It’s a great fruit, our tree just hasn’t been as productive for us as PPK and a Lemon Zest. It was hit hard by the Jan 2022 freeze. Hopefully it will move up our list in the next few years.
I got a Glenn and a Cac over in Pine Island. I live in CC. Planted it in August 2022. Funny enough, the Mangoes survived after the Hurricane and now are starting to grow the past month or so. Very resilient!
Strange, I know a very mature ppk/lemon meringue tree that barely produces. And I know someone who removed two Lemon Zest trees because they also didn't produce much.
Hey guys! I’m on mango number two, coconut cream. Pretty excited, first one I got is NDM and that one is doing well after one year in the ground, it’s amazing how fast they grow. Side bar - I love this series, I love the dynamic you two share. The way she looks at him, you guys seem to share an amazing relationship with a fun tradition. Wish you the best.
How exciting! You chose two great varieties. Nam Doc Mai is one of my favorite trees in our yard - it’s shaped so nicely and the fruits are always very clean. The fruits can also be eaten green or ripe. And Coconut cream is amazing! So good that I recommended it to my parents as their only mango tree. We appreciate you kind comment. We love each other very much and just celebrated 28 years of marriage.
My favorites are Tebow, Cotton Candy, Venus, Cogshall and Valencia Pride. Waiting for my other trees to fruit so I was encouraged by the comments on Coconut Cream, Honey Kiss and Sugarloaf. Thanks!
1. Carrie (Sulcata Grove will strongly disagree, but Carrie wins so many many taste contests it is often banned from competition. It's certainly my neighbors favorite and I am lucky to even get a few before they take them all. Could have better production. Only tree I would probably plant two of.) 2. Glenn (I agree best all around mango. Great Aroma - Never tried an Elon though. Many nurseries promote Glenn for those customers who only want one tree) 3. PPK (Flavor ranges from Lemony to Orange Creamsickle. Similar to Orange Sherbert but still a bit better. If you have PPK you don't need Orange Sherbert.) 4. Mallika (Tastes like a Carrie on Steroids. Strong Flavor maybe a bit spicy. Mallika flavor will grow on you. But if you don't like Carrie then you might not like Mallika. Some places recommend Mallika to customers if they are out of Carrie. I have never found Camel Dung or any special ripening techniques to be necessary) 5. Lancetilla (Very under rated extra large. Think of a 5 pound Glenn only just 100% pure Mango Flavor in a good way. Takes longer to ripen due to large size. Eating an extra large ice cold peeled Lancetilla over the kitchen sink on a hot summer day is a memorable experience. Don't slice it just dive in face first ) 6. Edward (Unique Creamy Texture. Many old timers list it as #1. Some claim it is a shy bearer, others say it isn't.) 7. Honorable Mention Keitt - For decent flavor, large size and late and heavy production. Probably the only decent tasting mango grocery stores sometimes carry.
A properly picked and ripened Keitt is a superb mango. I found the Lancetilla to be one of the worst mangos (taste wise) I have ever tasted. We cut down our tree. Out of almost all of our trees, I would rank Glenn in the bottom 25% as far as taste.
I live NDM but Maga Chanook was a disappointment. It was very sweet and very fibrous. It was nothing special. I need more than sugar, the flavor was not remarkable.
Im on the other coast near Melbourne and we have farms on merrit island ! So many good varieties to discover. I would love to taste the ones you mentioned sometime. So far I love Zill, Southern Blush, Sunset and Cogsall if perfectly ripe. I am saving the seeds and growing them out. I have a couple rosigolds from seeds from last year in pots. I thought the original nam dac mai was delicious but the #4 version not as good. So many kinds to explore. Im loving the delicate tasting ones the most. Southern Blush is fantastic have you tried it. Or zill?
The one you left out that Alex Salazar (WPB grower) really loves in the category of "best mangos to grow" is Angie. Of the varieties you mentioned, I've planted Honey Kiss, Sugarloaf, and Cecilove in the past year or so. I also planted Orange Sherbet because I have friends with PPK so there was no need to plant that one. My last tree is Little Gem. Other honorable mentions from Alex are Cac and Carla, which he considers an improved Kent. My neighbors have two seedling trees which produce remarkably good mangos. They might even deserve to be named and propagated. If I have a chance, I hope to bring Alex samples this summer.
Angie has been hit or miss for us. Definitely better when not super ripe. A friends tree near us also had some disease issues, but it may have just been a localized pest or nutritional issue. It’s a beautiful mango and I’ve had one that was delicious. We have a Cac tree. So far, it’s been good but not one of my favorites. Maybe this year will be its year. It’s holding a lot of fruit.
@@SulcataGrove I had an Angie tree at my last house. Somehow the fruit never seemed to get as sweet as the other varieties I had, but I know people (like Alex) rave about it. I agree with Mahachanok being a really beautiful mango. I like the flavor as well.
Glad to see little gem on a list, I just got one from Lara Farms. A tiny 1 gallon. It seems underappreciated. People say it's even more productive than Pickering. And disease resistant.
