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Mango Taproot Problem?
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Posted by sciguy_rgv (My Page) on Tue, May 2, 06 at 9:57
| Hello everyone, I am new to the site and hope I am posting on the appropriate forum. I have read others posts and decided that I would grow a mango from seed. I planted it in a shallow 2" dish and when I took it out after a week I saw my taproot was bent. Since I am a novice I thought nothing of it and transplanted it into a 1 gal pot(plan to continue to upgrade pots). But as I continue to read I hear of problems of deformation due to crooked roots. Do I have a problem and can it be solved? Should I just start over again since it has only been a week? |
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RE: Mango Taproot Problem?
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| Whats the worste that can happen? A slightly crooked tree? In nature a root grows down and chances are it will hit a small rock or shell or the root of another plant and end up bent off to the side,seeing as how its still small I'd say its not a big problem, if the trunk is crooked you can always straighten it with a piece of Cord, three strips of foam and bit of stout stick |
RE: Mango Taproot Problem?
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| mango trees naturally grow all bent and crooked, taproots will correct themselves due to earth's gravity |
RE: Mango Taproot Problem?
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| Thanks for the replies. My mango tree does seem to be doing well. Now I feel better! |
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