Which Mango Variety Does My Wife Like the Best?

I was working in the grove and came upon a tiny Glenn mango hiding on a branch. Since we thought we were done with Glenn and it's my wife's favorite I thought I'd surprise her with a mango sampling for lunch. We had Glenn, Valencia Pride, Keitt, and a seedling. Join us for lunch and hear my wife's thoughts on mango farming.
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[@timothyshawn99]

Keep the wife in your videos. She adds a nice element to your commentary. And she has such a nice smile.

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you. I will pass your feedback on to her.

[@PopeyeSailor-wz7ew]

Agreed. And she helps keep him on point. Let her taste while he talks. More tasting less talking.

[@SleepyLizard]

@@PopeyeSailor-wz7ew 😁

[@angelicafigueroa2513]

I agree !

[@csiwele617]

your wife is such a vibe. beautiful to see the shared passion

[@SleepyLizard]

Yeah

[@ThugSoda]

@@SleepyLizard”yeah” = idgaf 😭😭

[@SleepyLizard]

​@@ThugSoda you don't speak on my behalf

[@ThugSoda]

@@SleepyLizard of course I don’t but you got fans saying nice things to you and all you have to say is “yeah”? I don’t have to speak on your behalf to tell that’s a jerk off move, Mr. fruit

[@heerasingh7844]

Awesome variety mangos 🥭 🥭🥭 buddy enjoy your mangos very yummy yummy 👍👍👍👏👏👏✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@heerasingh7844]

👍

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Heera

[@rpfl5586]

Valencia pride is one of my fav. Keitte I will buy when they come around. I gave up on Tommy Atkins. Horrible. 4 Years ago I planted a seed from a Valencia pride and its 8 ft tall already. I know it might not be true to seed but its a gorgeous tree with huge leaves that smell awesome. Growing fast. Hope for flowers next year or two. Thanks for the video.

[@SleepyLizard]

Valencia Pride is my all round favorite. Fast grower, big producer, great flavor. Some taste better, others produce better but overall VP has the best balance

[@SleepyLizard]

VP is the perfect balance of flavor, vigor, and production.

[@TinaWindham-r3n]

Nice to know …I have some planted and even if it doesn’t produce anytime soon, my wildlife loves the leaves. It also smells like heaven I hope❤️

[@smendress]

Wait there are, MANGO FESTIVALS? See ya there.

[@SleepyLizard]

😁

[@naninani9496]

Hello, can you post the address of the mango festival, thank you.

[@SleepyLizard]

@@naninani9496 I don't know the address but I think it is called Mount's Botanical Garden.

[@naninani9496]

@@SleepyLizard thank you.

[@docdonsmith]

I am definitely positively drooling Tom lol

[@SleepyLizard]

so am I. We got maybe two weeks left then another year long wait.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Same.. salivating..

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

The Valencia Pride you have is a stunning beauty. So are the rest of them, your seedling might be great for grafting onto :)

[@SleepyLizard]

@@SouthFloridaSunshine I prepped it for grafting today

[@Treegrower]

This dude is winning at life

[@SleepyLizard]

a shucks, thanks Treegrower.

[@marvalove5946]

I love to see you and your wife enjoying the mangoes God bless

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you and the lighting happened to be very good that day too

[@Alejandro_san]

Bro your wife genuinely loves you. It's pleasantly obvious. Keep up the great lessons

[@SleepyLizard]

Yes she does Aziz.

[@SeraphimCherubim]

​@@SleepyLizard he woooed her with tropical fruits 😂🤣😂

[@SleepyLizard]

@@SeraphimCherubim it works

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

I been watching your videos since yesterday about how to grow an avocado tree, like on repeat. Since this morning ive begun to germinate three avocado seeds and even marked todays date under the cups. Happy Sunday!

[@SleepyLizard]

you just made my day. Thank you. Welcome to the channel

[@Canjeex]

Oh man you just took me back to my childhood. I was literally tasting mangoes I ate 30+ years ago in Somalia. I remember my dad would take me to our mango plantation and as soon as I arrive I would wonder off into the trees and I would start picking and eating mangoes and guava one after the other until I passed out. I remember waking up in the presence of my dad and seeing him smile and laugh.

