See if you can ask Alex about supplementing mango trees with potassium and limiting nitrogen. I've seen videos with Richard Campbell talking about how high nitrogen limits fruit production, and that Fairchild Gardens mangoes are very colorful because they hold back nitrogen and keep potassium high. I think Campbell even said he prefers the leaves on his plants to get a little yellow from the low nitrogen and it improves the fruit quality.
Hi Paul so of the discussed varieties. My experiences sw florida Gold nugget- very slow growing very small Creme brulee- has been more of a moderate grower for me small tree did flower this year- removed fruit- it does get a fair amount of anthracnose Fruit punch- small tree very slow growing so far Venus- tree large enough to fruit but didnt flower- no disease issues so far Cac- small tree no fruits or flowers I have not see MBBS in this area yet. Have a great one
I’m in North Central Florida (Gainesville) zone 9a/b. I believe I can grow certain mango varieties just fine. I have no problems with growing bananas, lychees, and sapodillas in ground with limited cold protection. Some people in South Florida think that it gets too cold up here. A lot of times when we have just the few cold fronts that move in each Winter for a couple of days, even South Florida will get the cold; although for shorter amounts of time. You’d be surprised how similar it is up here compared to down South closer to Miami.
Yes that’s true. Unfortunately a lot of people will not provide that limited cold protection and then their trees get damaged or killed. we always warn them that they’ll need to protect them from occasional freezes if they plan to try to grow them at that latitude, for full disclosure.
Hi Paul , could you speak with Alex about which mangoes do best on West Coast VS East coast of Florida? That would help a lot of people not waste so much precious time and money. :)
I wish I didn’t live so far (Tampa) Maybe I can visit one day. I would love to see your Ah ping tree as well as your ambika and crimson delight. Theres a whole list of your mangoes online I would like to visit and aspire to grow and possibly breed a successful hybrid. Thank you for all of this information and entertainment. *correction Alex’s trees at tropical acres. Didn’t realize it was your channel 😅” TA
Location,location, location unfortunately I’m not at a good location this season 🤣 I might have to go to the father’s Day event to enjoy some delicious mangoes.
We've been getting mangoes here from Mexico , I got a couple from walmart last week, one was terrible and the other one was sort of a lemony flavor which I don't really like but besides that it was good. I got 3 yesterday from a different store but they are not soft yet so I'll have to wait for them to ripen so I can taste them. Thanks Paul
The process is the same but instead of reducing the tree to a stump, instead you’ll have to trim back some of the branches on the side of the tree that you put the grafts to give the grafts a better chance of thriving.
@@tishemadunkley3981 going to be difficult from what others that far west are reporting. Just wont hold the fruit to maturity and low production on top of that. Maybe others can chime in but its so important for any of us that far west to do some serious due diligence so we end up with fruit. Its like another planet out west compared to east of 95 for mango production.
CAC definitely was not introduced by Excalibur and promoted by Richard Campbell. I found it on the USDA registry introduced around 1999 or 2000 if I recall, which would be years before it was promoted. Richard did say it came from Hawaii and thought it was an Edward seedling but who knows how accurate that is. I recall this since I purchased CAC at the mango festival auction 2 years in a row, years before it was propagated. Richard was kind enough to gift us a grafted tree, which was an surplus tree after grafting one for Gary.
There may have been two distinct introductions of what we call “Cac” based on a conversation with the late Richard Wilson a long time ago. It’s not really clear or well-recorded unfortunately. A pedigree analysis of Cac would be interesting to see.
Hello Paul, l enjoy your videos, very informative. I am an amateur who did grafting and budding for my own use. I would like to know where l can get the buddy tape or the laboratory parafilm to buy. I have looked on AMAZON but the description is not clear, so l am not sure which is the correct one
When I bought my house, the previous owner, who was Jamaican, had many trees in the backyard. They have two big mango trees. One is an east Indian, and the other they called blacki. Do you know what the actual name of the “blacki” mango is? It is not black, it’s actually very green with yellow on the skin. I’ll have to do a video on it during mango season.
@@SeraphimCherubim thanks for the reply! that’s the East Indian your talking about I I beleive, I know what that one is. But the blacki has no fiber, and doesn’t have the resin flavor like East Indian does.
Blackie is sometimes just called “Black mango”, or “Green Gage” mango depending on the part of Jamaica you’re in. We only recently started growing it last year.
