This is my potted pickering mango I picked up from logees a year ago. It has flowered and fruited indoors for the winter. Im in north texas. Pictured is one of the 4 flower panicles on 4 separate branches that flowered. I thinned all fruit to one single mango with the intent of at least getting one but was wondering if I should let it develop or remove it. 1in trunk below the graft, and just over 1/2in above. Think one mango is too much for the tree?
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That’s a small tree but Pickering is precocious and productive, so one mango probably won’t set it back too far and maybe none. It’s really more about how much the tree is growing. To my way of thinking if a tree is growing rapidly a few fruit, won’t hurt it. If the fruit causes the tree to quite growing, then it’s too much fruit.
That fruit may well fall off on it’s own. That’s the trees way of saying too much I’m not ready yet.
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That tree is really beautiful. I know nadda regarding growing mangos but I’d keep and try at least 1 or 2 if they stuck wish you good luck.
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I had a young mango in my greenhouse that did that and all the fruit dropped when they were not much bigger than in your picture.
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Thanks guys. Ill definitely keep an eye on it and update if the tree keeps it. Didn’t know they were like citrus and dropped what they couldn’t hold. Wish my peaches would do that.
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Mine is flowering too! But i got it from Etsy from the same price as logees 
for Mango trees, there are actually some legit sellers on Etsy that can compare to or better than the big guys. Since all they would do is pickup from the nursery and resell for 30$ more and their local nursery sells the big 7 gallons for like, 50$ sometimes. With shipping it comes up to 120-150 which isn’t bad for a giant plant
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If im successful with this guy, ill definitely check etsy for something like sugarloaf or sweet tart, I hear those are good, though im sure those will be a bit more difficult in a pot. Logees is definitely expensive for the tiny plant you get, though they do have good quality. I do like that I can shape it myself though instead of get a large one with a trunk too tall on an older plant meant for the ground.
I got lucky with my mango this winter as some tiny black ants moved into the pot during summer and they pollinated it indoors, lol. Way too cold to put outside. Hope they stay in the pot though. Maybe ill give them some sugar water as thanks and to encourage them to stay there.
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As @scottfsmith said most of the fruitlets will drop soon. However as others mentioned I don’t see any reason why it can’t hold a fruit. One thing to know (this happened last year to mine) once it got about 3/4 sized a windy day broke the branch it was on. So maybe stabilize it or keep it sheltered if indeed it produces one.
Small update. Tree kept the mango! And it is growing pretty quick and is now about quarter size. The tree itself has not put out any new vegetative growth, but I’m not sure if that’s due to it not being warm enough yet, or just too early to tell. We still have 50 degree nights. Will be 47 tomorrow night, so bringing it in for a couple days.
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Which cultivar? It’s self pollinating?
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All mangos are self-pollinating.
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1 month update, getting big with really nice color! A bit worried about the tree though, it has not put out any new vegetative growth. Not sure when mangos would do that in my climate. Hopefully it flushes out when the summer heat hits it.
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It looks like its going to drop. I’ve never seen a mango develop color until it is full size unless it was going to drop. Mangoes do that. i.e. ripen prematurely.
In fact they are often picked green and ripen fine after that.
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Would that indicate a non viable seed? Stone fruit sometimes develops part way and then drops or develops to a small size and matures when the seed aborts the embryo.
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I don’t know. I would suspect a non viable seed.
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