I sprouted a pair of champagne mango seeds from the store and now have a quite good-sized 1.5-year-old tree. I live in any of the zones 7-9 but recent debates make it hard to know for sure which one it is and because we do typically get snow or ice in the winter the mango tree is in a pot. Now I didn’t do any research but can it grow in the pot until I can build a greenhouse? What are the best fertilizers? Do they need a male tree?
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Sure. However, in the long run the volume of harvest will be proportional to the volume of roots.
For Mango, I use fertilizers with the NPK ratio of 3:1:2. For example, 9-3-6 or 21-7-14.
No. They are self-fertile.
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With mango trees, if they are in the same pot will they kill each other? Being in a zone that still freezes could I ever plant them in the ground and build a greenhouse around it or are they going to have to stay in pots and be trimmed?
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You’ll need a big greenhouse because they get big. Even the smaller varieties end up being like, 15 ft tall. I’m in zone 8b and I’m growing a bunch in pots so it’s definitely doable. Pots will keep them from growing too big. Mine are in 10-25 gallon pots and i stick them in the garage. Sometimes in my living room as well.
Also to pollinate them, you can either brush the flowers together or allow a little bit of an insect issue during flowering lol. Either seems to help.
Also if you don’t already have one, you need a Mahachanok and Pickering 
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Curious, why?
I have some Ataulfo seedlings in 9B so the original question is somewhat relevant to my interest.
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Pickering is extremely precocious and tastes great as well.
Mahachanok has been one of the best tasting mangos I’ve had year after year. Fiberless, Mango pudding, almost candy like flavor.
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Oh YAY! My dreams of mango in a pot isn’t too much wishful thinking!
I’ve got one grown from seed that was a double. It was from a family friends’ tree that he had grown from seed. Seriously had a coconut flavor to them!
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Mine hasn’t flowered yet, I think its too young. It has been growing a lot though!! Those varieties sound good!! I’m not sure where I’d be able to get them from since there are usually only ever 2 types of mangos at all our stores
These are my trees, unfortunately, when they were really small I put them in the same pot and I don’t think I’ll be able to separate them.
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That looks amazing for a little tree grown from seed. I could never keep my seedlings alive.
I bought my stuff from everglades.farm and Etsy. There are some good sellers on Etsy but you gotta talk to them first. The good ones will reply quickly and may even have photos of the stuff they’ll send.
I had like 5 other mango tree sprouts that started a bit later than this one and they all turned black and died. I usually don’t have a great green thumb but I suppose my daughter has helped me learn to take care of things.
I will have to check those out!! so far all my fruit trees that I have at this moment are from seed, I did order some on Amazon but they have yet to arrive.
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You gotta be careful of Amazon. As a previous Amazon seller, they don’t make things easy for us Americans to do anything on there. It’s more user friendly towards international sellers so if it looks like the seller is feel oversea shipping Plant material, it may get destroyed from customs
I am pretty sure it is from American sellers but I will look into it!! Thank you
Yes, it is. An immature Mango will tolerate a pot but don’t ask too much of it. If you keep it less than cubic yard for too long it will become impatient and wither.
Don’t fall prey to the rosy stories from plant sellers and inexperienced growers.
Probably.
Outdoors year-round, no protection:
Zone 10A - some cultivars.
Zone 9B - very few cultivars.
Zone 9A - dead after several hours below 25°F.
The pruning methods of pit and pome fruits do not apply to Mango. What appears to be a lignified branch is a lignified flower stem. I’ve known people to kill their Mango tree by pruning – some of them experienced horticulturists who didn’t pay attention to the unusual botany.
I am growing mango. I dream of growing European black currents. Touche!
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My tree survived 20 F weather in a makeshift greenhouse but when we saw a forecast of snow I raced to bring it inside. Is my tree supposed to be flowering yet? I thought they don’t start that until they are at least 3 years old.
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Snow is an insulator.
Mango grafted in the nursery trade will have its first significant bloom about 3 years after grafting. They are typically not sold until then.
For several reasons, I would only grow a seedling mango for rootstock – and then I’d still be picky about it 
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why would the ones grown from seed just be rootstock
They can take anywhere from 8 to 15+ years to bear fruit. A lot of people don’t have that patience plus the tree will be really big by then.
There’s a few people in Florida that are also growing mango trees in pots as well due to their hurricanes even though they can survive in ground there. They’re the ones who’ve inspired me. They can sit in a 25 gallon pot for at least 5 years from 3 gallon. I’ve uppotted mine from 3 gallons to 10 and 7 gallons to 25 as well as a few 3 gallons to 25 gallons and they’ve been alive for the last few years. Been growing them for about 2-3 years now so not long, but long enough to know a little bit. There’s a few that can handle pot culture forever too like the variety Pickering. 7 gallon trees can give you a few fruit starting off and some 25 gallon ones can do pretty well for years as well.
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What if I have a heated greenhouse in 8b?
Could I graft raft a mature mango tree branch on to my current mango tree but like an add on, I don’t particularly want to just use my tree that started my tree collection as a root base.
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Because I not only want fruit from my trees, I want it to taste great.
What if you grew black currants instead and made amazing jam?
Your mango is not large enough to be grafted over.
Also, as I mentioned above it is an error to think of Mango “branches” in the same way you think of branches of the trees you are familiar with.
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