[@SleepyLizard]

wow, those must have been some mangos!

[@Canjeex]

@@SleepyLizard They sure were man.

[@rhatid]

There are so many varieties, I didn't know that. I don't know any of these. I know the common varieties in Jamaica. I am envying you guys! 😋

[@SleepyLizard]

I'll be planting a Julie this week

[@nurmerinemckenzie3297]

east Indian and Julie my favourite🇯🇲!

[@bjl1226]

You know everytime I watch your videos, I have to eat a mango. The last ones I got from you were ripening pretty quick, so I cut and froze them.

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm glad you still have some to eat.

[@TheHauntedMask.]

So awesome to see you guys sharing your fruit trees together! wish I had a partner like that

[@SleepyLizard]

yes, she loves her fruit.

[@chinatownboy7482]

Nice to see the fruit pick sampler knife back. Nice to see Mrs. Lizard back.

[@SleepyLizard]

I looked into having some made with my logo 🤣

[@OrlandoBackyardGardening]

I love VP ever since I first tried it last season… it has a refreshing taste… a little similar to the Balliet

[@SleepyLizard]

Yes, that same citrus hint

[@MasterKenfucius]

Keitt is exactly what I need... late season mango. Going to get one on my next fruit tree order. I also want a Pim Seng Mum and then I'll be out of room for more mangoes. My seedlings are growing like there is no tomorrow. We be grafting in 2024 for sure!

[@SleepyLizard]

and the flavor is amazing too

[@bharatkukreti8449]

Interesting couple..... great humor. Carry on .

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you

[@SCArtandGrafts]

Gorgeous looking varieties. Here in BN its mango season also.

[@SleepyLizard]

yeah I thought it was really cool that all those mangos we sampled originated over the past century in a few mile radius from where we were sitting

[@michaelchristie3707]

Awesome. You both put on a show. You just know how to bring. I ate a lot of mangoes this season. Keep up the great work. Always look forward for the next video. God bless.

[@SleepyLizard]

I gained weight off mangos this summer. 🤣. and thanks for the compliment

[@michaelchristie3707]

Blessings.

[@tesswagner895]

You guys!!😂!!! Too funny! Now I'm craving mango 🥭.

[@SleepyLizard]

😍

[@Offshore1977]

I love Valencia Pride. I completely agree. I love a mango to taste like mango.

[@SleepyLizard]

so good

[@gioknows]

Wow those mangoes look incredible...I can just imagine the taste. I recently got some mangoes from Israel and they were awesome. Nothing like mango farming. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁

[@SleepyLizard]

If I could get my fruit across your border I'd trade you for some maple syrup

[@turtlegaby]

It is mouth watering to watch you guys eat....and you are hilarious....lol

[@SleepyLizard]

you gotta be on your toes around her or she'll eat all the best stuff right off your plate 😝

[@greatergood3706]

Sounds like my wife. 😆 🤣 😂

[@SleepyLizard]

@@greatergood3706 😝

[@PopeyeSailor-wz7ew]

Keitt was just like the seedlings grown in the old Cuban guy's yard. All the Zill favorites were discovered the same way, from seeds. And commercial specimens are but chosen for flavor but for portability and production.

[@SleepyLizard]

What is your favorite variety

[@marvalove5946]

Valencia Pride is so good with a hint of lemon best mango ever

[@SleepyLizard]

yes, I agree.

[@stuartfact8361]

I agree with Noie, I love our Valencia Pride, but even more amazing and honestly, my all time favorite is our pineapple pleasure. The silky, sweet and fiber free flesh is unbeatable. If you have not had them, they are well worth the work! Keep up all the videos, they are awesome!!

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Stuart. Pineapple Pleasure is now on my list for next year

[@greatergood3706]

Pineapple Pleasure is not productive like Valencia Pride or Keitt. It's a July fruit.

