I compost kitchen scraps directly into my garden and the mango and avocado seeds always germinate. I forget about them and then a month or so later, I find a mini tree growing. I'm in San Diego.
My mango seed made his leaf after 3 week,far not so big than yours but dark green and healthy hard leafs. For me thats the most important. No products,no fertilizer.
@@monohina1997 it's not an insult if it's true AND deserved. He doesn't do any research and is displaying his results as if he did nothing wrong. His videos may cause people to get put off of growing because they used poor methods and ruined their plants following bad advice.
@@jarlerd9127 nature isn't always right but it's usually the best place to start, then build upon what nature shows you, change what nature doesn't do right and build upon what it does do right.
mangoes thrive on neglect. I think you put too much fertilizer in the pot. your potting soil has all the micronutrients it needs for about 2 years. Hope this helps you. :)
Mango is tropical fruit tree. You should put it a small green house to maintain the humidity. Also you should not use too much fertilizer for the small tree.
I think that's something a lot of us forget. We remember the heat but we forget the humility isn't limited to the root system only. I use plastic film/food cover to make a tent.
@@ktop4u I keep the same water schedule for whatever that plant is supposed to have (typically a little daily because I usually only do it with tropical plants or seedlings).
Nice video. I’m a mango grower in Florida. Mango trees thrive in low-nitrogen, sandy, fast draining soil with a higher than normal ph level. They are best grown top dressed with compost, but you don’t need to add any other nitrogen. Micro nutrients are not super beneficial either. They also tolerate drought very well. It’s ok to let them go a bit dry now and then, just be careful not to overwater as it can limit root growth.
@@ktop4u Growing from seed can be a crap shoot. Because mangoes are polyembryonic they will not grow true to form from seed. It may have just been a weak seedling. Your best bet would be to buy a grafted young tree with known genetics. You can order from a few places online and starting with a 1-2 foot tree will save you a lot of heartache. There are many good recipes online for a good, fast-draining soil mix when it needs repotted.
Just my opinion. The fertilizer burned down the roots. I researched a lot about fertilizer. I am now just using earthworm castings every 2-3 weeks and so far so good
I have 2 healthy mango trees and i just started them whith the wet paper towel method, then put them in potting soil. And when they got big enugh i transplanted them to pots with a mix of potting soil, compost and shell sand. And they are looking really healthy.
i put 4 seeds in, still ave 4 living trees. i got 4 1 liter yoghurt containers filled them with potting soil an watered them. after that i placed them in a big ziplock bag. then i put them on my central heater and left them alone. allso no fertiliser an allso i used rain water instead of deminiralised water. gooduck wit the second try!
Ohh my, i jinx my self, after posting my reply one is loosing his leaves, im kinda worried now. I know the ground it stands in is not to wet, its maybe even to dry. Like yours mine has 2 stems from the same seed.
From a man that plants fruit farms, "It's like mangos thrive on neglect." I would suggest not fertilizing until the second set of real leaves, and then only once a week or two weeks....or just leave them until they show a deficiency. The seed gives all the nutrients the seedling needs until then. The roots were so brown, most likely from the over fertilizing. Also, those gnats will feast on young root shoots. A jar lid of old wine in the pot with the plants will drown the adults (they are attracted to the vinegar...white is best), and a half inch of sand on the top of the soil will keep them from laying eggs. Good luck next time!! :)
We grow these here in India every season. Never use any kind of fertilizers. We just use the vermi compost created with cow dung and other animal manures. Never fails.
Other than the fertiliser issue - I suggest once it starts wilting like that - grow it in the shade. Once the plant grows older, then it can be put into full sunlight. I'm in Australia and there are mangos in almost every house on the street, even with temps 110f they don't burn here. And don't water when the sun is still out.
In my opinion, I think you added a bit to much fertilizer. Ive been reading about fertilizer, and you shouldn’t add them to mango trees until they’re are at least 1 year old. But in a way, you videos have prevented hundreds/thousands of beginners in this field learn from your mistake so nobody has to repeat it. You shouldn’t feel to bad about ending the series because you’ve educated people on what NOT to do.
When you grow a seed you have to have patience and see them grow, just like a child you see them growing in different stages and that is beautiful! I think you just wanted to see the mango tree grow fast. Word key, patience!
melvin no hate or anything, but i think they dont need fertilizer when theyre so young. also i recommend that even if u want to add fertilizer, add little to no nitrogen fertilizer. mix miracle gro with a 1/15 ratio if u want to see it grow a little more. dont put water on the leaves in full sun. it might also make the tree feel like its much hotter than it actually is. mangoes have also been known to thrive in poor soil. i hope u dont have a negitive response to anything, but im trying to help u improve. ( even if im a 10 yr old writing this lol)
I’ll only say it one more time - too much water in too much soil = fungal growth and gnats. Smaller pots, less fertiliser and stop prodding, poking and messing about!
OMG! So glad to see your video. I have 5 mango seeds germinated after 5 weeks. They are now from 4” to 12” tall. So cool to see they grow and the leaves change each day. Don’t know how they will survive through this long cold winter months in Illinois...😞 Love your video and look forward to watching more.🙏🥭
insert them to your house they will survive if you care for them if not they might die... and same thing will happen next year until they strong enough to withstand the cold.
Quite frankly, and in my opinion, your pot probably didn't drain well. While watching your video, I noticed that everything that happened to you, happened to me. My Mango was doing fabulous until I transplanted it to a larger pot, which had a tomato that had died. Then later I found out that this was the reason why the tomato died too. The top layers were very dry, I was living in SoCal at the time. And therefore I kept on watering ever so often. The difference between one pot and the second pot was the drainage. So the bottom part of the soil was always drenched, even if the top was dry. So, like your plants, my mango's root rot away. I decided not to plant a mango again until I moved, but guess what? I used that same pot for an avocado, and the avocado loved having that moisture at the bottom. Weird thing. sometimes a pot that is horrid for some plants, can be paradise to others. Good luck in your next attempt, and try maybe improving the drainage, so that the soil is always evenly dry and evenly moist when watering. Hope this helps.
OMG! You killed it with miracle grow! Very interesting video that I learned NOT to do. My 52 days old mango plant from seed is doing great and I have not fertilized it yet. When I’m ready to fertilize it will be with worm casting or organic compost.
