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Posted by RooBoy on March 18, 2007, 3:33 am
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> Does anyone know how Mango Trees react to pruning and when would be a
> good time to do it ?
>
> We have a 1.8m high Mango Tree that produced about half a dozen very nice
> mangos (Mangifera L.) (Mangifera L.) this year, but unfortunately when we bought it from the nursery it
> was a very spindly tree with no strength in the branches. As it has grown
> all the new branches have been equally weak, they bend even with a bit of
> rain on them and we have to have all the branches staked so they don't
> flap around in the wind.
>
> Can we cut it back to a more solid trunk and let it grow ?
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
>You can prune right now, but seeing you have a relatively small tree (I
>have three monsters about 6 metres each) don't be too harsh and I would
>advise to prune above where branches branch out so to speak, say 5-6 CM
>depending on the overall shape and structure of the tree, if you want to
>maintain a manageable size feel free to prune the main tress slightly that
>will also promote growth on the sides later in the year, the branches will
>get bigger and therefore strengthen as time goes on.
Hope this helps you
Rob
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