A tropical plant like mango has very tasty and juicy fruits, which contain a large amount of nutrients and vitamins. But is mango suitable for indoor cultivation, and how to properly care for it?
This evergreen tree is recommended to be grown from sprouts, which are quite possible to buy in a special nursery. The planted sprout takes root relatively well and does not require close attention during growth. And also a wild plant will definitely not grow from it. But you can also grow a mango from an ordinary stone, which should be taken from a ripe fruit. It is quite possible to germinate it, you just need to adhere to certain rules.
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Growing mangoes indoors
The seed should be planted almost immediately after it is removed from the fruit. In this case, you must definitely choose ripe mango. It is very easy to check whether the fruit is suitable for the degree of maturity. So, in a suitable mango, the bone can be separated from the pulp very easily. First, wash it thoroughly, and then remove the remaining pulp using a sharp knife. After that, the prepared bone is gently split, thereby accelerating the germination process:
- In the event that the bone breaks without problems, the shell should be removed from it, while carefully taking out the inner part, very similar to the beans. After that, it should be treated with fungicides - agents that can resist the development of fungus and harmful spores. In the event that there is not one, but several embryos inside, then it is necessary to choose only one of the greenest and smoothest of them, since its chances of germination are greater than those of the others.
- In the event that it is very difficult to crack the shell, then no effort is needed, otherwise the inner part can be damaged. The mango seed should be placed in a container, which must be transparent and pour water at room temperature into it. For the bone, you should choose the lightest place on the windowsill. So, she should lie for several weeks. But at the same time, one must not forget to change the water every couple of days, otherwise it will turn sour.
Then you need to choose a suitable pot. Due to the fact that a mango tree in nature can reach a height of 10–45 meters, the container for planting should immediately be taken quite large. In this case, replanting the plant, and therefore injuring the root system, you will be less. Be sure to make good drainage at the bottom of the container, for this use special granules or small rubble.The drainage layer is able to prevent stagnation of liquid in the soil, and therefore the appearance of rot on the roots. For planting, you can use purchased universal soil, but it should be borne in mind that it must be neutral acidity.
In order to measure the acidity of the soil, you can use a device specially designed for this, which is called a soil pH meter or a pH meter. It can also be replaced with disposable indicators made of paper. They change their color shade after contact with acidic soil (this happens within 1-15 minutes, and the time depends entirely on the indicator manufacturer).
You can plant in two ways:
- placing it sideways - in the event that you do not know exactly where the lower part is and where the upper part is;
- placing horizontally - if there is already a small sprout.
You should not completely sprinkle the bone with soil, its fourth part should rise above the surface. After planting, spill the soil well, and if it settles hard enough, you will need to fill it up a little to the required level.
To create the most suitable conditions for germination, it is necessary to close the container on top with glass, transparent film or ½ part of a plastic bottle. Do not forget to air the mango; for this, once every 2 or 3 days, slightly raise the edges of the shelter. This will help you avoid bone decay.
The sill of a south-facing window is perfect for placing the pot, since the plant requires the greatest amount of light. After 2–3 weeks, a sprout usually appears and the mango begins to grow. After that, you need to remove the shelter from the container.
Care features
In the event that you planted the mango in a not very large pot, then you should not rush to transplant it. This procedure is recommended to be carried out only after the plant becomes strong and grows a little. A transplant into a permanent pot should be done for a plant that has reached one year of age. It is not necessary to transplant the plant very often, since the mango reacts extremely negatively to this procedure, and as a result, it can shed all the leaves or even die altogether.
In order for a plant to grow and develop normally, it needs conditions as close as possible to natural ones. It reacts negatively to dry soil, as well as to low air humidity. In this regard, he needs to ensure systematic watering, and he also needs to have a constantly high humidity in the room (about 70-80 percent). Too often it is not worth moistening foliage from a sprayer, as this can provoke the appearance of mold and mildew. And they, rapidly developing, can even destroy the mango.
Fertilizer for mango, which was grown from a seedling or from a seed at room conditions, can be vermicompost and mixtures containing nitrogen, which are used in the cultivation of citrus fruits, as well as persimmons. In the event that your mango grows in the open field, organic fertilizers should be applied to it in the trunk circle a couple of times a year as a top dressing. So, 4 or 5 liters of water can be insisted on rotten foliage or manure.
The plant needs good sunlight. In this regard, the lightest window sill is chosen for its placement. Supplementary lighting is recommended in winter, which can be done with fluorescent lamps.