[@stuartfact8361]

@@greatergood3706 I get way more Valencia Pride than I can eat each year, so production is not an issue for me. The flavor and consistency of Pineapple Pleasure is second to none in my opinion (although I’d love to have more trees to compare fruits like in this video :) The point of my post was to encourage him to try that mango

[@SleepyLizard]

@@greatergood3706 didn't know that

[@Tasty4339]

I love when you have Noe in your vids. You're a wonderful couple. May God always bless you and your family. P.S. I sent you a msg on your website last month and haven't heard back

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Beth. I won't see your msg on my website. I get thousands per day unfortunately. Go to the about section on my channel and you'll find my contact info. You can send me a message there

[@ogog9554]

I have in my backyard, Julies, East Indian, Carrie, Super Julie, Mahachanook, Pickering, and Glen, a little less than 1/2 acre so have to be choosey about the varieties I plant.

[@SleepyLizard]

Going by the varieties you've planted can I make a guess that you might be of Jamaican heritage?🤣

[@ogog9554]

@@SleepyLizard yep.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

Keitt holds on the tree much longer when fully ripe without going bad. Especially if they are dark green in color on the outside. I have had ones which were extremely dark green on the outside, yet orange red on the inside. their weight was 5LB. Keitts are not monolithic, every fruit is very unique & delightful.

[@SleepyLizard]

I love that deep orange color

[@Mangovideono]

I’m sorry but your wife is such a character, she will carry your videos really well. Haha. Husband looks so nervous to put her in, like he hasn’t made up his mind how this going to go. Just be yourselves. So sweet you guys are married

[@SleepyLizard]

hahahahaha. She's an actress on TV, she has a show on Univision. I'm just a regular guy

[@dirtywhiteboy7922]

You two ALWAYS make us laugh and smile.... love the stories, thank you both. We need to try a Keitt.

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you and yes Keitt are delicious

[@cs7717]

Your wife is so sweet and adorable. You two obviously love each other.

[@SleepyLizard]

especially with a nice table of fruit in front of us

[@cs7717]

@@SleepyLizard Yeah, but she's still sweeter than all those mangoes combined

[@Z06ChevyVette]

😂😂🤣🤣awesome video!!!🤙🏼🏆🤜🏼🤛🏼😂🤣 You eat mangos just like me!!! What I haven’t seen here is the huge green mangos that I use to eat in Cuba es a kid. I left my country at 8 years old and still remember all the tasty fruits we had in Camaguy and Matanza!!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

We have one that grows 5 pounders

[@Z06ChevyVette]

@@SleepyLizard I definitely have to purchase a few from you when it’s in season. I’ve told my kids stories of this elusive mango and they would love to know how it tastes!! We definitely have to stop by🤙🏼

[@PSwayBeats]

How you doing my mango brother lol Got to get me some mangoes now

[@SleepyLizard]

what did you get?

[@Wolf-kh5rp]

Did you know? The sap of the unripe fruit smells the same as the leaves of the mango trees, so I've been smelling the leaves of immature mango trees in my area and now I know what fruit I will be eating in a few years.

[@SleepyLizard]

didn't know that

[@lennieadi]

Great video Sleepy Lizard. Mrs Lizard had a buzz. Really made the video work. She should appear more. How can I get some Valencia Pride and Keitt to my land in Jamaica?

[@SleepyLizard]

I can only ship within the US because every country has their own room, Jools, and regulations regarding importation

[@SleepyLizard]

I gotta think there's some people growing both Valencia, pride and kit, especially kit over there in Jamaica

[@gilbertomartinez6981]

You guys have a very valid point. Things are loved and appreciated more if its already a part of you. I like the classic as well. But willing to try the tweaked flavors. Not only that, I learned to eat and appreciate various fruits in their different stages because that was all we had growing up. With mangos I eat them from unripe crunchy-green with salt chilli and lemon to even past their peak of juicy ripeness and even dehydrated. I have a distinct memory from about 5 years old becoming full after just one very colorful tree-fallen mango that I came across while on a stroll in the park with my parents. I am easily amazed at the large fruit and colorful varieties even though they may not taste as rich as some trendy varieties. But not to say I would steer away from the crowd. Just that I have not come across them yet. But I am that way with a lot of fruits. Its my way to better appreciate the exceptional flavors when they come. Love your enthusiasm and apprecition for Mangos and Avocados. Though I have been watching videos and learning for a good long time, I am finallly buying small trees of mango and acocados because I also want to do some grafting. Great content as always. I live in California. So wish fruits could be allowed to ship. I hear trees are probably the next best option although I wonder if shipping of Avocado trees is also allowed.