First of all, isn't the Miracle Grow supposed to be mixed with the water first, and not too much!... I have 2 mango trees, both have been successful, and but are in very wet soil... But they grew during good sunlight, now cause of winter, they are growing slowly due to lack of sun light and cold from the window
The way you can tell they weren’t as healthy as he thought is from the drooping. All his leaves were drooping and never stood up. The way mango leaves work is that they droop after they are done in the incubation period of being in the shoot apical marastem. When they get out of the marastem they droop at first. As they mature they start to perk up and stand up. When they mature the leaves will be a dark green, this shows that the leaf will not grow anymore and is strictly there for its photosynthesis, not growth. His leaves never stood up, once you see that your leaves aren’t standing up you should be reasearching and acting FAST. Fertilizing didn’t help with the cause of this drooping. All his plants ended up toppling over in the end. I have a mango seedling that’s working on its 2nd or 3rd set of leaves. Can really tell. But I am experienced in how it works. My original first leaves were super small but new growth came quickly and the newer leaves dwarfed the first set of leaves . I ended up having to report it within the first or early second month of growth. It’s really fast at growing and rapidly produces shoot apical marastems. He thought that his mango seedling had no problems but the drooping shows different, he fertilized to often and he really only needed to fertilize with nitrogen most of the time. Even then he only needed to fertilize with nitrogen every month and a half to two months. He also was way to scared of how it would grow. This is a common problem with beginner gardeners where they are so scared of losing their plants to the point where their care for the plant is irrational. I am a beginner gardener myself but I didn’t have this problem and simply just researched and read up on how to take care of plants and plant problems and signs. Now he is not a beginner gardener but he had the mentality of one. A easy way to stop the bugs that were planting themselves in the leaves is to just spray the leaves with water regularly. Pests also attack already unhealthy plants (Most of the time, sometimes their just a-holes). I started my mango in a paper towel then moved it into a transparent shop rite container that is the shape of those Chinese food iced tea containers. I did this to monitor the root growth and see everything. After that I moved it into a proper pot and it IMMEDIATELY started growing like a rocket heading to the sky. It’s a fast growing plant. It barely lasted in its first proper pot which was pretty big for a first pot and ended up having to repot it and now it’s in a huge pot and it’s definitely liking the pot. There are no signs of demise with my tree. I’m also working on getting a grow light and a heater as I live in New York which is far from its climate, especially in the winter. I’ve never been scared to plant a lot of tropical plants, I have a mango tree, a lemon tree that just sprouted, and a ginger plant. I know I’m gonna have to move both the ginger and the lemon in with the mango so they survive and still get the tropical needs that need. He needed to overall chill out. I’ve been investing a lot into my plants. So these are all things he wasn’t doing right, I think if he checked out all this and wasn’t so paranoid like in the more recent growing in a tube series he would’ve had a proper sapling that was on the way to being a young tree. Anyways that was a long explanation. I’m glad his recent mango tree he grew in a tube is good though.
I found your information great. Thank you for sharing. I have grown Apple Mangos and Indian Mangos in The Philippines. We often grow new trees from the pits and we get mangos in about three years. We have been very
@@ktop4u Our province is on a tropical island. We plant small saplings and we feed the saplings with poultry manure. We get our first mangos in about three years. We cut the lower third of a ripe papaya and use those seeds, fresh, and we plant most of the seeds in a semi sunny spot. We then transplant the seedlings into pots.? When the trees are about a foot high we plant frees in a sunny spot... The lower third of the papaya has mostly female zeeds. We get papayas in about 14 to 16 months I like the fruit green and.cooked like a vegetable. I often make curry papaya and chicken. I put the curry over rice. Great stuff...
dump the dirt, start over no fertilizer and only water when its been dry for 1 day. i have mine growing under lights and it get like 18 hours light and 6 hours dark using solar pannels and a little electric for night time. I get new leaf sets and stem growth every week.
not trying to hate but plants are stronger than you think. They can survive without all those added chemicals. True, I could see that you would they that it would promote growth, but at this early stage you just need the good old sunlight, water, and soil!
Future tip: when the tree is about 150 days old, cut the top of it, it helps and pushes trunk and roots to grow. Making the tree stronger. Also water every other day... I have 10 trees growing from seedling!!
growing plant even as simple as weed requires practice, everything is difficult before it is easy. please, start growing a new plant and sorry that the plant died.
I planted my four mango seeds the way you explain and it is sprouting and one of the seed gave three seedlings other two subsequently totally six plant but one plant was eaten by snail thanks 😃
Use a water soluble fertilizer and spray a very mild solution, something like 5 to 8 grams per litre and spray every 30 days. Don't fertilize the roots when in a pot, Mango grow with disturbed root systems in a pot because young seedlings need the tap root to go deep in the soil. Another point is use a soil that holds water at the bottom of the pot. Don't use garden soil or compost. You will need hard black soil or some clay soil that holds moisture at the bottom but dry at the top to hold water in the soil. Put a half inch pipe on two sides to the bottom of the pot and only water through that pipe. Don't put water on the surface. Get rid of the plant, and plant a new seed and start fresh. You will get better results
1)over-watering (yellow leaves tell tale sign); 2)your soil not drain well (water should soak in immediately, yours looks heavy-muddy try adding 1/4 cactus soil and perlite to your soil); 3)too much additives--fertilizer. THE WORD "OVER-KILL" comes to mind. Mangoes also like dense environments they are tropical don't like being isolated in wind and direct sun by themselves. I've grown many mangoes from seed they love being next to other plants foliage especially other mango plants and do very well placed under and around other trees they love sun filtered coming in between the leaves of the group of plants and trees they are next to.
Thank you for your videos. I, m sorry to see what happened to your mango. You put your heart and soul into your plants and that's why I enjoy your channel. I, m growing a mango in Scotland UK. We are not known for our tropical climate, we hardly even get sun. But I, m doing my best indoors and I, m excited to see new leaves growing
Note to Melvin Wei: Gardening courses all describe waiting until the second set of leaves before providing any fertilizer. Fertilizers have numbers corresponding to nitrogen phosphorus and potassium. NPK. Seedling do best with lower nitrogen ratios. Ie not 10:10:10 Best to chose the first number to be low until the plant is older. Regarding watering, regardless of the type of soil or planting medium used, it is best to feel the soil/medium for moisture content before watering. If soil is already wet, the soil will become anaerobic, ie without air, and bacteria loving no oxygen will grow and cause root rot. When leaves are drooping, there is something wrong. Too much fertilizer will be toxic to roots/plants. Miracle grow should be diluted with water so that the amount of fertilizer isn’t too strong. When growing in pots, use the recipe for miracle grow plus water for indoor or potted plants, even if the pots are placed outside. More concentrated solutions used in gardens is okay because the extra fertilizer goes down to the level of groundwater. When the temperature is high and it’s very sunny, try placing your pots in a shaded area. This will prevent burning, scalding, bleaching of leaves and stems. Heating up soil from the wild tends to kill beneficial bacteria and non beneficial bacteria, and fungi/molds. The soil structure also changes in a bad way. Sterilization done for soil should not be done with high heat. If there are larvae in soil, such as from fungus gnats, a dilute hydrogen peroxide solution will kill larvae and add oxygen to the soil. I am pretty concerned because you are overwatering and over fertilizing. Too much isn’t better !
And this rule is valid also for other plants. I was doing the same mistake in the past - I did it few times until I got it, I watered also the leafs and they all got burned they all got dried and brownish. I spray with water (like the freshness of the rain) the leafs of one of my plants but I never keep it all and directly under the sun rays. And it feels good that way. It has new leafs, the color of the leafs is exactly as they have to be (dark green, only the young ones should be light green in this case). This is my only plant that I can't put it directly under the sunlight. All my plants are in something similar to the "green house" ( walls made by glass and only the one half of the day the sun shines there which is 50:50 of all the day until the sunset.. they grow fast, faster than the plants I gave to one of my friends which plants were put in the soil in the same time when I put mines, I know that because I did it and then I gave them from mines.. they put them directly outside under the sun and the growth were even slower) and sometimes I keep it closed for several hours (it so wet and warm) and then I open for some movement of the air and some freshness (of course). Now I'm waiting for fruits. They got their inflorescences. We'll see... I'm here because I decided to plant a mango tree but I wonder something about the soil because I want one of them to plant it outside in the town near the beach but ...
