bananimal

Pickering mango - one of the best of the new cultivars you can get.

Taste is outa sight and tree is very prolific.

And seeds are polyembrionic so it grows true to type from seed.

servatusprime

I've heard that they can grow in containers. Have you had any experience with that?

Abnshrek

Pickering is a “condo mango” that has everything for those with limited space, and it also remains a top selection for those looking for a new variety to put on the back forty. They naturally have a bushy, compact growth habit, and can be maintained in a container at just six feet. The fruit has a firm flesh with a fantastic coconut/mango flavor and no objectionable fiber. They are typically 0.75-1.5 lbs, and they ripen in June.

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servatusprime

Yep I saw that on Pine Island Nursery's website too. But I wanted to see if anyone has seen this in practice and how well it works.

trebor

Is yours from seed? I can't see inside that pot :-/

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bananimal

Yes it's from a seed of my main Pickering. There's no graft bump. I have 2 big grafted ones in 15 gal jackpots. Got 9 fruit the first year on the first one at 3 ft tall. Finally made a spot for it to grow in ground. One of the big Robellinis died - thank heaven.

Go to Zills to get you one. Not far from where you live Trebor. And if you have the room get a Coconut Cream. Another new great one.

Darkman

How old is the seedling?

When do you expect it too have a mature fruit?

I had a triple trunk Reclinata twelve feet tall that I yearly built a protective enclosure for and still lost it to cold in 09/10. I on the other hand was not happy to see mine die.

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bananimal

My Pickering seedling is 1 year old. If I were to take the top off and use it as budwood next spring, then graft it onto a 2 yr old rootstock, it would definitely fruit in 2 years. The seedling by itself --- a bit longer.

It's still a true Pickering but grafting saves time as in time to fruit.

The Pickering seedling remains could then be used as rootstock to graft on a Coconut Cream scion --- or an Orange Sherbert, or Lemon Zest, or Maha Chanok, or Ivory, Nam Doc Mai , Sia Thong, Kiew Sawoy, Mallika, Choc Anon, Pim Saeng Mun, PPK, Kwan, Sam Ru Du, Okrung, Brahm Kai Meia or the ever popular Wun Hung Lo.

The dwarfing characteristics of the Pickring would be retained. Two trees for the price of one - sorta.

To quote Harry Hausman on the TFFI forum --------------------

"All mangoes can be grown in a container. Pickering is the one that will produce heaviest for you in a smaller sized container. As far as capping off container size, this is a function of how large you wish to go and are able to handle. The larger the container, the more fruit. There is no upward limit other than the logistics of handling large containers.

No mango tree will reach its "full potential" in a container. Pickering will come closest to reaching that full potential. All of the other will produce fruits but will remain limited in production based upon the tree size....which is dictated by the container size. I don't know of any reason why to treat any of the other cultivars differently from each other. As far as I am concerned, the remainder are all equally suited or limited by being contained in a 25 gallon pot."

Check out this link for tons of info on fruit trees ------------------ Can these mango trees be container grown?

servatusprime

You've got me quite curious about using the pickering as a root stock. Do you know of anyone who's tried this successfully? I've got a kent that I am concerned about as it matures as I understand that if left unpruned it can get quite large. If I could keep it smaller yet get a nice crop, life would be a little more simple. Isn't a turpentine root stock usually used because its more tolerant of wet conditions and nematodes?