[@SleepyLizard]

Best of luck with your trees. We can ship avocados to CA but not mangos. As for trees there are nurseries who are certified to ship trees to California.

[@AYSKOFI]

I don't know if you have ever tasted it or not but, I bought a Mallika in a 25 gallon pot from a guy who had decided it would result in too many trees in his yard. I knew nothing of this mango but it was sitting on his patio in the pot and was just a bit taller than 6 feet to the tip. When he told me he only wanted $25 for it, I just had to take it home and I'm so glad I did. We got a lot of wind early in the year and lost most of the flowers and then the young fruit again this year. Up here in West Palm Beach, the only place with a half way decent crop this year is over on the coast. Anyway we had so many mangoes last year we didn't know what to do with them all. I found out I have a new favorite, which was the Mallika. Originally, I was not impressed. It may have been because they stayed too long on the tree. They really need to be picked green and put in a box or a paper bag for about a week or so to ripen. If you really, really love the flavor of mango, this is your mango. The flavor is so intense, it will almost overwhelm you. Trust me, it will grow on you. It is completely fibreless and is not at all messy.

[@SleepyLizard]

Malika is delicious and yes you know your mangos well. The Malika gets jelly seed if you leave it on the tree too long. you gotta get them a little early and let them finish ripening on the counter

[@TinaWindham-r3n]

Do u sell any??

[@tommyhurst90]

Im drolling ,,Also your wife is an absolute gem 😊 I hope one day ill find the same type of love you to have..

[@SleepyLizard]

yeah she's a good one. She loves the life out here.

[@Mangovideono]

4:15 go for it! Lol

[@SleepyLizard]

🤣

[@bobbyphaypaseuth9704]

Glad to see your wife in your vlogs. I hope we get to see her in your vlogs more

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you. you will. she's also on TV on Univision every other Monday at 1pm 🤣

[@kathylomaskin3617]

Watching this is making my mouth water!

[@SleepyLizard]

wait a minute. I recognize your name! How you been?

[@NoVaCitrusGrower]

Love your mango-tasting videos!

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you!

[@melchurmoreau5677]

Wow,this is amazing. Back we have a lot of mangoes all types,you can get mangoes all over the Caribbean. To every country you will find different types or kinds of mangoes keep the videos flowing, and greetings to your beautiful wife she raises the bar on your videos, greetings to both of you bro!!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

💪

[@Wolf-kh5rp]

Growing up I only ate two varieties of mango, I'd probably be overwhelmed if I get to taste these varieties.

[@SleepyLizard]

I go crazy in mango season...so many different flavors.

[@Wolf-kh5rp]

@@SleepyLizard Amazing fruits, have you ever tried eating them while they are unripe?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@Wolf-kh5rp yes, in fact I did a whole vid about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqjXiJeCpt9mgKMsi=CmkFrrXLhNFCINH9

[@Wolf-kh5rp]

@@SleepyLizard I have a himsagar variety tree growing on the front of my house, I just pick up the ripe ones on the ground and eat through it, my favorite way to eat a mango for sure!

[@FruitfulTrees]

Good video :-)

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Paul

[@goofyshorts5508]

You gotta share that center cut bro It’s the best part!

[@SleepyLizard]

Shhhh 😝

[@Vapornator]

Yeah, ya can eat coconut, apricot and so on... But can ya take a bite of any of them and taste other fruits as well as mango?? I'll save ya the trouble....NO! Unless it's Monstera.

[@SleepyLizard]

Monstera is so delicious. It's my fastest selling fruit. Have you tasted it?

[@ramoncontigo65]

I love mangoes, but there are a few I don't like. Back home, they are all over the place.

[@SleepyLizard]

yes there is a wide variance in flavor across mango cultivars

[@ChrisSmith-rv5wb]

your videos are great. thank you. I was not a huge fan of Valencia pride. ill try more next year but the ones I had seemed a bit bland not very flavorful. it's great for the size just wish it had more flavor. the glen was a great mango very flavorful and sweet

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Chris, Did you get the Valencia Pride from me?