All I’ve done so far was put some egg shells in a plastic cup with seeds and within 8 days I have a sprouted seed. I spray the seeds with mist everyday and once it’s big enough I’m putting it into a pot and making my own fertilizer
Awwwwed, I Love one of the MANGO Fruits ever. They're so Cute one and they're body almost like Parrots, Breast bodied! Green to Red and up to Yellow on their chest!
You should never water when leaves are in direct sunlight. Move pot in shade or wait until sun is off the leaves. Sandy soil, a little lose straw on top. Kinda like artichoke plants. I'm inspired!
Question I got four mangos to sprout in a ziplock bag took out than put in pot with ziplock bag over top but both little leaf shoots have begin to Wilt like they turned brown like to much water and humidity.but I have only been spraying with water bottle.do u think if roots are good it will grow another shoot for leaves
thailand here,, my mangotrees from seed standing 4-5 meter high ,,,realise you need 10/10 meter space in your garden and it put many shadow in your garden..
Actually, mango love water to germinate. You can even germinate the peeled seed just in the water. When you see the leafs came down like that means too little water. Mango don't need much fertilizer at first.
Really appreciate you taking the time to follow their development and document the changes. My gut feeling is that you f*cked about with your plants too much! :) Let them do their plant thing. Overwatered - causing your root rot, over-fertilized - when you fertilize a young plant you actually discourage healthy root growth - you remove their incentive to grow roots, looking for nutrients because everything they need was just dumped right on top of their existing root structure. Starting a seedling in full sun is harsh - maybe try using shade cloth or starting them inside behind net curtains on a sunny windowsill. In the wild, life is a struggle to get access to water, nutrients, and light. It doesn't hurt to let them struggle a bit (with you as a safety net) when grown in captivity.
Your videos inspired me to grow mango in my back yard. I planted three yellow mango and three red mango last year and all but one are growing very nicely. I cannot say for certain but I think you are using too much fertilizer, because I gave my plant just a bit of the plant food you'd get from stores like once a month and they seem very happy. I have mine in a pot similar to the size of yours and I am planning on moving them to a bigger pot after this winter
I think you dont need to fertilized it that much since its young. The seed will feed it for a while, so maybe just fertilize it slow release. I also have a mango tree from seed but it died after 4 years. On the contrary i think it died because i didnt feed it. Top just keeps dying, must be disease or nutrient depravation. But good video, nice change to see a longer vid
Seems like the consensus from the comments is way too much fertilizer. I think the potting mix is a poor medium for mango and most of the other plants I've grown too. I started using blended organic matter on top of the soil for my latest series. I'm looking to reboot this mango series and some others.
I think you should omit thoes multi's ( tho it sounds genius on paper) I think you should go fertilizer free..these got very burnt... Also I think you should go with one seedling per pot to start...because this went very down hill after you moved they're roots and replanted? I just watched this one guy's video. CZcams search "Growing a mango plant for 98 days" I would have planted it at day 44 for sure Have you tried as an exparement to use pureed banana leaf...in a gallon to water plants with? I see evidence this works with house plants... Maybe it will work for you...
I planted mine in a way smaller pot than yours.. I think the pot size plays a huge role. My mango was looking very healthy after 45 days and i had signs of new growth all the time. And by the way don't let it sit in direct sun light for the first month or so.. And no fertilization... I just watered when the soil was very dry so around every week or even every 10 days . My mango looks like a champ now and compared to yours my 45 ish days old mango looks bigger and healthier than your 150 days old. Cheers
Oh and one more thing.. It has still never saw the outside of my house so it was indoors the whole time and only planning to get it outside after 2 months of indoor growth.
QuickTip the Most full proof method is the paper towel and bag Be sure to take off as much as the skin as possible and what I do too really make sure I have healthy Well establish roots is I replaced the paper as soon as any signs of algae or decay About once maybe twice a week And this will keep Your seedlings healthy from any sort of disease
The thing that I noticed was that mango plants in particular are very fragile and the slightest mistake in care can become the biggest disaster. Fertilizing can be one of those mistakes, mango plants don't really need fertilizing especially in the early stages when they are weak and nimble. And in a pot with a controlled environment they shouldn't need any fertilizer. I did this mistake and the miracle grow fertilizer pretty much ate way at the roots and at first the plant looked normal for 3 weeks or so but the 4th week the plant started to sag and eventually all the leaves turned yellow and fell off. All I was left with in the end was a shriveled up brown stick.
I saw new growth on a Mango on another channel. The leaves on that plant turned from yellow, to red, to green during normal growth. The new growth was different colors depending on what stage it was at. All new leaves turned green at different stages. Hope that makes sense?
Your soil medium holds too much water. You are overwatering. The roots are burning from excess fertilizer. Never fertilize mango seeds. The reason for the large seed size is that it has all the nutrients needed to get going. The excess fertilizer is forming salts in the soil and creating nutrient lock. You need to start with a well draining soil mixed with some sand in a well draining pot with expanded clay pellets at the bottom or use a fabric based container. These roots need to breathe.
hello, unfortunately when we start we kill some plants 😢(not proud of myself about the killing plants), but that is a way of learning. "tache brune" in french is a very severe "sickness" of the plant and has to be taken care of as soon as you see it. hopefully my plant is doing well now (I have cut the leave). don't give up! each plant is a completely different world even if it the same plant (you could have like 5 mangos). take care and thanks for the video
I just watched the hole video, and in my belief you killed the mango tree with too much chemicals,plants do not need them for their first six months of life and even after 6 months all you need is compost and a very little at that,you put the plants thru a harsh life of chemicals then more chemicals and more chemicals, all while thinking that your trying to do good ,when in fact your doing them the harm, mother nature does not need help,the seeds are programmed to grow on its own with out our help,as in food lighting etc, we just give plain water and shade when needed,look at it like this and you will be better at growing trees and plants,I live in texas and have not lost a single plant or tree that I have started from seed.have a good time growing and becoming a greener thumb.
I live in Mexico and I was growing a mango tree but since the sun hits hard I had to transplant it right away because it was being burned by the sun now it's fine
Melvin, I enjoyed your long video that went from start to finish. I applaud you for your very scientific experimental approach. I am no expert on plants by any means so I can only offer my observations. If the end goal was to grow a mango successfully then you failed. Failure, however, is not without merit. We all learned from your failed attempt. I personally think you over fertilized your mango plants and gave them more nutrients then they needed. Still, if this was the case it is amazing how long it survived. Different plants react to nutrients differently. If you fertilized a Tomato plant in the same way it would probably like it a thrive. If you did this to a Venus Flytrap it would quickly kill it. Flytrap and related plants often inhabit soils that lack nutrients where other types of plants cannot survive. They get their food from sugar created by photosynthesis and are watered by rainwater which is void of nutrients. The nutrient they need they absorb from the insects they catch. It seems I remember hearing that Mangos need very little nutrients as well. What we hear or watch on youtube is not necessarily true and that is why watching a lot of videos is good so we can get an idea of what works and what doesn't. I personally, would love to see you do a second experiment where you plant the four seeds separately. Pot "a" would use half the fertilizer and vitamin food. Plant "b" would use a quarter as much fertilizer and vitamins. Plant C would use no fertilizer or vitamins and be in one plant soil mixture of for example a mixture of peat moss, vermiculite, and potting soil. And pot "d" would be with a different soil mix with no fertilizer or vitamins. There are a number of other control perimeters you could try even with additional plants. My suggestion is that if you plant them in separate pots and you observe that the plant is stressed from perhaps being over-fertilized that you record it and then just water that plant with rainwater or distilled water until the plant hopefully recovers. It seems in watching your experiment that the plants initially shot up fast with no ill effects. This could be because at the time of explosive new growth the plant might have been benefiting from the nutrients but later when not needed may have had a detrimental effect on the plant. If you had a pot "e" and "f" could be a seed grown with early fertilizing and one without. Of course, none of this would be conclusive until the experiment would be performed several times with similar results. It is true that these have been grown successfully without fertilizers and supplements by people who seem to have a green thumb and do fine but still we do not know the next best way to doing things until we experiment. I applaud your efforts and sticking with it to give us a full report.
