How to grow Mango Tree

Mango Plant

Mango trees are long-lived fruit plants. In deep soil the taproot descends to a depth of 20 ft, and the profuse, wide-spreading feeder roots also send down many anchor roots which penetrate for several feet. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, 15-35 cm long and 6-16 cm broad; when the leaves are young they are orange-pink, rapidly changing to a dark glossy red, and then dark green as they mature. The fruit takes from three to six months to ripen.
The ripe fruit is variable in size and color, and may be yellow, orange, red or green when ripe. When ripe, the unpeeled fruit gives off a distinctive resinous sweet smell. In its center is a single flat oblong seed that can be fibrous or hairy on the surface, depending on the cultivar.

Dwarf mango varities for pot

Carrie, Ice Cream, Irwin, Julie, Mallika

Soil Preparation

Loam soil – 100 liter
Leaf mould – 10 liter
Compost – 20 liter
Bone meal – 500 gram
Hoof & Horn meal – 1 kilogram
Sulphate of potash – 300 gram

All the materials are mixed very well. Sprinkle the water on mixture and cover the heap with a plastic sheet for 4 weeks. Then use this mixture for planting your mango plants.

Top dressing

Leaf mould – 5 liter
Compost – 20 liter
Bone meal / Super phosphate – 100 gram
Sulphate of potash – 100 gram
Magnesium sulphate – 50 gram

Mix all the materials and use it as top dressing in every year of June –July.