Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica)

Mango 'Kent'
Mangifera indica

The sticker number is 4959 -Kent mango

could someone please tell me how long from seed to fruit on this one. i have 2 five year olds, neither of which has flowered or fruited. i'm kind of tired of their just sitting there looking at me.

Anomina: Without knowing where you live and what the climate is like it is not possible to predict when your mango trees will begin to flower. Five years is an average time for trees growing under favorable conditions of climate, soil, fertilizer and moisture. Please post this information. WalterT.

Walter, I remember eating freshly picked Kent mangoes as a kid. Man, they were delish! We had one other kind too but don't remember the name, but also very good. Hayden sound familiar?

Hi Darius: I took a gander at yr picture - you look mahvelous :-)
Ah mangos = the fruit of the Gods. In my book the finest mangos are Kent, Keitt and Hayden - sweet, juicey and fiberless and Mexico produces tons of them.
WalterT.

Thanks for the compliment, WalterT. Wish I STILL looked like that, LOL!

Don't know that I've ever had a Keitt mango. All the mangos we get here have been picked waaaaay too green, for shipping... but I guess better than no mangos at all.

I even liked the small stringy mangos we used to get in south Florida, just hated all the strings. Don't remember what we called 'em.

I couldn't pick mangos nor touch the peel of fresh ones... allergic to something in the sap. My folks would have to peel them for me. The storage ones we get here have lost all that, I guess, because I can handle them okay.

This message was edited Jul 26, 2004 1:00 PM

I was wondering that if my mango seeds were already busted open and sprouting did I still want to cut the sharp end of the seed and do I still want to plant it?

Hello Dayna: If the root has sprouted and the plant also, by all means plant immediately in a very deep pot as the tap root will be long. Keep the soil moist so the husk will not get dry and hard but don't over-water. Place in a warm, partly sunny location but bring indoors when the night temperature goes below 50 degrees. Don't put outside until late spring when the temperature stays above 50 degrees at night if you want the tree to grow rapidly. How about sending in a couple of pictures of your sprouting mango seeds for us all to see? WalterT

Does anyone know of a nursery that sells small mango trees? I would really like a "Bowen Special"/ "Kensington Pride", the most popular mango grown in Australia. I live in the British Virgin Islands and think the climate, being both tropical and arid, would be OK for the Bowen or similar variety like Kent. Thanks. Glen