I never put fertilizer so near to the trunk of the plant. I only water when the dirt feels dry. The reddish clay you added on top did not allow the water to reach the roots.
I have a mango seed growing and it's all about patients, natural organic, i also use rainwater or pure springwater. My leaves got green in couple of day and they went up. Don't use chemicals and don't over water or fertilise.. mine is growing steady by God's grace. Planting with God the creator is best, that's what I've learned.
Do you know why? You water not just the soil for the roots but also you water the plant above the LEAFS and you keep the plant outside under the sun. Yes it's tropical plant but...! As it was said "You should put it a small green house to maintain the humidity." if the humidity is not high not enough imagine these watered leafs under the sun rays while the sun dries the water it's like you burn them without that humidity as one man told you about. I can say that it's similar to the people when they get sunburn. The skin gets dry so dry and you must to hydrate the skin with a good nourishing cream which keeps the PH of the skin on the right level about it. You can't put on the skin some cosmetic that will dry the skin even more - it will get older by loosing hydration and some of the nutrition and it will hurt by the sunburn even more. People and plants we are all alive and we are similar to each other: we all need sun, air, good environment/soil for the plants, nutrition, humidity, etc. There're some basic rules of life. There're people who can live in -30C because they live in such environment since they've been born and their parents (DNA, the evolution caused by the environment), there're also people who can live in +50C while the first ones are not prepared and their bodies get the shock about it when you put them in different environment the opposite but there're some basic life rules for all.
My condolence on the loss of your plants. I also live in Southern Cali and a mango should be able to survive this climate.......but maybe not if you give it a false sense of security. Trying to mimic humid conditions with paper towels and plastic bags and varying amounts of fertilizers or nutrients is hard to maintain indefinitely. I want a nice plant but dont want to babysit or cripple it. I think about that show Lost, when Locke was speaking about the moth and its struggle to emerge from the cocoon. 33 days ago, I stuck a mango seed in a small pot, sprinkled it with dirt and saturated it with tap water. I sat it on the floor inside, next to a north facing balcony. (i did remove the casing but i do think that was too much help) I resaturated it on one other occasion. After 30 days and nothing visible i picked up the pot to toss it out and noticed a root growing out of a drainage hole. I decided to depot it and put it in a much larger container. As i was carefully removing the seed from the dirt........half the root broke off. ......Sigh.....I replanted it anyway with just a slight cover of soil and watered it. The next night 3/ 22/20, the soil looked to be lifting out of the pot, The morning after 3/23, the seed had split in two, like a white clamshell on its side wanting a hug, so I rotated the pot so it could hug the sun. Over the day the clamshell became a light green. When i woke this morning 3/24, the seed had closed and a stem had sprouted . Doing it this way was slower that more experienced gardeners like you and many others i have watched, but i hope it was just adjusting to the environment and will continue to grow healthy.
You don't need to fertilize mango seedlings. They will get their nutrients from the seed itself and then from the potting soil. Additionally with plastic pots there is way less watering needed. Seemed like you over watered. I water my mango seedlings like once a week at most even during our 100 degree Northern CA summers and super arid and windy fall.
I buried a Mango pit and 4 months later it sprouted.
As of now it's 12" tall. I did nothing. It's just existing here in Florida.
I’m in Florida too and ready to plant. Lol. Nice to know they are that easy. 👍🏽
Lucky! Here in north California I have trouble just germinating them
Lol Florida is literally the perfect climate for mangoes.
I compost kitchen scraps directly into my garden and the mango and avocado seeds always germinate. I forget about them and then a month or so later, I find a mini tree growing. I'm in San Diego.
and even you the "ignorance" managed to grow mango tree as compared to this fertilizer idiot :)
To all of you making fun of this video, it isnt a waste of time. everyone makes mistakes, and hes helping other people by telling them what not to do.
Tattoo not allowed
When a pharmacist become gardener 😂
Don't die as a disbeliever
My mango seed made his leaf after 3 week,far not so big than yours but dark green and healthy hard leafs.
For me thats the most important.
No products,no fertilizer.
Krisztina Laslau I just started mine today. How's yours after 7 months? Any tips?
grass is a fertilizer that is natural
It is natural and your mango is healthy
@@bradleysaid7051 i think animal frppings fertilize it?
@@bradleysaid7051 so i think some good compost would be good?
That Mango OD on those pills,
Calm down with that
Put some love not crystal me^h
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it probably did lol
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Mate, this was like watching a brand new newborn baby being given KFC
Yeah He totally overdid it on the miracle grow especially straight putting it on there as is..
Fr! LMAO 😂
Fried mango... lol
I like how the baby is brand new and not used...
Killed by fertilizer. As lot of other plants in your videos.
Antosh Kaster he seems arrogant and kind of stupid. Always go the most natural way
Jarle Rød you don’t have to insult him
@@monohina1997 yes he does
@@monohina1997 it's not an insult if it's true AND deserved. He doesn't do any research and is displaying his results as if he did nothing wrong. His videos may cause people to get put off of growing because they used poor methods and ruined their plants following bad advice.
@@jarlerd9127 nature isn't always right but it's usually the best place to start, then build upon what nature shows you, change what nature doesn't do right and build upon what it does do right.
mangoes thrive on neglect. I think you put too much fertilizer in the pot. your potting soil has all the micronutrients it needs for about 2 years. Hope this helps you. :)
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It is burned to hell but we all learned what that looks like. Positive note.
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A classic example of too much manhandling. Use compost of natural plant products and stop with all those growing powders.
Dee Dev Thanks for the tip.
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I have. Like 6 mango trees I think I have a growing problem I just keep growing them help me
And the fact they are too young to put fertilizer other. Than worm castings and compost
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Too much TLC will kill your plants. I killed a few plants in my yard and kept replacing them. I finally learned to leave them alone.
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Too much fertilizer. You burned out the roots.
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Mango is tropical fruit tree. You should put it a small green house to maintain the humidity. Also you should not use too much fertilizer for the small tree.
I think that's something a lot of us forget. We remember the heat but we forget the humility isn't limited to the root system only. I use plastic film/food cover to make a tent.
how frequently to water after putting a plastic film? how much direct sunlight and temps
@@ktop4u I keep the same water schedule for whatever that plant is supposed to have (typically a little daily because I usually only do it with tropical plants or seedlings).
