1. Dr Crain on pollination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvgf8NTkX3c
Archive | Blooming & Polination
2012 Season Update
We began shipping our pre-orders June 14, 2012 and opened to the public for pick-up on June 16. On June 24 we were hit hard by Tropical Storm Debbie and lost a tremendous amount of fruit. Rather than dwelling on the fruit we lost on the ground, we focused on what we had in the […]
Blooming and Pollination
Mango trees less than 10 years old may flower and fruit regularly every year. Thereafter, most mangos tend toward alternate, or biennial, bearing. A great deal of research has been done on this problem which may involve the entire tree or only a portion of the branches. Branches that fruit one year may rest the […]
Enflorescence Stages for a ‘Keitt’ Mango
For the entire mango season I had marked 10 panicles to follow their growth. The ones seen below were the most successful and produced one mature Keitt mango. The other 9 did not do as well producing very small fruit that cracked and fell off. To see the photos, click here. Source: Ian Maguire and […]
Mango Panicles Setting Fruit
The mango panicles that I have been photographing are starting to set fruit and now begins the much slower and selective phase of this cycle. There may be 10 to 50 small fruits that set on each panicle but as time passes many, if not all, will drop. Last year, I tagged 3 panicles on […]