This tree tolerates the pruning procedure quite well, so you can shape the crown the way you want. In the event that the mango grows constantly in the room, and you are not going to plant it in open ground, it will definitely need systematic pruning. When it grows to a meter in height, it is necessary to start pinching the upper pairs of leaves, and they should be removed along with the buds.
Obtaining fruits in room conditions
Even if you follow exactly the above instructions for growing mango from stone, this plant will only decorate the room with its spectacular foliage, outwardly somewhat resembling a palm tree. Flowering and fruiting is available only to grafted plants. Already grafted mangoes are quite possible to purchase in a nursery or botanical garden, and you can also graft a plant by budding with your own hands, while you need a bud from a fruiting specimen.
Mango grafting
You will need a sharp, sterile knife for this procedure. They need to carefully carve the bud with some wood and bark. On the tree to be grafted, it is necessary to make a small cut, resembling the letter T. Then carefully peel back the edges of the bark and insert the cut bud. The incision should be carefully wrapped with soft tape and can be removed after the bud has grown.
The first flowering after vaccination usually occurs after a couple of years. After 100 days (3 months) after the flowers appear, you can enjoy the juicy fragrant fruits. A tree that has been grafted needs systematic feeding (watering should be carried out only with fertilizing and mixtures containing nitrogen). Especially mango needs fertilization during flowering and during the ripening period.
Such a beautiful tree can become a real decoration of any room, but only if it is properly looked after and provided with the necessary conditions of detention. And to get sweet fruits, you will need to graft the plant and systematically fertilize it after that.
Good day! I planted mango seeds according to the recommendations of your site. Tell me the next question: when I ventilate so that there is no rotting of the bone, is it necessary to water in this case or not? Thank.
Planted from a bone. First, I soaked it for 3 weeks, changed the water every 2 days. Then she put it down like beans and covered it with earth. The soil was made by itself 1 part of sand, 1 part of peat, 1 part of garden soil and a matchbox of ash on a small pot. I was very surprised when a sprout appeared a week later, or rather 3 sprouts. Very pleasing to the eye.
There is only one question: where to get ripe fruit? Mangoes are always green in stores!
A week ago, Egyptian mangoes were brought to Auchan, I bought a few kilograms, because I know that they are very tasty and always ripe, and so I started eating, and there almost every bone is open and a green nut with a sprout-embryo, in general, I immediately planted one in the ground, and I soak the other! Let's see what will happen next.
In Egypt
green and ripe
So mango ripens) no one sells them ripe. Buy it and let it lie, it will be ready itself.
You can finish the mango yourself. You need to wrap the fruit in newspaper or craft paper and put it in a dark place. You need to check every day so that the fruit does not deteriorate.
Go to a Thai or Asian restaurant and the cook, or the waiter, or the washer will not refuse to give you the bone. On the table, the visitor is given without a bone. I worked in a Thai restaurant and we received from Thailand ... I have never tasted anything tastier in my life. P.s. Perhaps this is also an option
Ulyana, take in the Taste of Villas, there are the ripeest mangoes, in one we have already got a bone with a sprout….
Tell me, please, when landing in open ground (Uzbekistan), what to do for the winter?
My mango is sick. Small brown spots on the sheet, then the sheet curls from the edges and the sheet disappears.Tell me. What to do?
We had the same problem. I had to cut off all the leaves and planted the trunk in the open ground.
I just planted avocado seeds in the ground and they sprouted in 4 weeks.
There are many varieties of mango, differing in color and size of the fruit. Recently, ready-made seedlings of cultivated mango have been sold and you do not need to fool your head with seeds and wait so long until a tree is grown from the seed, which you also need to graft. Mango is a tropical plant and in winter it is desirable that the temperature is not lower than + 10C and a bright place.
We just stupidly stuck a bone from a recently eaten fruit into the ground in a pot and it sprouted a good bold sprout.
I planted it 3 times in different ways. The result is the same - the bone turns black and rots. Although when I take out the bone, it is already easily removed from the hard part and into the soft part. And no matter where you go - into the water, a cloth, the earth, the result is the same - blackness. What did I do wrong? I won't do it anymore. I got angry at this mango. The fruits were ripe.
Don't give up, buy a seedling right away. The agronov's website sells excellent seedlings for a small price. Will grow 100%))) From a stone, in principle, it is much more difficult to grow.