Nice video. I’m a mango grower in Florida. Mango trees thrive in low-nitrogen, sandy, fast draining soil with a higher than normal ph level. They are best grown top dressed with compost, but you don’t need to add any other nitrogen. Micro nutrients are not super beneficial either. They also tolerate drought very well. It’s ok to let them go a bit dry now and then, just be careful not to overwater as it can limit root growth.
I live in Arkansas and 2-3 days of 100f temp killed the new plant that was germinated from seed. any tips?
@@ktop4u Growing from seed can be a crap shoot. Because mangoes are polyembryonic they will not grow true to form from seed. It may have just been a weak seedling. Your best bet would be to buy a grafted young tree with known genetics. You can order from a few places online and starting with a 1-2 foot tree will save you a lot of heartache. There are many good recipes online for a good, fast-draining soil mix when it needs repotted.
Should caption "How To Grow A Mango Stick" 🤣🤣🤣 total waste of time watching this.
Ramon Malave lmao
I like your jokes. LOL
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@Sisu it's still a tree, would be more accurate to call it a bonsai than a bush.
it isnt a waste of time. everyone makes mistakes, and hes helping other people by telling them what not to do.
Just my opinion. The fertilizer burned down the roots. I researched a lot about fertilizer. I am now just using earthworm castings every 2-3 weeks and so far so good
I'm going with real dirt now, wish me luck in my second season of mango growing!
Merian_D I was thinking the same thing the fertilizer was little too much
I have 2 healthy mango trees and i just started them whith the wet paper towel method, then put them in potting soil. And when they got big enugh i transplanted them to pots with a mix of potting soil, compost and shell sand. And they are looking really healthy.
i put 4 seeds in, still ave 4 living trees. i got 4 1 liter yoghurt containers filled them with potting soil an watered them. after that i placed them in a big ziplock bag. then i put them on my central heater and left them alone.
allso no fertiliser an allso i used rain water instead of deminiralised water.
gooduck wit the second try!
Ohh my, i jinx my self, after posting my reply one is loosing his leaves, im kinda worried now. I know the ground it stands in is not to wet, its maybe even to dry. Like yours mine has 2 stems from the same seed.
From a man that plants fruit farms, "It's like mangos thrive on neglect." I would suggest not fertilizing until the second set of real leaves, and then only once a week or two weeks....or just leave them until they show a deficiency. The seed gives all the nutrients the seedling needs until then. The roots were so brown, most likely from the over fertilizing. Also, those gnats will feast on young root shoots. A jar lid of old wine in the pot with the plants will drown the adults (they are attracted to the vinegar...white is best), and a half inch of sand on the top of the soil will keep them from laying eggs.
Good luck next time!! :)
Thanks Eden, I have tried a few attempts at rebooting my mango series since the end of this recent series and will have a new video series soon.
Eden Starr Thanks for the tip. If mango plants thrive on neglect, then my plants should surely be the best in all the land.
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We grow these here in India every season. Never use any kind of fertilizers. We just use the vermi compost created with cow dung and other animal manures. Never fails.
Rohit Baisakhiya you grow them outdoors in Indiana? Or inside? Thank u
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Rohit Baisakhiya Thanks for the tip.
It’s easy t grow them in India because it is near the equator where it is hot and has no seasons, the perfect climate for growing mangoes
Yes that is your way yes but here in the northern countries it's cold so mango trees need to be inside and taken with good care.
Other than the fertiliser issue - I suggest once it starts wilting like that - grow it in the shade. Once the plant grows older, then it can be put into full sunlight. I'm in Australia and there are mangos in almost every house on the street, even with temps 110f they don't burn here.
And don't water when the sun is still out.
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In my opinion, I think you added a bit to much fertilizer. Ive been reading about fertilizer, and you shouldn’t add them to mango trees until they’re are at least 1 year old.
But in a way, you videos have prevented hundreds/thousands of beginners in this field learn from your mistake so nobody has to repeat it. You shouldn’t feel to bad about ending the series because you’ve educated people on what NOT to do.
Agree with you
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Ur intentions are pure that is all that matters........ mistakes make man perfect☺️thanks for helping
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When you grow a seed you have to have patience and see them grow, just like a child you see them growing in different stages and that is beautiful! I think you just wanted to see the mango tree grow fast. Word key, patience!
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the title should be "how to burn a mango tree from seedling till death"
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Haha lol
Thank you for making this video, especially for showing the process over a lengthy span of time. I learnt a lot.
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Man you're in SoCal, had sun and you killed 4 mangos! no way!! Too much water as well I think.
melvin no hate or anything, but i think they dont need fertilizer when theyre so young. also i recommend that even if u want to add fertilizer, add little to no nitrogen fertilizer. mix miracle gro with a 1/15 ratio if u want to see it grow a little more. dont put water on the leaves in full sun. it might also make the tree feel like its much hotter than it actually is. mangoes have also been known to thrive in poor soil.
i hope u dont have a negitive response to anything, but im trying to help u improve. ( even if im a 10 yr old writing this lol)
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I’ll only say it one more time - too much water in too much soil = fungal growth and gnats. Smaller pots, less fertiliser and stop prodding, poking and messing about!
I felt like I was watching the movie Saw
Maybe you should add more miracle grow and the plant will come back to life :D
Inject miracle grow directly into stem with a needle... better than the slow death method... lol
OMG! So glad to see your video. I have 5 mango seeds germinated after 5 weeks. They are now from 4” to 12” tall. So cool to see they grow and the leaves change each day. Don’t know how they will survive through this long cold winter months in Illinois...😞 Love your video and look forward to watching more.🙏🥭
insert them to your house they will survive if you care for them if not they might die... and same thing will happen next year until they strong enough to withstand the cold.
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Quite frankly, and in my opinion, your pot probably didn't drain well. While watching your video, I noticed that everything that happened to you, happened to me. My Mango was doing fabulous until I transplanted it to a larger pot, which had a tomato that had died. Then later I found out that this was the reason why the tomato died too. The top layers were very dry, I was living in SoCal at the time. And therefore I kept on watering ever so often. The difference between one pot and the second pot was the drainage. So the bottom part of the soil was always drenched, even if the top was dry. So, like your plants, my mango's root rot away. I decided not to plant a mango again until I moved, but guess what? I used that same pot for an avocado, and the avocado loved having that moisture at the bottom. Weird thing. sometimes a pot that is horrid for some plants, can be paradise to others. Good luck in your next attempt, and try maybe improving the drainage, so that the soil is always evenly dry and evenly moist when watering. Hope this helps.
I agree, it's tricky to know what kind of soil and conditions are suitable, every plant is different. I do have a new mango series underway now!
OMG! You killed it with miracle grow! Very interesting video that I learned NOT to do. My 52 days old mango plant from seed is doing great and I have not fertilized it yet. When I’m ready to fertilize it will be with worm casting or organic compost.
Hey, i just started mine... How yours doing? Any tips?
First of all, isn't the Miracle Grow supposed to be mixed with the water first, and not too much!... I have 2 mango trees, both have been successful, and but are in very wet soil... But they grew during good sunlight, now cause of winter, they are growing slowly due to lack of sun light and cold from the window
Miracle Gro is supposed to be diluted in one gallon or two gallon container.
