Need help with Mango

[Ruler of the Roost]

So I got a Mango seed started...barley. I smothered it in cinnamon wrapped it in a damp paper towel, put it in a ziplock bag, and stuck it near a vent pipe above the stove. Probably the warmest place in the mobile home during this winter, and it doesn't get too hot when the stove is in use. I am checking about ever 3-5 days, so this would be the second time I am checking it. During the first time I checked it, I did not find any mold and it had a tiny little sprout. It wasn't exactly dry, but I felt it needed a smidge of water, so I wet my hand and flicked water at it with my fingers twice. Not a lot of water at all. I folded it back up and put it back in the wrap and bag and stuck it back on the shelf closer to the door than the vent. The sprout has quadrupled in size! But it is also starting to mold...Do I need to clean it and change the wrap?

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

And the brown jacket thingy, with all of the mold, just came off...lmao. I'm going to make it a new wrap and see where that get me.

Question about mangos, though... Do Mangos self pollinate? Or do I need two trees?

 

[Anniekay]

You will get a better crop with two. That mango seed can go in a pot now.

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

You will get a better crop with two. That mango seed can go in a pot now.

OK! Any advice on how to plant in a pot? Is there a specific depth or orientation?

 

[Anniekay]

OK! Any advice on how to plant in a pot? Is there a specific depth or orientation?

You lay it in the soil on it's side is the way we did it when I lived down there. Just a bit of the seed can be left above ground. We put ours in a 4" pot that was around 6" deep.

 

[Jersey Devil]

Question about mangos, though... Do Mangos self pollinate? Or do I need two trees?

You need two trees but one has to be a male and one a female

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

You need two trees but one has to be a male and one a female

...how can I tell?

 

[Anniekay]

...how can I tell?

Mangoe trees are monoecious ( probably spelt that wrong) they have both male and female flowers on, but two different varieties of mango planted near each other, 50' or so, will pollinate each other and make a bigger crop.

 

[Jersey Devil]

...how can I tell?

Just make sure they use different bathrooms ?

Oh wait... that doesn't work anymore. I guess your just gonna have to "look"

 

[Tetters]

Mangoe trees are monoecious ( probably spelt that wrong) they have both male and female flowers on, but two different varieties of mango planted near each other, 50' or so, will pollinate each other and make a bigger crop.

It's monoclinous Annie I didn't know, I had to look it up. I would have said bi sexual, it's easier

 

[Anniekay]

It's monoclinous Annie I didn't know, I had to look it up. I would have said bi sexual, it's easier

Hermaphroditic, then !!

 

[Tetters]

Yeah, dioecious as well - it's boring here in the winter, might as well swallow as much of the dictionary as possible - actually could have been monoecious after all

 

[Anniekay]

Yeah, dioecious as well - it's boring here in the winter, might as well swallow as much of the dictionary as possible - actually could have been monoecious after all

It actually is monoecious as well !! Who knew there were so many words for things with both sexes in one entity !!

 

[Tetters]

It actually is monoecious as well !! Who knew there were so many words for things with both sexes in one entity !!

I s'pose it's one way of passing the time I quite like word games, but not so fond of winter.

 

[Anniekay]

I s'pose it's one way of passing the time I quite like word games, but not so fond of winter.

Same with me and etomology just fascinates me.