2022 July 14

Got a Gary mango seed from the California Rare Fruit Growers Arizona Scion’s 2022 annual mango tasting meeting.

2022 July 15

The seed was dehusked and put in a 6” pot, tail just protruding above the soil, with a mix of big box potting mix and coconut core while a hole was prepared.  The pot was placed under shade cloth outside.

2022 July 23

Moved the seed from the pot to a hole 2’ wide and 2’ deep where the backfill  was amended with ~50% compost. The polyembryonic seed had germinated and had about 3 inches of root. After separating one of the embryos that was loose, both parts were planted with tails just protruding above the soil on a slight mound about 3” tall. The smaller single embryo was planted to the south west of the larger embryo. The core/potting soil mix from the pot was placed in a well in the center of the mound.

2022 July 27

The larger segment of the seed sprouted. The bird net was there because I was paranoid about curved bill thrashers digging up the seed.

2022 July 30

Growing.

2022 August 11

The small segment that was separated from the rest of the seed sprouted.

2022 August 15

Fertilized with 2/3 cups of Tony’s Magic Mix.

2022 September 12

Split 1⅝ oz of 11% iron chelate between 4 mango seedlings including this one.

2022 September 18

Foliar fed iron chelate at a rate of 0.7g iron per gallon of water (1.5 tsp of 0.11% iron chelate mixed in a quart of water).

2022 October 6

Foliar fed 2.3g of 13% manganese chelate in 1 quart of water at 6:30a (sunrise)

2022 October 10

Foliar fed Greenlife’s foliar feed mixed 1 tablespoon per gallon plus a little bit of Soil Fertility Accelerator at 6:15am. I also applied SFA to the soil and watered it in.

2023 March 4

There was one freeze this year that I forgot to cover this plant. Don’t know if it will make it. There is still some green on the trunk.

2023 August 11

This one didn’t make it. It needed a lot more shade.