Topic: mango

[janleaver]

Anyone any ideas on how to grow a mango from seed.    Thankyou, Jan.

[David R]

plant in a large pot, john innes no2 or houseplant compost. keep warm in greenhouse or conservatory. lots of water, lots of heat.

[Jeannine]

Works est if a very fresh seed.XX Jeannine

[Aussie Chick]

Mangoe trees grow huge! do conservatory Mangoes set fruit???

[janleaver]

Thanks, one has opened up, I took the seed out of the hard shell but did not know what I was doing was right or wrong.    Two others are just as they came out of the fruit complete with the hard shell.      I know that they will never grow to have fruit grow on them because they are 'huge' when fully grown I just would like to have a go.    Thanks I will let you know how I get on.     Jan.

[antipodes]

Err yeah, a mango tree is big, I mean REALLY big and wide too - I am not sure I would see the point of growing such a tropical plant in Britain? I guess it might be quite pretty but I can't see you getting any fruit???

[Robert_Brenchley]

If you were a Victorian industrialist with fifty thousand wage slaves and a greenhouse the size of Crystal Palace you might have a go. 'Look at me, I'm richer than the 97th Duke of Snobbery!' But not us ordinary folk.

[antipodes]

 ;) too right
Why I say this is because I am from Queensland in Australia, which is Australia's mango region!! And I have seen lots of real mango trees, they are bigger than a house and can easily spread over half a backyard. Dropping bucketfuls of huge drippy ripe mangoes all over the shop in the summer. They are great big massive trees with huge trunks so I can't see it working in a little conservatory!! HOWEVER lots of people have good fun growing pineapples, which you can try to grow from a bought pineapple. Cut the top off and trim evry bit of fruit away, then sit it in water until it starts to root. Plant it and keep it hot and moist, then the second year a baby pineapple with gor from the middle of the mother plant. That is what I have been told in any case.

[Aussie Chick]

I'm from Brisbane...where are you from in QLD?

I love bowens..jsut delic...mouth watering stuff...

[antipodes]

err from Brisbane too :D Actually my family now lives in Jimboomba, south of Bris but I spent my studenting youth in Brissie itself, I used to live round the Toowong area where there are LOTS of mango trees! Yeah Bowen mangoes are the best, sometimes I buy mangoes here and try and ripen them up, they are ok (usually from West Africa or Mexico sometimes) but it's not the same. Bowen mangoes can be smelt from any corner of the house, and mango juice has to run down your arm to be authentic ha ha. My aunt used to take off her kids clothes and sit them in thebath with a mango each, it kept them amused for hours, then just rinse off the sticky kid afterwards ha ha ha
Nice to say hello to a local girl

[Aussie Chick]

oh you certainly know your mangoes, my bday is in January, so a case of Mangoes was it every year. I ate till i went yellow! im from Albany Creek, on the north side.
I use to buy mangoes here but have been so disappointed with the taste, i dont bother. Which ones to you recommend to try again..?

[cornykev]

Stick another mango on the barbie mate. xxxx  ;D ;D ;D ;

[Aussie Chick]

lol ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Jeannine]

Mangoes make nice house plants if you pinch them out to get them bushy, and they stay reasonable if potted. I would't expect fruit though, just an interesting plant XX Jeannine

[janleaver]

Thanks everyone,  Jan       :o

[antipodes]

Aussi chick, your inbox is full ha ha
I was friends with a girl from Albany Creek when I was at uni lol.
hmm let's see, mangoes, I find that the brazilian ones are foul, best give them a wide bay ha ha Last week I got one that was from the Ivory Coast, and I let it ripen for more than a week on the windowsill!!! but then it was more or less edible. The only advantage is that they are usually smooth fleshed, I remember teethfuls of bowen mango strings ha ha. Once a Vietnamese stallholder at my local market sold me a (dear) mango that she guaranteed delicious and it was, the best since I left Oz but she mysteriously wouldn't say where it was from.
PM me if you are feeling homesick, I will send you pics of my Qld Blue pumpkin plants!!!!
Antipodes (Adrienne)

[Aussie Chick]

Ive emptied the inbox now!! thanks for that!

I have a couple of qld blue's up as well. Hoping they fruit for me  :)

Im going to try the market then, maybe i will find the a substitute Mango! 

[mc55]

talk about timing, two boxes of Alfonso mangoes arrived at the office yesterday from India ... going to have one as a treat when I get back from babysitting my Goddaughter - they are always so sweet and juicy (much nicer than supermarket ones).