The way you can tell they weren’t as healthy as he thought is from the drooping. All his leaves were drooping and never stood up. The way mango leaves work is that they droop after they are done in the incubation period of being in the shoot apical marastem. When they get out of the marastem they droop at first. As they mature they start to perk up and stand up. When they mature the leaves will be a dark green, this shows that the leaf will not grow anymore and is strictly there for its photosynthesis, not growth. His leaves never stood up, once you see that your leaves aren’t standing up you should be reasearching and acting FAST. Fertilizing didn’t help with the cause of this drooping. All his plants ended up toppling over in the end. I have a mango seedling that’s working on its 2nd or 3rd set of leaves. Can really tell. But I am experienced in how it works. My original first leaves were super small but new growth came quickly and the newer leaves dwarfed the first set of leaves . I ended up having to report it within the first or early second month of growth. It’s really fast at growing and rapidly produces shoot apical marastems. He thought that his mango seedling had no problems but the drooping shows different, he fertilized to often and he really only needed to fertilize with nitrogen most of the time. Even then he only needed to fertilize with nitrogen every month and a half to two months. He also was way to scared of how it would grow. This is a common problem with beginner gardeners where they are so scared of losing their plants to the point where their care for the plant is irrational. I am a beginner gardener myself but I didn’t have this problem and simply just researched and read up on how to take care of plants and plant problems and signs. Now he is not a beginner gardener but he had the mentality of one. A easy way to stop the bugs that were planting themselves in the leaves is to just spray the leaves with water regularly. Pests also attack already unhealthy plants (Most of the time, sometimes their just a-holes). I started my mango in a paper towel then moved it into a transparent shop rite container that is the shape of those Chinese food iced tea containers. I did this to monitor the root growth and see everything. After that I moved it into a proper pot and it IMMEDIATELY started growing like a rocket heading to the sky. It’s a fast growing plant. It barely lasted in its first proper pot which was pretty big for a first pot and ended up having to repot it and now it’s in a huge pot and it’s definitely liking the pot. There are no signs of demise with my tree. I’m also working on getting a grow light and a heater as I live in New York which is far from its climate, especially in the winter. I’ve never been scared to plant a lot of tropical plants, I have a mango tree, a lemon tree that just sprouted, and a ginger plant. I know I’m gonna have to move both the ginger and the lemon in with the mango so they survive and still get the tropical needs that need. He needed to overall chill out. I’ve been investing a lot into my plants. So these are all things he wasn’t doing right, I think if he checked out all this and wasn’t so paranoid like in the more recent growing in a tube series he would’ve had a proper sapling that was on the way to being a young tree. Anyways that was a long explanation. I’m glad his recent mango tree he grew in a tube is good though.
Maybe you should make a video.
You did a great video, very detailed one with explanation, thanks!
But maybe you just over-fertilized? Just my thought! Thanks, tho', I am learning along the way.
I found your information great. Thank you for sharing. I have grown Apple Mangos and Indian Mangos in The Philippines. We often grow new trees from the pits and we get mangos in about three years. We have been very
Blessed with growing various typed of mangos. God bless your channel and God bless America.
@@jimclaire7996 Can you share the climate for growing and how much sunlight they need and your watering schedule?
@@ktop4u Our province is on a tropical island. We plant small saplings and we feed the saplings with poultry manure. We get our first mangos in about three years.
We cut the lower third of a ripe papaya and use those seeds, fresh, and we plant most of the seeds in a semi sunny spot. We then
transplant the seedlings into pots.? When the trees are about a foot high we plant frees in a sunny spot...
The lower third of the papaya has mostly female zeeds.
We get papayas in
about 14 to 16 months
I like the fruit green and.cooked like a vegetable. I often make curry papaya and chicken.
I put the curry over rice.
Great stuff...
dump the dirt, start over no fertilizer and only water when its been dry for 1 day. i have mine growing under lights and it get like 18 hours light and 6 hours dark using solar pannels and a little electric for night time. I get new leaf sets and stem growth every week.
also never dig out a growing plant.... never mess with a plants roots
not trying to hate but plants are stronger than you think. They can survive without all those added chemicals. True, I could see that you would they that it would promote growth, but at this early stage you just need the good old sunlight, water, and soil!
The sunlight didn't burn it, your fertilizers did!
You got a magic stick!!!😂
Future tip: when the tree is about 150 days old, cut the top of it, it helps and pushes trunk and roots to grow. Making the tree stronger. Also water every other day... I have 10 trees growing from seedling!!
I've starting growing a mango four days ago and it's already making a sprout.
I used fertilizer and that's it.
Pls dont use as much fertilizer as he did!
Nice video and good job, thanks for sharing
growing plant even as simple as weed requires practice, everything is difficult before it is easy. please, start growing a new plant and sorry that the plant died.
I planted my four mango seeds the way you explain and it is sprouting and one of the seed gave three seedlings other two subsequently totally six plant but one plant was eaten by snail thanks 😃
Use a water soluble fertilizer and spray a very mild solution, something like 5 to 8 grams per litre and spray every 30 days. Don't fertilize the roots when in a pot, Mango grow with disturbed root systems in a pot because young seedlings need the tap root to go deep in the soil. Another point is use a soil that holds water at the bottom of the pot. Don't use garden soil or compost. You will need hard black soil or some clay soil that holds moisture at the bottom but dry at the top to hold water in the soil. Put a half inch pipe on two sides to the bottom of the pot and only water through that pipe. Don't put water on the surface. Get rid of the plant, and plant a new seed and start fresh. You will get better results
1)over-watering (yellow leaves tell tale sign); 2)your soil not drain well (water should soak in immediately, yours looks heavy-muddy try adding 1/4 cactus soil and perlite to your soil); 3)too much additives--fertilizer. THE WORD "OVER-KILL" comes to mind. Mangoes also like dense environments they are tropical don't like being isolated in wind and direct sun by themselves. I've grown many mangoes from seed they love being next to other plants foliage especially other mango plants and do very well placed under and around other trees they love sun filtered coming in between the leaves of the group of plants and trees they are next to.
Thank you for your videos. I, m sorry to see what happened to your mango. You put your heart and soul into your plants and that's why I enjoy your channel. I, m growing a mango in Scotland UK. We are not known for our tropical climate, we hardly even get sun. But I, m doing my best indoors and I, m excited to see new leaves growing
Just germinated my first two mangos!
This man seems like the Bob Ross of gardening
Can I suggest a good combination Mix for you? Peat Moss, Compost, Earthworm Castings, Dolomite Lime, Oyster shells, Alfalfa Meal.
Thanks
Note to Melvin Wei: Gardening courses all describe waiting until the second set of leaves before providing any fertilizer. Fertilizers have numbers corresponding to nitrogen phosphorus and potassium. NPK. Seedling do best with lower nitrogen ratios. Ie not 10:10:10 Best to chose the first number to be low until the plant is older.
Regarding watering, regardless of the type of soil or planting medium used, it is best to feel the soil/medium for moisture content before watering. If soil is already wet, the soil will become anaerobic, ie without air, and bacteria loving no oxygen will grow and cause root rot.
When leaves are drooping, there is something wrong.
Too much fertilizer will be toxic to roots/plants.
Miracle grow should be diluted with water so that the amount of fertilizer isn’t too strong. When growing in pots, use the recipe for miracle grow plus water for indoor or potted plants, even if the pots are placed outside. More concentrated solutions used in gardens is okay because the extra fertilizer goes down to the level of groundwater.
