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Posted by DallasCactiLover 7b (My Page) on Tue, Apr 12, 05 at 14:59
| Has anyone planted a mango seed? Should it dry out first? Any luck with the plant? What's the root structure like? |
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- Posted by Rizz NC (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 13, 05 at 17:25
| mango is a tropical plant. not likely to survive where you live. I tried sprouting logan and lycee from the seeds of fresh logans. Had it for two year indoor during winter and outside during the rest of the year. Third winter killed them all when I left them outside. *sigh* Good luck |
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- Posted by Baci z10Ca (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 15, 05 at 0:41
| You can grow a mango in your zone – you just have to bring it indoors. I recently got a letter from a friend of mine in Hungary – she got hers through her first winter. After eating the mango peel the outer husk, being careful to not injure the seed. I use a wire cutter. The seed has a pointed & rounded end; I start peeling it at the rounded end because it has more air space. Do not let the seed dry first as the husk will adhere to the seed. Wrap it in a moist paper towel & place it in a baggie in a warm place. The seed can stay in the baggie for a month. After the roots develop you can plant it out. You can also leave the seedling in the baggie until the stems & leaves develop. If the seed starts to turn black, plant it out, as it will die anyway. Plant it in a pot – pests such as worms & slugs can easily destroy the seed if it is placed in the soil. Get as much growth on the plant as you can the first year as there is a higher die off rate the first winter. |
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| after eating the fruit, take a sharp instrument, I used my felco pruners, and cut the hard outer coat of the seed. You can remove it completely or just open it sufficiently for the plant inside to grow without too much effort. The inside is the embryo, stick in the dirt, and it should sprout in no time. why not just buy a grafted mango, some of them are dwarves growing no more than 6 ft tall and have plenty of fruit. You can keep them in a pot and they will have full sized fruit very soon. I bought a mango tree from ebay, and I love it. |
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Seedlings growing in ideal conditions have an ample root system. 8 inches tall seedling
can completely fill a 10 inches container. It likes good drainage, heat and water. Here is a pic of a few of the seedlings I started last year. mango seedlings 
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RE: Mango seed... anyone plant one?
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| I have tried and tried to open your "Mango Seedlings" pictures and I can not. All I get is a drawing of what must be a Mango Tree on a Beige background. Need help to Open your Link.. |
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| Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos megzzz! Would love to see photos of continued progress/stages of growth. |
RE: Mango seed... anyone plant one?
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| A few years ago I sprouted a seed after removing the husk, and was pretty excited. I had it indoors for a few days and since it was summer I put it outside. Apparently squirrels love the seeds. By the next morning it had been dug up and ravaged. We don't eat a tremendous number of mangoes, the next summer I sprouted one, then overwatered and the root rotted. This summer I dug a seed out of the garbage, split out the 'bean' and stuck it with some potting soil in an empty strawberry container. It had just the nub of a root, so I didn't expect much. In a week I saw it was sprouting. Two days layer there it stood at a mighty 2 inches. Three days ago I replanted into a gallon pot. It is now just 12 days after sprouting and the thing is over 10 inches tall. The leaves are growing so fast that you can almost see them -- in the past 16 hours, over 1 inch of leaf growth! They are shiney, and look almost as if the tree were wilting, but seem tough and healthy. I realize this is a bad zone for the plant and I will have to keep it indoors. I wonder about success with dwarfing or bonzai and mango? from what I've read, people kill them rather easily...but I did find this URL: http://www.mangotreeman.com/mango_trees.htm |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements
RE: Mango seed... anyone plant one?
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| hi do you take the seed compeltly and plant without the shell or do you just slightly open the top and plant it with the shell |
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| hi.. i started 6 mango kernels indoors on a windosill, and i had 100%germination, at the moment they are outdoors.. please check link for germination tutorial |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.muslimgrower.com/discussionforum/showthread.php?t=7
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