Hey Jessica,
Welcome to the fruit addicts' world. This forum is not visited by most of posters anymore because everybody is going to tropicalfruitforum dot com. I believe you could get more advice over there.

Mike

Also Jessica, as you have found out at another post, TT is not a good place to mail order mango trees. I have a good source at FL, it is a nursery called Tropic Plants, the owner Theresa's email is trplants@msn.com. I got several shipped to me from her recently at pretty reasonable prices; and I am happy with most of them. You might wanna give her a try.

welcome Jessica - and as gtw said, that "other" forum is where all the smarty pants have gone! (and that Tropic Plants place a great source for mangos, as gtw also said)

:)

Where in SoCal are you? Don't forget, the biggest danger to mangos is frost (in my opinion) so depending on where you live, that might be some work you have to perform in the winter - covering with frost cloth or some cover and watching those temperatures.....

Don't forget Mimosa Nursery in East L.A. - call them ahead of time to find out when their 1/2 OFF sale is and ask them for varieties - I've seen the Nam Doc Mai there but none of the others you mention, but it doesn't hurt to ask...

Success I wish you and all of us!!!!!!!!!!!

MangoWoofie

Jessica I have ordered plants from both places and I have no complaints. TT's shipping is much less. I bought a beautiful Coconut Cream and a Black Sapote from TT...no complaints.

Thank you for all the helpful information everyone!
GTW- just joined that forum! I feel like I'm a crazy mango
Addict. It's all I think about now
Mangodog- I'm in Glendale, CA. I called mimosa and they only have a 20 gallon for $325! I found a NDM in Orange for $90 in a 3 gallon. I know I'm paying too much but like an addict I want it now!! BTW, I've read alot of your posts on the other forums and they are really informative. :) I'm probably going to order 3-4 other Thai varieties soon. So excited. Any tips when planting them into the ground? Do you do
It right away when you get the trees? And thanks for the winter tip...I know I'll have lots of work to do. :)

what's TT stand for?? Why is it forbidden to say their entire name?

do tropic plants have a website?

Tropic plants don't have a website, you have to call in to order.
Hey,nursejolly, I say the NDM in Flowedale nursery the other day. Trust me, you don't wanna buy that for $90. You can get one mailed from FL for around $70 with freight; and the tree will be much bigger, healthier and nice looking. The $90 twig grown by La Verne nursery is absolutely not worth the money.

Damn I wish I read your post before I bought the tree! I thought it didn't look great but I was so excited to get the NDM that I bought it anyways. I'm a mango rookie. =( Well hopefully I can beef it up. Any tips when planting them in the ground? This will be my first mango tree. I also ordered 3 other varieties from TT because noone else had the varieties I wanted. I know I'm taking a chance...but we'll see.

Please let us know how the trees from TT do. Photos would be great.

Bill

Ok Bill! Post yours too! Mine should be arriving in 2 weeks. Are you going to keep them in the pots or plant them in the ground right away?

Most of them are going to stay in pots until I can taste the fruit. Some I will put in the ground after they get over the shock of shipping.

Bill

Hello. So here is a picture when I first pulled them out of the box. Not a great picture but at least one. I will post more later. 1. Okrung 2. Pim sen Mun ( over 5 ft tall!) 3. Keo Savoy

I potted them all in 5 gallon pots and have them
In the shade until they get over their shock. I spritzed their leaves and watered them a little. I'm hoping to plant them in the ground soon. Please don't die on me! LOL!
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Don't know why this isn't working. It worked on the tropical fruit forum. Same image. ????

Jessica - there are some other choices from photobucket if you hold the cursor on the picture in your album you want and click ENTER on the HTML code choice (3rd one down) it will flash "copied" and then you just come back to the message here and paste (or push Control and V at the same time)....mangowoofie

Like this.....

Ok it works! Yay! Thanks Mangodog! Wow thats a beautiful tree you have. How old is that tree?