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CARRIE MANGO TREE NOT PRODUCING FRUIT
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Posted: May/07/2008 8:35 AM PST
My 8 yr old Carrie mango tree was hit hard back in 2004 by two hurricanes. One of the largest branches was ripped right off! It produced over 50 mangos each year from 2002 up to that point. The tree gave me 2 or 3 mangos the next year and hasn't produced since. In 2006, I began the task of trying to rehab the tree and bring it back to good health. After all, the mangos from this tree are the BEST I have ever had! So, I ripped out the grass around the base and stretched out the base to just about the drip line. I placed a ring around the tree and applied several more pounds of dirt. I applied 6-6-6 fertilizer. This fertilizer was given to me at a local nursery. They insisted that it is specially made for our soil and for the purpose of providing necessary nutrients to new plants and nutrient defficient trees. I then applied red mulch over the soil. Since that initial rehab job, I've fertilized it once a month. 6-6-6 throughout all of last year and 12-5-8 all of this year. I've applied liquid iron to the roots every four months. I've applied chelated citrus directly on the leaves about 4 times last year. I applied Liquid Copper Fungicide(LCP) a few times last year, but began applying LCP every week last month when I saw the leaves growing black and brown spots. I also recently cut some dead and heavily diseased branches, so this is the best it has looked since the hurricane. I'm providing pics of the tree, trunk, and the leaves. Please let me know if I am on the right track or if there is anything I can do differently. In these pics, you can see the tree, close up of the leaves, and a shot of the spot on the trunk where a large branch used to be. Thanks! Attachments:        |
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Posted: May/07/2008 8:41 AM PST
I should have mentioned that the hurricanes also pulled the tree slightly out of the ground. The tree was once upright, but was pulled out to the point where it was at about a 60 degree angle. When I performed the rehab, I added enough dirt to fill up the gap left under the tree where it was rising out of the ground.(about a 2 inch gap) |
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Posted: May/07/2008 10:55 AM PST
My guess is that it still recovering from the hurricanes. Since it was partially uprooted some of it's roots may have been damaged. Make sure the mulch isn't all the way to the trunk, and I might try the crazy idea of not doing anything too special to it, except watering. |
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Posted: May/07/2008 11:28 AM PST
I tried watering only the first year after it was damaged to no avail. I went to a local nursery that recommended the products I've used and the procedure for applying them. I wish I had some pics from two years ago. The tree looked almost completely dead. The same nursery also told me that if it flowers next year and produces fruit, I should hold off on watering it until it is done producing. Have any of you heard of this method? |
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Posted: May/07/2008 12:10 PM PST
Well,if it was almost dead and looks like it does now WOW! I'd keep up with what you are doing. I'd bring up your concerns to the nursery people- they have the knowledge (hopefully  ) to help you out far better me  Since I live in zone 7b, it gets far too cold for mangoes so I have no idea about withholding water while it's fruiting... |
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