Big Bowen Mangos

bill12 · Guru

Big Bowen Mangos

Big Gorilla · Guru

They look great Bill. Here in the Philippines they cost around $2.00 a kilo. Only small but very tasty...

bill12 · Guru

There is glut here, also. Bowen mangos are about $2.50 each, and a box of 8 is $15. But the ones you grow yourself taste nicer. Bill

johnq · Guru

Nice mangoes R2E2.

When we re-built, the three varieties of mangoes were bulldozed, a sad loss.

With a smaller yard I put in a Royal Red. This is the first year we look like harvesting fruit, six thereof. Up to now the possums have devoured the flowers and even the bark of the branches (dry conditions).

The other fruit we are missing are the yellow papayas originating from the strain brought back by soldiers in WW2. They have a musk flavour and were from Guam, and a reliable self-fertile red papaya.

bill12 · Guru

There are lots of different types of mangos on Magnetic island, where I live.Cherrys, commons(the ones with the stringy pulp), terpentine ones as big as melons, which we used to make into mango wine. You could only drink one glass- it was potent brew! They just fall off the trees and rot. The rainbow lorekeets eat the ripe ones and get drunk, and the green ants attack them.Its hot and bloody humid, and the thunderstorms are starting up.This time of year, I worship the 4As- alchohol, Austar, armchairs, and airconditioning..........Bill

kiwijims · Guru

You lucky people having Mangoes growing at home,

They do grow here in Perth but, lf you haven't got any growing, you have to pay $1.35 ea for them !!

Can any one tell me how long it takes to get fruit after planting ?

K.J.

bill12 · Guru

If you buy a grafted tree , you can have fruit the next seasonafter planting. On Magnetic is, you can buy them for$25.Mine is a grafted tree.

kiwijims · Guru

bill12 wrote:
If you buy a grafted tree , you can have fruit the next seasonafter planting. On Magnetic is, you can buy them for$25.Mine is a grafted tree.

Thanks Bill, I'll go mango tree shopping tomorrow.

K.J.

GaryKelly · Guru

I hope you're not nailing any thongs to that mango tree, Bill. Or doing funny things with the leaves.

wendyv · Guru

KJ - only $1.35 each? Damn sight more expensive than that here in Melbourne.
One year, on our wanderings, we worked in a big mango packing shed at Giru. Before that, I didn't even know there were different species of mangoes! Was interesting work. At one stage, we were packing very big R2E2 ones for export to Japan for Xmas there; was told they would fetch $25-$45 per mango there!!!!

bill12 · Guru

No thongs, but I do pour the melt water from the esky on the bottom of the tree. That's why they are so big.

Brenda and Alan · Guru

$2.49 at Aldi's in Seymour Vic on Friday. Brenda

johnq · Guru

kiwijims wrote:
bill12 wrote:
If you buy a grafted tree , you can have fruit the next seasonafter planting. On Magnetic is, you can buy them for$25.Mine is a grafted tree.
Thanks Bill, I'll go mango tree shopping tomorrow.
K.J.

When you buy, think about the size tree you want, disease resistance (anthracnose and black spot) and flavour.

Big trees are a damn nuisance. Huge crops come at once and rot on the ground. Some you can prune to keep low, small and vase shaped so the fruit is handy. It is better to start with a known smaller tree strains though.

Kensington Pride (a tasty Bowen) has smaller strains, but you have to ask.