How many years can potted mangoes bear fruit?

Mango is one of the common fruits in daily life, many people like it, plant it into a pot, hoping that one day they can eat their own mango. So, how many years will it take to plant mangoes in pots?

How many years will it take for potted mangoes to bear fruit?

If it is a seedling, it may not bear fruit in 10 years; if it is a grafted seedling, it can bear fruit in about 4 to 7 years. Natural flowering is from December to January-February of the following year, sometimes as early as November or late to March of the following year, the full bloom is around the Spring Festival, and the fruit harvest period is from May to July. Most of the fruits are kidney-shaped, with yellow peel and bright yellow pulp when ripe.

Mango flowers have bisexual flowers and male flowers, bisexual flowers have normally developed stamens and pistils, which can undergo normal pollination, fertilization and fruiting; male flowers do not have pistils and can not bear fruit after flowering. Bisexual flowers account for more than 15% of most cultivated varieties.

Second, how to maintain potted mangoes?

1. Soil: mango's demand for soil is not very strict, but in order to better promote the growth of mango, we can try to select some soil with good drainage and permeability, sandy loam or alluvial soil can be used, and the soil should be slightly acidic.

2. Lighting: mango likes light, so there is a great demand for light, and sufficient light is needed after mango is civilized. So try to get enough light in the pot during maintenance, even in winter. The summer light is so strong that you can avoid the noon sun or give proper shade at noon.

3. Temperature: mango is a tropical fruit, which likes warmth and is not resistant to frost. The optimum growth temperature is 25-30 ℃. Under 20 ℃, the growth of leaves and inflorescences stopped, the seedlings, shoots and spikes were cold below 5 ℃, and the aboveground parts of seedlings, spikes and shoots of adult trees, and outer leaves of mature trees were damaged when the temperature was below 5 ℃. Sunburn occurred in florets and fruits above 37 ℃. Keep the temperature above 15 ℃ during maintenance.

4. Watering: mango is more drought-tolerant, and the demand for water is not particularly large, but it needs adequate water supply during flowering and fruiting to keep the soil moist, but there can be no stagnant water.

5. Fertilization: in addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer when potting, proper topdressing is also needed in the growing season. From October to November, fertilizer was applied to promote flowering, and nitrogen and potash fertilizer was applied once or twice 15 days before fruit harvest.

6. Pruning: as it is a potted plant, it should be properly trimmed to maintain a beautiful shape. During the maintenance period, if you find the branches that grow too fast, you should pay attention to pruning and cut off the overgrown branches and leaves of the fruit trees.

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