If you want a large mango tree in SoCal, I would recommend planting a Manilla/Champaign type mango seed in the ground and grafting it with a named cultivar of your choice once the seedling reaches about 1 year of age and is about pencil thick. If you graft, make sure to use scions that are swelled up really nicely and ready to push new growth.
All my mango trees are the old original Florida varieties, since I live in a small town I only had a few varieties to choose from the nurseries and big box stores near me at the time when I was planting my mango trees 10-17 years ago. Lucky for me I enjoy all the mango varieties I planted.
What do we do now if our Mango trees were frost damaged? Started by CarloGolfer, , 06:08:48 PM Previous topic - Next topic
What do we do now if our Mango trees were frost damaged?
Having a Strong Mango Rootstock does Help with Growth in SoCal For the benefit of our California growers I thought I would post a few phots of some mango trees showing various rootstock. The goal is to select robust rootstock to increase tree vigor. A healthy root system is a healthy tree. Our mango loving frends in Florida have no such problems but here in SoCal it is a issue because of our ...
Mango tree recommendations Rosigold: compact tree, March - July (multiple crops), productive Edward: moderately vigorous, April - July Dwarf Hawaiian: dwarf tree, April - July (multiple crops), coconut flavor Angie: compact tree, May-July Pickering: dwarf tree, excellent disease resistance, heavy production, June - July Cac: vigorous, spreading tree with excellent production, mid-season ...