Wow! Nice work! Mine Timotayo didn’t flower this year, but it grew many new vertical branches. Excited for your good eating! Did you do anything special to get them to flower/fruit?
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Large basin with good drainage, regular water – about 70 gallons per week, fertilize in 2:1:3 ratios.
Very jealous. Of all the fruits outside my zone, mango is by far my favorite.
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70 gallons = 16170 cubic inches.
Area of six foot diameter basin ~= 4071.5 sq. in.
Depth of 70 gal. in 6’ diameter basin ~= 4 inches.
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Also 0.62 gallons per sq ft equals one inch depth. I use that factor pretty often.
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Today I harvested about half the fruits from our Timotayo Mango tree. I determine ripeness by pressing slightly on the bottom (pointed end) of the fruit. If it is softening, I pick it. The skins have been turning color a bit unevenly – some patches of green remain on many fruits. Who cares – the fruit inside is packed with flavor! I found the skins edible except a bit too tough where green so most of them I eat without peeling. I also found the seed of this cultivar very thin, unlike those from the stores. 
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while mangos are so much sweeter when they start softening, they are also pretty good even at a rock- hard stage when they have started ripening.
mangos generally ripen like pears(from inside out), so the fruit may still be hard, but the inside is already getting sweet. More zesty and sweet-tart when eaten this way, while the flesh is at the crisp crunchy stage, instead of mushy.
And this is from nearly 2 years ago. It’s grown quite a bit! The first fruiting had stunted fruit, but it had only been planted for half a year, and was still quite young.
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I think you’ll have a prolific year. The fruit size might be small for the first 6-10 years but the quality is excellent. The skin is thin and pleasant enough to eat with the flesh. 
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Surprised you eat the skin of mangos. I get contact dermatitis from the mango skin around my mouth when I eat too many mangos. Mangos are related to poison ivy! BTW I have a 41 Ford woodie there at Ron Heidens Woodshop in Vista getting a new set of wood. Nice place to live. I was at Wavecrest last September. How smart you are with no grass in the back yard. Any in the front? Is that large tree in your neighbor’s yard an avocado?
Mangos and poison ivy are distantly related in plant family Anacardioideae. Pistachio is also a member of that family – I imagine you are related to them too?
Not a squirrel in sight!
Probably no rabbits or voles, either
Physical barriers insure they cannot enter the yard.
Too many predators near our location.
Even though unrelated, both mango skin and poison ivy produce “Urushiol”, the substance responsible for the allergy.