Mangoes origin is from India. We have first grown mangoes over 5000-6000 years ago. Currently, we Indians has our own 1500 varieties growing in India. India is the land of Mangoes for a reason. We export good quality mangoes to other countries, we import cross/hybrid mangoes varieties from other countries. Anyways here are my top 30 mango plants varieties to plant 1: Indian(Bharat) Alampur Baneshan/Imam pasand/Himam Pasand Mango, 2: Indian(Bharat) Mallika Mango, 3: Indian(Bharat) Kalapadi Mango(All season Mango, sweet Kerala/Tamil Nadu Mango variety), 4: Indian(Bharat) Alphonso Mango (Devgad Alphonso, Ratnagiri Alphonso) and it's hybrid variety, 5: Indian(Bharat) (Arka Suprabhat Mango) or Sonpari Mango, 6: Indian(Bharat) Kesar Mango: (The 'Gir Kesar' Mango), 7: Indian(Bharat) Arunika Mango, 8: Indian(Bharat) Bombay AKA Pairi AKA Raspuri Mango, 9: Indian(Bharat) Banganapalle Mango, 10: Indian(Bharat) Malgova Mango, 11:Indian(Bharat) Panduri Mango, 12:Indian(Bharat) Kohitur Mango, 13:Indian(Bharat) Jahangir Mango, 14: Indian(Bharat) Noorjahan Mango, 15: Indian(Bharat) Brunei King AKA 4KG Mango, 16:Indian(Bharat)/Pakistan Chounsa Mangos (Best one is Mosami Chaunsa: Also known as Summer Bahisht. Kala Chaunsa: Also known as Black Chaunsa. Safaid Chaunsa: Also known as White Chaunsa (bigger in size). Azeem Chaunsa: Also known as Rattewala (smaller in size), 17: Sri Lankan Kulambu Mango, 18: Australian R2E2 AKA Jumbo Red Mango, 19: Thailand Nam Dok Mai Mangos- (Best one is Nam Doc Mai Si thong: Golden Nam Doc Mai). (Nam Doc Mai #4: Common Nam Doc Mai). (Nam Doc Mai Mun: Green sweet). (Nam Dok Mai Si Mueng: Purple Taiwan Yuwen 6 or Taiwan Jinxing Mango), 20: Thailand Mahachanok pink and yellow AKA Banana Mango AKA Chang Daeng Mango, 21: Thailand Katimon Mango AKA Chokanan Mango(All season mango), 22: Taiwan Supper Queen Mango AKA Golden Queen/Jin Huang/ Kiew Yai/Cat Saigon Mango, 23: American Valencia Pride Mango, 24: American Irwin Mango, 25: American Osteen Mango, 26: American Pickering Mango, 27:American Keitt Mango, 28: American Orange Sherbet Mango, 29: Panama Fairchild Mango, 30: Philippines Carabao Mangos Sweet Elena/Guimaras Super Galila Mango
Really enjoyed this episode. You should do one every year. I just ordered a box of mangos from your website. Anxious to try some different ones other than Valencia pride which is the one I have. Wanted to plant some different ones in the yard.
Would you be able to share a little bit about your CAC mango? I purchased a 7 or 9 gallon and I’m getting ready to plant it in the ground after this winter in south Sarasota county (North Port). I have a Kent mango as well that I planted as a 3 gallon in 2022 and she is thriving in the ground. Thank you for your insights.
If you could only plant one mango tree, but grafted multiple varieties onto one tree - how would you do it? How many types could you do on one tree and would you spread out the grafts to Early/Mid/Late?
I wonder if anyone will start selling mangifera oderata trees on the east cost of Florida. The only time that I have seen it for sale was at fairchild one year.
Me: Edward, Lemon Zest, Beverly, Spirit of '76, Maha Chanook. Production monsters that are great dehydrated? Kent and Fruit Punch. Small tree, good-great taste w/heavy production? Pickering. Also have a Orange Sherbet but haven't gotten fruit off of it yet, so judgment is out on that. I also have/had Mallika, Nam Doc Mai, Rosigold, Cogshall, Julie, Sweet Tart, Carrie, Dot, Glenn, Kent, Keitt (which is really, really good), and many more. Just bought a Sugarloaf today. My Glenn is good, but tastes like I'm eating flowers. I much prefer them dehyrated. They can be "watered down" some years in taste.
It’s hard for me not to love my firsts more than others for sentimental reasons. What was your first mango you grew? And what was the first good mango you tasted? For me, Carrie and Valencia Pride will always have a special place
Valencia Pride was the first mango we planted. Lemon Meringue was the first mango we tasted that blew us away. Lemon Meringue was the very first mango I ever tasted - Celeste
VP - Large fast growing tree. Plant it and run. Decent flavor and size but frustratingly inconsistent production. Feast or Famine. My VP would often skip 3-4 years between crops and then deluge you with fruit. Last hurricane took it out. Don't miss it.
We've had a Haden tree 🌳 in the two places we've lived in the past 35 years. It's still the wife's favorite and her first mango. Coming from Iowa, she had never had a mango 🥭 before.
We lost our first tree and the second is struggling. If we had a tree that is thriving and reliable, where we have tasted more than a few fruits, it may have made the list.
@@SulcataGrove Sorry for that loss and problem. Yes, I read what you wrote days back today from another video on this fruit that I missed before. The only thing about this tree is it's obvious desire to grow and spread low to the ground. I will keep the main leader branch and keep the others cut off so I can get it to spread out at another 1 ft or so. I am seeing so many ugly shaped trees with this variety. Fruit hanging on the ground is not a good thing either and drives me crazy. I am sure I will be propping up fruit no matter what with this variety due to its strong desire to fruit heavily and its super compact size.
Irwin is a beautiful mango. Angie too. It would be nice to see some available in stores. We just started seeing more varieties of Florida grown avocados in our chain grocery stores the last two years.
I never like Bailey's Marvel; think it has an "aspartame" aftertaste to it. Plus the tree is uber-vigorous and is a pain to have to massively prune it every 1-2 years.
I like any of them that don't have the flavor of the oil base products at the paint store. Different item is any Avocado tastes like a pile of wet moldy cardboard to me.
