In this article we are going to see how to plant a mango in our orchard or garden, taking into account all its needs to obtain an excellent result in its development: climate, temperature, soil or irrigation.
As in many other cases, we have the option of doing the whole process ourselves, i.e. mango sprout from the kernel or seed of the fruit, as it is one of those easy to germinate seeds. And also to buy a small tree to transplant, as is my case and the ideal, that is to say a mango tree already cultivated and already grafted to produce a large quality fruit.
where to plant mango
ANDIt is important to keep in mind that the mango tree is a fruit tree that can reach more than 30 meters. It is important to keep this in mind when planting and to know how much space we need.
Temperature
The mango tree is native to India and is grown in countries with warm climates, and although it also adapts to more temperate climates like ours, it will not grow as much as in its original conditions.
Protect the mango tree from frost
As it happens to avocado plant and as we saw in the post about the importance of protect the avocado from frost, or as in the case of citrus fruits, they must be protected in winter, at least during the first two or three years. And although it can withstand low temperatures, the ideal growing temperature is no lower than 8 or 10 degrees and maximum between 33 or 35 degrees.
When to plant mangoes
The ideal time to plant mango trees would be at the end of winter or at the beginning of spring, so frosts will be avoided.
We will choose a very sunny area of our garden or orchard, an area where the wind is not excessively strong and continuous.
The fruit trees that we buy in pots can be planted at any time of the year, although in this case, as in the case of other more sensitive fruit trees, I prefer to do it at the end of winter or at early spring, to prevent them from suffering their first winter.
how to plant mango
With an auger like the one we use in the background subscriber or with a palote we prepare a hole to plant our mango tree. The ideal is to make a hole 1 meter in diameter by 1 meter deep, so that the first roots have no trouble developing in loose and fertilized soil.
soil needs
The mango tree is a fruit tree that does not need excessively fertile soil. The most important thing is that it is soil that drains well.
As in my case the soil is very clayey, I will mix it with compost and earthworm humus. The fact that mango does not need excessively fertilized soils does not mean that good fertilization is not useful. We also look at the pH, because it is a culture that likes slightly acidic soils. You can easily measure the pH of the soil to be cultivated and at home, as we saw in the post on how to measure soil ph.
As for the fruit trees we will fill with the new substrate until we reach the height at which we want to place the mango, I always like to leave it a little below ground level to take advantage of the irrigation and rainwater outside the garden mulch that I put A good mulch on the ground serves, among other things, to avoid competing weeds.
As seen in the video, we also fill in the sides and press the substrate a little, but without going too far. Recall that this tree prefers loose and light soils.
risks
As always, after sowing or planting something, good irrigation is applied to pack the soil and the plant suffers less from transplanting.
Although the mango tree does not require as much watering and depends somewhat on the climate or the region where we are, we must ensure that the mango does not go through prolonged periods of drought, so we can water more or less a times per week. In periods of greater heat or high temperatures, increase it to two irrigations, they must be light to avoid rotting of the roots. In temperate or humid climates, as a rule, they are watered only in summer.
Fertilization
As with the avocado tree, it is recommended to apply foliar fertilizers about twice a year (once at the beginning of spring and another at the end of summer) with fertilizers rich in microelements such as worm casting tea.
staked
I recommend putting a stake in them because they are young trees and the trunk is still very thin, to prevent the wind from pulling it and so that it grows straight. We will plant a stake about 15 centimeters from the tree. Over time, we can remove it.
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