What am I missing

12 years ago

Hello, fellow mango addicts. Although I have promised myself I would not get any more mango trees, all this talk of lemon zest and coconut cream and maha chanook and what have you is just torture. I may get just one more, but only if it is something completely different than what I have now.Here are the varieties I am now growing - most of them in pots. Flavor wise, what would you add?

I have:

Carrie, Julie, Graham, Pickering, Florigon, Cogshall, Nam Doc Mai, Ice Cream, Mallika, Neelum (my new favourite), Glenn, Rosigold, Chocanon (Harry, I am with you on this one), Brahm Kai Meu, Lemon Meringue,Fairchild, Angie, Manilita, Jean Ellen (a disappointment - I may lose this one to make space for something else), Lancetilla.

Yes, I do need an intervention. :)

Jen

Comments (5)

jeffhagen
12 years ago
Do what every sensible addict does - plant them in your neighbors' yards and buy MORE :-).

Jeff
bsbullie
12 years ago
to add to Jeff's comment..pick a neighbor that does not like mangoes (more for you). By the way, where are you going to find room for the lychees and jack fruit ?

Based on what you have, you could not go wrong with the Maha Chanook/Chinook, Lemon Zest and Coco Cream. Duncan and Jakarta are also an excellent mangoes. Of course there is Orange Sherbet (not released for sale yet) and Harvest Moon.
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gnappi
12 years ago
You have MOST of those in pots? Where? on an airport runway somewhere :-)

I thought I was bad with a Kumquat, lime, sugar apple, Navel orange, Carambola, and 2 each Guava and fig and had considered intervention myself, buy I'm happy to know that I'm not alone!

Have you ever taken any pics of your tree farm to post?

Jeff, I have considered that like you have already done, but what if they move and the new owner cuts them down???
Grrrr...

Gary
pepperseed
Original Author
12 years ago
Jeff, the neighbors already have mango trees in their yards, luckily, varieties I don't have - bombay, etc. so that's out.
BSB, I am at the point where I am taking stuff out and replacing them. I have a coconut tree targeted for removal and that is where the jackfruit is going. Before I started on this mango kick, I was obsessively collecting citrus and between the leaf miners and aphids, I think most of those are on their way out as well. That will leave me some room for another lychee (I currently have a sweetheart) and some annonas.
Gnappi, I have most of this stuff along the fence line of my backyard. I keep everything in pots due to space constraints, and in the back of my mind somewhere I think one day I am going to move to a place with 2 or 3 acres where I can plant all this stuff, so in the meantime, they stay in pots. Can you say pipe dream?
As for pictures, I have not figured out the mechanics as yet.
Happy Labor Day weekend everyone and happy gardening.
gnappi
12 years ago
To post pics you need a pic hosting site. I use flickr.com

Hey I know the feeling of wanting to move to a larger property. I know it won't happen so I keep fantasizing that a tornado will take away a neighbor's house and I can buy the lot for dirt cheap :-)