There are two ways to sprout a mango seed, one requires a lot of patience and the other a little skill. Both methods require a ripe mango, which you should enjoy first.
Then thoroughly clean the core of the remains of the pulp and soak it for a few days. Then the core is planted in potting soil and germinate after a few weeks. The second method, in which you carefully open the cleaned core with a sharp knife or corkscrew and remove the germ, works much faster.
The germ is not watered, but immediately planted flat in the substrate. It needs a temperature of around 25 °C to germinate. Place the seed pot in a warm place, for example near the heater, and spray the seedling with lime-free water every day. Rainwater is particularly suitable.
When waterlogged, the sensitive germ rots, but it must be kept constantly moist. Cover the seed pot with clear foil or place a clear cup over the seedling. Both look like a mini greenhouse.
The essentials in brief:
- only use ripe seeds for germination
- clean the core carefully and thoroughly
- carefully open the core or soak for a few days
- When opening, do not injure the germ under any circumstances
- keep the substrate nice and moist during germination
Repot the young mango tree
If the nursery pot becomes too small, the mango tree must be repotted. If possible, this should not happen too early. Therefore, choose a pot that is as high as possible for germination, because mango trees develop long taproots very quickly.
If the young plant has to be repotted and the long root breaks off, the mango tree often dies and all the effort was in vain. Give your mango tree a well-drained soil with a mixture of equal parts garden soil, compost and coir. Make sure there is a good drainage layer so that excess irrigation water does not accumulate.
tips and tricks
Only use seeds from really ripe fruit. The pit of an unripe mango will not germinate because it is not ripe itself.
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