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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 2, 2008 16:54:46 GMT
a mango seed with a small pinkish shoot on it  My MIL keeps trying to grow them, but she is notorious for killing plants so she has given it to me  I dont have a clue what to do with it ......any ideas? Help please I will get really done if I kill it ! ;D |
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Post by Barbara on Mar 2, 2008 17:31:48 GMT
just give it back ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 2, 2008 17:39:05 GMT
Great - no idea what to do but keep it........oooh bit like a fire isn't it....nobody around when you need them......
RF
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 2, 2008 17:52:01 GMT
Thanks Barbara I didn't think of that ;D I wouldn't dare anyway Been googling mango's - looking difficult so far Apparently they can grow to 100 feet not in my garden it wont be doing  |
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Post by andy on Mar 2, 2008 18:14:41 GMT
I'd personally put it in a pot and then put the pot in a poly bag (clear poly bag like a sandwich bag). Water the pot well and seal the poly bag up and put on a warm, bright window sill....no direct sun.
Please let us know how you get on....and did your MIL start the seed off herself (i have a lovely ripe mango at home ready to eat !!!)
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 2, 2008 18:43:09 GMT
Yes she did, she has taken the hard bit off, but I dont know what else she has done to it I have wrapped it in a piece of damp kitchen roll and put it in a plastic bag in the airing cupboard as described on an american site, apparently the roots appear first (  ) so I will wait and see what happens....will keep you posted...I will probably kill it tho, they seem quite hard to get going  |
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Post by Biggles on Mar 2, 2008 21:30:42 GMT
When you say "Taken the hard bit off" do you mean the outer casing of the seed?--I managed to get one going a fews years ago (without taking the outer shell off) by piercing it with an orange stick (at the thin end at the top) and laying this across a glass of water so the bottom part (Thick end) of the mango just touched the water.
I got it to the stage of 'Potting' it on into compost after the roots formed and a Green shoot was growing -it grew quite well during the Summer with lovely shiny leaves but died later ---Never tried it anymore!
As Andy has said it does need warmth and constant temperature to germinate and grow.
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Post by Amo on Mar 3, 2008 6:32:33 GMT
Sounds interesting! The nearest I've come to that is avocado with the kids at school! Good luck. ;D
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 6, 2008 20:14:52 GMT
When you say "Taken the hard bit off" do you mean the outer casing of the seed?--I managed to get one going a fews years ago (without taking the outer shell off) by piercing it with an orange stick (at the thin end at the top) and laying this across a glass of water so the bottom part (Thick end) of the mango just touched the water. I got it to the stage of 'Potting' it on into compost after the roots formed and a Green shoot was growing -it grew quite well during the Summer with lovely shiny leaves but died later ---Never tried it anymore! As Andy has said it does need warmth and constant temperature to germinate and grow. Yes, she "peeled" the hard bit off. Goodness only knows how she did it cos I had one once and it was rock hard ! Its wrapped in damp tissue in a plastic bag in the airing cupboard, and the little nobbly bit that has appeared seems to have got a bit bigger. Thing is I dont know if its a rooty bit or a stemmy bit. The Yanks reckon they get roots first. I really want to pot it up but I dont know which end up to put it  |
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Post by Amo on Mar 6, 2008 20:30:51 GMT
Try sideways like a courgette? Then one can go up and one end down. It can choose. Or do you have to have an uppy bit?
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 7, 2008 17:15:42 GMT
I dont know Amo might try the side ways idea tho. Why dont I think like that? I could of sat here puzzling over it for weeks and never thought of that  |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 10, 2008 19:02:43 GMT
Quick update on the Mango seed - have just had a look at it and there is definatley something happening. The seed is splitting and there seems to be a thing inside it. So I am going to bring some compost inside and let it warm up, then I am going to plant it sideways on and see what happens.........how very exciting ;D
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Post by Amo on Mar 10, 2008 19:18:21 GMT
If you start seeing lights in the sky and there's red weed...... Or it starts saying, 'Feed me,' and singing......
No, no Amo!!!
Good luck with the planting bit KL!! ;D ;D
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 11, 2008 17:42:36 GMT
You are silly ;D
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 20, 2008 18:50:01 GMT
Right then folks update on the mango........ Not much happening  I have planted it in a pot full of nice warm compost and watered it in with warm water. It is now covered in cling film (no plastic bags handy!) on the windowsill above the rad in the dining room. Still waiting...... |
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My MIL keeps trying to grow them, but she is notorious for killing plants so she has given it to me 
I dont have a clue what to do with it ......any ideas? Help please I will get really done if I kill it ! ;D
) so I will wait and see what happens....will keep you posted...I will probably kill it tho, they seem quite hard to get going 
I have planted it in a pot full of nice warm compost and watered it in with warm water. It is now covered in cling film (no plastic bags handy!) on the windowsill above the rad in the dining room. Still waiting......