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How to grow Mango
Mangifera indica · Anacardiaceae
Photo: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mango is a big, long-living evergreen tree that, once planted, can feed your family and earn money for decades. A grafted tree (the good fruiting variety joined onto a tough rootstock) starts bearing in about 3–5 years and gives fruit exactly like its parent; a tree grown from a seed takes longer (5–8 years) and may not come true. It flowers in big branched sprays called panicles, and only a few flowers on each spray become fruit — so a light-looking flowering can still fill your baskets. Mango often bears heavy one year and light the next, which is normal. Its whole crop comes down to two things you control: giving the tree a dry rest so it flowers well, and keeping anthracnose disease and fruit flies off the flowers and fruit.
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- Row spacing
- 900 cm
- Plant spacing in the row
- 900 cm
These are general figures for the crop, compiled from published agronomic references including FAO and CABI. The right choice for your field depends on your soil, rainfall and the yield you are aiming for.
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Other names for Mango
mango · mangue · manguier · mangoro · umango · manga · embe
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Growing mango, stage by stage
Your mango, from planting a young grafted tree to a yearly crop of fruit — plant it far apart in a big well-fed pit, shape it in the early years, then each season give it a dry rest to flower well and guard the flowers and fruit from the two crop-killers: anthracnose and fruit fly.
- Plant your tree well and shape it (the first years)
- Grow a strong young tree
- Trigger flowering and guard the flowers
- Set, grow and protect the fruit
- Pick at the right moment
- Desap, treat and ripen
17 step-by-step tasks in the app
Every task for mango — what to do, when to do it and why it matters — with the amounts worked out for your own field, reminders as each one falls due, and warnings before extreme weather.
Pests and diseases that attack mango
8 more threats tracked in the app
Divisi tells you which of these is a risk on your mango right now, when to walk the field looking for it, and what to do the moment you find it.
Frequently asked questions
What spacing should I use for mango?
Space mango rows about 900 cm apart, with roughly 900 cm between plants within the row.
What pests and diseases attack mango?
The ones covered in this guide are Algal leaf spot, Anthracnose, Armillaria root rot. Each has its own page explaining how to identify, scout for and control it.
More reading
- 5 Simple Ways to Stop Mangoes Spoiling After Harvest
- How to Protect Mangoes from Fruit Flies and Seed Weevils
- Climate Change and Mango Harvests: How Farmers Adapt
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