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Garden Gate:  Ever Grow a Mango from a Seed?  |
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pollyesther
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Karen
FL
USA
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 Posted - Mar 03 2006 : 1:01:02 PM
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Yesterday after enjoying a ripe, juicy mango I decided to try and see if I could grow one. I live in FL so I hoping the climate here is fairly simpatico with mango growing..only time will tell. At any rate, I did some research online and finally decided after viewing several methods that I would pop the actual embryo looking seed out of the outer husky pit and try putting it directly into soil with the "hump" side up and about 1/4" out of the moist soil. I am keeping it out when sunny and allowing it to enjoy the warm (and not humid ) weather we've been having. I plan on bringing it in at night when the temp cools off to keep it warm (as it is my understanding it prefers temps 70 degrees and warmer). Please let me know of your experience if anyone else has tried.
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2006 : 4:35:12 PM
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I LOVE mangos (mangoes?), but, living in Zone 5, I've never tried to grow one. I'm interested in what to do, however. They have such strange, large, flat pits. Let me know how it goes...
XOXO, Libbie
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2006 : 8:53:07 PM
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I love them too...but I am in the same area as Libbie..actually our valley we have to consider zone 4!! I would be really interested to see how it turns out too....maybe just an interesting houseplant would be fun, right? But..oh yum! If you get mangos..what a bonus!!
Jenny in Utah
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 09:40:35 AM
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I'm in zone 5/6 and I have an avocado plant going that I started from a pit about 2 years ago. It's a houseplant. It's not very big, but I like to see what I can grow. Maybe I'll try a mango in the future.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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Ever Grow a Mango from a Seed?
