How to grow mango from a stone

So that you can grow mango from a bone, It is necessary to take a bone only from a fresh and ripe fruit. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right mango - the unhealthy fruits (in the extreme case they can give them to ripen at home) are suitable for eating, but for the growing of the bone you need a ripe, not lying mango.

For planting it is necessary to take only fresh bones that have not yet dried. Ideally, the bone needs to be planted for a coupledays after you got it from the fetus. If, for some reason, you did not manage to do this, put the stone in a plastic bag, or, better, in a container filled with damp earth, sawdust or sand. So the bone will retain germination for another couple of months, though, 100% guarantee that it will germinate, no.

The bone removed from the fruit must be gentlypeel off the remaining pulp. Then take a sharp knife and gently open the hard shell of the seed. If the mango was really ripe, it would be easy enough. The seed before planting should be treated with a fungicide (for example, a weak solution of potassium permanganate).

To plant a mango you need a large pot with thick walls and a solid day. The root system of mango is veryquickly, if the pot has a thin bottom, the roots will just pierce it. As a result, you will have a plant with a powerful root (up to 60 cm long) and a very weak germ. In this case it will be very difficult to transplant the tree without harming him.

The mango tree is not very demanding on the composition of the soil, but the ideal loose, well-permeable moisture and air mixture of leaf and turf ground. Very important for mango good drainage. As with the cultivation of avocados, the seed is not completely immersed in the soil - a quarter should remain outside. At the same time, immerse the seed with a narrow end down.

Rostock will appear in a few weeks (intropics and subtropics mango sprouts faster, in a week or two, but in our temperate latitudes it will take three to four weeks). How to care for the sprout so that your mango tree grows healthy and beautiful? It should be remembered that mango is a tropical plant, which means, It is necessary to create conditions for him that are as close to the tropics as possible.

A mango tree loves bright light, so you need to put a pot of wood on the brightest place in the house. If the mango is not enough sunlight, the tree can get sick. Also, mango likes high temperatures (about 22-24 degrees). Therefore, in the cold season, you may need to provide it with artificial lighting and additional heating.

Humidity of soil and air is still important for mangoes. A young plant should be watered abundantly andoften, and additionally sprayed: this will help protect mango shoots from various pests. But do not get carried away, the humidity should be moderate. The adult plant should be watered moderately: the earthen lump should not be dry or wet. Take care that the tree does not lose its leaves.

The first year after germination of the seed is necessary every two weeks - a month to fertilize the soil with a full balanced organic fertilizer, then the fertilizing can be reduced, but you need to feed at least once a season. Three times a year, the mango needs to be fed with microfertilizers, in autumn, the feeding should be stopped.

If you decide to grow mango from a bone, do not wait for the fruit immediately: the plants grown from the stone beginfruit only for the sixth year, and the taste of the fruit can be quite specific. When the mango begins to bear fruit, before and after the fruiting it must be watered abundantly (but not flooded), and during the ripening of the fruit - moderately.

Now you know how to grow mango from a bone, and if you want, you can replenish your home garden with a beautiful evergreen exotic.