ready for harvest in August-September. These suckers are still growing ...

[dalmatiansoap]

Nice fruits Moose!

[palmislandRandy]

I so frickin allergic to mango sap......... Could you peel one for me please?

[Moose]

I so frickin allergic to mango sap......... Could you peel one for me please?

I remember you telling me how you avoid even walking beneath the trees. Head down in August, I'll have some cut up for you.

[palmislandRandy]

Mango sap contains Urushiol, the same compound found in Poison Sumac, Poison Ivy & Poison Oak. Nasty stuff for me & a lot of others!

[Moose]

Mango Mania in the Mooseland, the 24th Edition  

[CLINODAVE]

South Florida has great mangos!  Unfortunately, Mangifera indica doesn't often bear fruit reliably in East Hawaii, although I do have some Mangifera species from Borneo that I am hoping will give me at least a hint of mango wonderfulness.  IIRC, there is a great mango festival (or two) in South Florida.

[Brad Mondel]

Mangoes are my favorite fruit  

[Moose]

I need to start harvesting. When the two legged rats show up, you know it's time to harvest.

Shipping some to my son in Portland, Oregon

[Moose]

19 hours ago, Moose said:

I need to start harvesting. When the two legged rats show up, you know it's time to harvest.

Shipping some to my son in Portland, Oregon

Picked a quick 50 between rain showers today

[Tracy]

2 hours ago, Moose said:

Picked a quick 50 between rain showers today

Nice!  I've had an Alphonso Mango in the ground now for about 3 years.  It flowers vigorously twice a year, usually produces a few small fruits out of all the flowers, which then fall off at the marble size.  I'm not sure what is going wrong.  Here it is  showing it loaded with flowers on the first day of Spring.  I've never had any fruit get large enough to ripen on this.  I'm beginning to wonder if I should pull it and try a different variety of mango, but am reluctant as it wasn't the cheapest tree.

[Moose]

The % of flowers that start to form fruits is very low. The % of fruits that reach maturity is also low. Your tree is small, it supports the amount of fruit it can handle. It takes lots of energy to produce fruit. Your tree appears healthy, as the tree grows, the more fruit it can support. Patience will reward you.

[Alan_Tampa]

Thats way small to expect any fruit. Give it time!