When the temperature is high and it’s very sunny, try placing your pots in a shaded area. This will prevent burning, scalding, bleaching of leaves and stems.
Heating up soil from the wild tends to kill beneficial bacteria and non beneficial bacteria, and fungi/molds. The soil structure also changes in a bad way. Sterilization done for soil should not be done with high heat.
If there are larvae in soil, such as from fungus gnats, a dilute hydrogen peroxide solution will kill larvae and add oxygen to the soil.
I am pretty concerned because you are overwatering and over fertilizing. Too much isn’t better !
Nice growth but don’t water the tree when it’s sunny outside it will burn the leafs. Water it at night.
And this rule is valid also for other plants. I was doing the same mistake in the past - I did it few times until I got it, I watered also the leafs and they all got burned they all got dried and brownish. I spray with water (like the freshness of the rain) the leafs of one of my plants but I never keep it all and directly under the sun rays. And it feels good that way. It has new leafs, the color of the leafs is exactly as they have to be (dark green, only the young ones should be light green in this case). This is my only plant that I can't put it directly under the sunlight. All my plants are in something similar to the "green house" ( walls made by glass and only the one half of the day the sun shines there which is 50:50 of all the day until the sunset.. they grow fast, faster than the plants I gave to one of my friends which plants were put in the soil in the same time when I put mines, I know that because I did it and then I gave them from mines.. they put them directly outside under the sun and the growth were even slower) and sometimes I keep it closed for several hours (it so wet and warm) and then I open for some movement of the air and some freshness (of course). Now I'm waiting for fruits. They got their inflorescences. We'll see... I'm here because I decided to plant a mango tree but I wonder something about the soil because I want one of them to plant it outside in the town near the beach but ...
All I’ve done so far was put some egg shells in a plastic cup with seeds and within 8 days I have a sprouted seed. I spray the seeds with mist everyday and once it’s big enough I’m putting it into a pot and making my own fertilizer
I’m growing a mango plant in Uk!!!!!!!!!! And it’s actually growing very Quickly. 👍
Thank you for posting this.
Awwwwed, I Love one of the MANGO Fruits ever. They're so Cute one and they're body almost like Parrots, Breast bodied! Green to Red and up to Yellow on their chest!
I'm thinking maybe next time leave the plant to grow on its own so don't add fertilizer untill it grow to a decent size or starts to flower
lOVING IT!
You should never water when leaves are in direct sunlight. Move pot in shade or wait until sun is off the leaves. Sandy soil, a little lose straw on top. Kinda like artichoke plants. I'm inspired!
Question I got four mangos to sprout in a ziplock bag took out than put in pot with ziplock bag over top but both little leaf shoots have begin to Wilt like they turned brown like to much water and humidity.but I have only been spraying with water bottle.do u think if roots are good it will grow another shoot for leaves
thailand here,, my mangotrees from seed standing 4-5 meter high ,,,realise you need 10/10 meter space in your garden and it put many shadow in your garden..
Try a sugar, epsome salt mixture.....it's a miracle. I do it on a large scale but small scale I guess at amounts.
Actually, mango love water to germinate. You can even germinate the peeled seed just in the water. When you see the leafs came down like that means too little water. Mango don't need much fertilizer at first.
Really appreciate you taking the time to follow their development and document the changes. My gut feeling is that you f*cked about with your plants too much! :) Let them do their plant thing. Overwatered - causing your root rot, over-fertilized - when you fertilize a young plant you actually discourage healthy root growth - you remove their incentive to grow roots, looking for nutrients because everything they need was just dumped right on top of their existing root structure. Starting a seedling in full sun is harsh - maybe try using shade cloth or starting them inside behind net curtains on a sunny windowsill. In the wild, life is a struggle to get access to water, nutrients, and light. It doesn't hurt to let them struggle a bit (with you as a safety net) when grown in captivity.
When my plants get problems with flys I just find nice big spiders and put them in the leaves
Your videos inspired me to grow mango in my back yard. I planted three yellow mango and three red mango last year and all but one are growing very nicely. I cannot say for certain but I think you are using too much fertilizer, because I gave my plant just a bit of the plant food you'd get from stores like once a month and they seem very happy. I have mine in a pot similar to the size of yours and I am planning on moving them to a bigger pot after this winter
you should fertilize once in 3 month and even then not too much...
I think you dont need to fertilized it that much since its young. The seed will feed it for a while, so maybe just fertilize it slow release. I also have a mango tree from seed but it died after 4 years. On the contrary i think it died because i didnt feed it. Top just keeps dying, must be disease or nutrient depravation. But good video, nice change to see a longer vid
Seems like the consensus from the comments is way too much fertilizer. I think the potting mix is a poor medium for mango and most of the other plants I've grown too. I started using blended organic matter on top of the soil for my latest series. I'm looking to reboot this mango series and some others.
I think you should omit thoes multi's ( tho it sounds genius on paper)
I think you should go fertilizer free..these got very burnt... Also I think you should go with one seedling per pot to start...because this went very down hill after you moved they're roots and replanted?
I just watched this one guy's video. CZcams search "Growing a mango plant for 98 days"
I would have planted it at day 44 for sure
Have you tried as an exparement to use pureed banana leaf...in a gallon to water plants with? I see evidence this works with house plants... Maybe it will work for you...
Miracle Grow....? Worst thing to add to food for eating..... do things organically
I planted mine in a way smaller pot than yours.. I think the pot size plays a huge role. My mango was looking very healthy after 45 days and i had signs of new growth all the time. And by the way don't let it sit in direct sun light for the first month or so.. And no fertilization... I just watered when the soil was very dry so around every week or even every 10 days . My mango looks like a champ now and compared to yours my 45 ish days old mango looks bigger and healthier than your 150 days old. Cheers
Oh and one more thing.. It has still never saw the outside of my house so it was indoors the whole time and only planning to get it outside after 2 months of indoor growth.
QuickTip the Most full proof method is the paper towel and bag Be sure to take off as much as the skin as possible and what I do too really make sure I have healthy Well establish roots is I replaced the paper as soon as any signs of algae or decay About once maybe twice a week And this will keep Your seedlings healthy from any sort of disease
The thing that I noticed was that mango plants in particular are very fragile and the slightest mistake in care can become the biggest disaster. Fertilizing can be one of those mistakes, mango plants don't really need fertilizing especially in the early stages when they are weak and nimble. And in a pot with a controlled environment they shouldn't need any fertilizer. I did this mistake and the miracle grow fertilizer pretty much ate way at the roots and at first the plant looked normal for 3 weeks or so but the 4th week the plant started to sag and eventually all the leaves turned yellow and fell off. All I was left with in the end was a shriveled up brown stick.
nice video thanks for making a video
Thanks for watching!
Oh i started my avocados in pop (soda) bottles to suspend the stone half in water. Works a treat.
Good video! 👍
I saw new growth on a Mango on another channel. The leaves on that plant turned from yellow, to red, to green during normal growth. The new growth was different colors depending on what stage it was at. All new leaves turned green at different stages. Hope that makes sense?
Your soil medium holds too much water. You are overwatering. The roots are burning from excess fertilizer. Never fertilize mango seeds. The reason for the large seed size is that it has all the nutrients needed to get going. The excess fertilizer is forming salts in the soil and creating nutrient lock. You need to start with a well draining soil mixed with some sand in a well draining pot with expanded clay pellets at the bottom or use a fabric based container. These roots need to breathe.
