Mangos

There are several names for the mango plant: Mango, Mangot, Manga, Mangou. Mangos grow in Burma, India, Eastern Asia and in California. There are two types. One is red and round and comes from India. The other one is pale green (pale orange), elongated shape. It comes Philippines. That’s the kind that grows in California. The fruit grows hanging from the tree by a long stringy stem like in the picture on the left.






Planting
First - eat the mango.

To plant a mango tree you don't have to go through all the trouble of opening the seed pod. All you do is lay the clean hairy mango seed flat on top of a pot of soil and gently press into soil but don't completely cover it. This is the way they do it in Bolivia.

Another way of planting is to open the seed pod and plant the seed about 1/2” below the surface of the soil and water.

If you want fruits you need two plants. But you can start with one.