My mango come out in 3 day now one week laiter i can see another coming
I think from same seed
I dont use nothing just put 3 seed in tropical mix soil
Do it all over and dont add any thing but water with new soil mines growing great i only give mine tap water or rain water...
I'm from Indian and I don't prefer chemical fertilizers in soil because it's not healthy. Use organic power booster
What kind do you recommend?
@@crystalforrest6839 used tea leafs and banana peel, is best fertilizer for plants. And it is very easily available in home kitchen.
hello, unfortunately when we start we kill some plants 😢(not proud of myself about the killing plants), but that is a way of learning. "tache brune" in french is a very severe "sickness" of the plant and has to be taken care of as soon as you see it. hopefully my plant is doing well now (I have cut the leave). don't give up! each plant is a completely different world even if it the same plant (you could have like 5 mangos). take care and thanks for the video
Thank you for the encouragement!
I just watched the hole video, and in my belief you killed the mango tree with too much chemicals,plants do not need them for their first six months of life and even after 6 months all you need is compost and a very little at that,you put the plants thru a harsh life of chemicals then more chemicals and more chemicals, all while thinking that your trying to do good ,when in fact your doing them the harm, mother nature does not need help,the seeds are programmed to grow on its own with out our help,as in food lighting etc, we just give plain water and shade when needed,look at it like this and you will be better at growing trees and plants,I live in texas and have not lost a single plant or tree that I have started from seed.have a good time growing and becoming a greener thumb.
I live in Mexico and I was growing a mango tree but since the sun hits hard I had to transplant it right away because it was being burned by the sun now it's fine
It seem you spend all this time to plant and remove plants while they are trying to grow..... Such patience
Melvin, I enjoyed your long video that went from start to finish. I applaud you for your very scientific experimental approach. I am no expert on plants by any means so I can only offer my observations. If the end goal was to grow a mango successfully then you failed. Failure, however, is not without merit. We all learned from your failed attempt. I personally think you over fertilized your mango plants and gave them more nutrients then they needed. Still, if this was the case it is amazing how long it survived. Different plants react to nutrients differently. If you fertilized a Tomato plant in the same way it would probably like it a thrive. If you did this to a Venus Flytrap it would quickly kill it. Flytrap and related plants often inhabit soils that lack nutrients where other types of plants cannot survive. They get their food from sugar created by photosynthesis and are watered by rainwater which is void of nutrients. The nutrient they need they absorb from the insects they catch. It seems I remember hearing that Mangos need very little nutrients as well. What we hear or watch on youtube is not necessarily true and that is why watching a lot of videos is good so we can get an idea of what works and what doesn't. I personally, would love to see you do a second experiment where you plant the four seeds separately. Pot "a" would use half the fertilizer and vitamin food. Plant "b" would use a quarter as much fertilizer and vitamins. Plant C would use no fertilizer or vitamins and be in one plant soil mixture of for example a mixture of peat moss, vermiculite, and potting soil. And pot "d" would be with a different soil mix with no fertilizer or vitamins. There are a number of other control perimeters you could try even with additional plants. My suggestion is that if you plant them in separate pots and you observe that the plant is stressed from perhaps being over-fertilized that you record it and then just water that plant with rainwater or distilled water until the plant hopefully recovers. It seems in watching your experiment that the plants initially shot up fast with no ill effects. This could be because at the time of explosive new growth the plant might have been benefiting from the nutrients but later when not needed may have had a detrimental effect on the plant. If you had a pot "e" and "f" could be a seed grown with early fertilizing and one without. Of course, none of this would be conclusive until the experiment would be performed several times with similar results. It is true that these have been grown successfully without fertilizers and supplements by people who seem to have a green thumb and do fine but still we do not know the next best way to doing things until we experiment. I applaud your efforts and sticking with it to give us a full report.
I never put fertilizer so near to the trunk of the plant. I only water when the dirt feels dry. The reddish clay you added on top did not allow the water to reach the roots.
I have a mango seed growing and it's all about patients, natural organic, i also use rainwater or pure springwater. My leaves got green in couple of day and they went up. Don't use chemicals and don't over water or fertilise.. mine is growing steady by God's grace. Planting with God the creator is best, that's what I've learned.
Do you know why? You water not just the soil for the roots but also you water the plant above the LEAFS and you keep the plant outside under the sun. Yes it's tropical plant but...! As it was said "You should put it a small green house to maintain the humidity." if the humidity is not high not enough imagine these watered leafs under the sun rays while the sun dries the water it's like you burn them without that humidity as one man told you about. I can say that it's similar to the people when they get sunburn. The skin gets dry so dry and you must to hydrate the skin with a good nourishing cream which keeps the PH of the skin on the right level about it. You can't put on the skin some cosmetic that will dry the skin even more - it will get older by loosing hydration and some of the nutrition and it will hurt by the sunburn even more. People and plants we are all alive and we are similar to each other: we all need sun, air, good environment/soil for the plants, nutrition, humidity, etc. There're some basic rules of life. There're people who can live in -30C because they live in such environment since they've been born and their parents (DNA, the evolution caused by the environment), there're also people who can live in +50C while the first ones are not prepared and their bodies get the shock about it when you put them in different environment the opposite but there're some basic life rules for all.
All natural fertilizer get banana peels blend them thoroughly and add some water add to your once a week
your 8 months old mango tree looks smaller than my 25 days old mango tree, both in height and width...
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My condolence on the loss of your plants. I also live in Southern Cali and a mango should be able to survive this climate.......but maybe not if you give it a false sense of security. Trying to mimic humid conditions with paper towels and plastic bags and varying amounts of fertilizers or nutrients is hard to maintain indefinitely. I want a nice plant but dont want to babysit or cripple it. I think about that show Lost, when Locke was speaking about the moth and its struggle to emerge from the cocoon.
33 days ago, I stuck a mango seed in a small pot, sprinkled it with dirt and saturated it with tap water. I sat it on the floor inside, next to a north facing balcony. (i did remove the casing but i do think that was too much help) I resaturated it on one other occasion. After 30 days and nothing visible i picked up the pot to toss it out and noticed a root growing out of a drainage hole. I decided to depot it and put it in a much larger container. As i was carefully removing the seed from the dirt........half the root broke off. ......Sigh.....I replanted it anyway with just a slight cover of soil and watered it. The next night 3/ 22/20, the soil looked to be lifting out of the pot, The morning after 3/23, the seed had split in two, like a white clamshell on its side wanting a hug, so I rotated the pot so it could hug the sun. Over the day the clamshell became a light green. When i woke this morning 3/24, the seed had closed and a stem had sprouted .
Doing it this way was slower that more experienced gardeners like you and many others i have watched, but i hope it was just adjusting to the environment and will continue to grow healthy.
You don't need to fertilize mango seedlings. They will get their nutrients from the seed itself and then from the potting soil. Additionally with plastic pots there is way less watering needed. Seemed like you over watered. I water my mango seedlings like once a week at most even during our 100 degree Northern CA summers and super arid and windy fall.
Holy crap! That much fertilizer? Seeds have stored energy. They don't need anything!
Can you grow a plant without using babylonian chemicles?