[@ChrisSmith-rv5wb]

@@SleepyLizard i did not. I think I got it from 2 places but not from you. Ill try yours when they are in season

[@SleepyLizard]

ah ok, I'm a big fan of Valencia. who know's maybe yours was picked too early or too late.

[@qualqui]

First I met your chilpayate Tommy, and now I have the opportunity to meet your beautiful wife, witty and beautiful, I must say Tom you hit the Lotto with her. :D Valencia and Kitt mangos I'm not familiar, but many years ago, there was the Mango corriente, it looked like a small version of a Manila or a Ataulfo, but true to its name(corriente=common) the flavor was good, but not as good as the two other varieties I mention. When the Manilaand the Ataulfo season peters out, the Tommy mango (known here as petacón), yes its very stringy but its better to have a Tommy than no mango at all. Thank you for sharing, liked and checking with a customs' agency to see what the red-tape I need to fulfill, that permits me to buy an IRIE Sleepy Lizard t-shirt. :D

[@SleepyLizard]

Of all the things I have on my website the shirt is probably the one thing I can ship outside of the US. In fact, I know there's at least one in Australia.

[@davidibarra7854]

I don't feel so bad eating 4 mangos a day sometimes now.

[@SleepyLizard]

aside from my belt feeling a little tight I don't feel so bad either. 🤣

[@greatergood3706]

Is eating 4 mangoes 🥭 a day not normal? I thought that when you eat more than 12 a day, it becomes excessive 😆 🤣 😂

[@SleepyLizard]

@@greatergood3706 truth

[@TinaWindham-r3n]

Are u planting the seeds?? Or selling any??

[@rosemarycividanes8364]

Your wife is adorable and i am jonesing for a mangos would love to visit your farm

[@SleepyLizard]

come on by. our contact info is in the about section of the channel

[@FruitFloridaFarm]

I hope my keitt taste the same!

[@SleepyLizard]

me too. I'm going to graft from this tree

[@justgivemethetruth]

You should do a video on what to do with a mango. I've had mangos before, and I like them, but I have no idea what kinds there are, when they are ripe, when they are too ripe, how to prepare them, etc. I try to buy mangos and I end up getting very messy with just a little mango, and a huge big old hairy seed. I am better with Pomegranates and that took a while.

[@SleepyLizard]

ok, I'll do that this coming mango season

[@justgivemethetruth]

@@SleepyLizard Great ... mangoes are a big messy mystery to me.

[@fouadbenrezzak8398]

They told me keitt is bad Because it's my first mango tree I bought and mangos are expensive in my country But you changed my mind and I'm. Pleased

[@SleepyLizard]

all that stuff is subjective. taste for yourself and decide what you like. I happen to love Keitt others do not.

[@fouadbenrezzak8398]

@@SleepyLizard well it's my first time growing mangos and we don't have many here in my country I tasted one from Spain but I don't remember Wich one I think it was keitt and loved it

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Just getting into the mangos like your beautiful wife. Saw you and Paul trying all the varieties on Father’s day (on video) so jealous. I ate similar varieties this week they are so good. I was out in Loxahatchee visiting a fruit stand that carry’s local mangos, I picked up some Valencia Pride and Keit (spelling) and I agree it reminded me of the mangos my Dad used to get from a really wealthy neighborhood near us in Boca. I want to try the Apricot mango that sounds yummy!! I did not realize you all were South of me. So I need a good choice of mango and avocado tree for my typical HOA back yard. What would be your votes? I bought peach cobbler mango Sunday, but need to resell it, or return it to the lovely lady I bought it from. It’s growth habit sounds too vigorous. BTW-I freeze the Keit in squares it is like sherbet to me. The seedling sounds like one I won’t like either, that musky type mangos or those with a bay leaf flavor.

[@SleepyLizard]

You can always prune the peach cobbler to the size you want. As for avocado your only choice will be to prune it to keep it the size you want. there's one out there called the Little Cado which is a Wurtz and I'm not really onboard that they are a dwarf. I think the Simmonds is an amazing avocado and while the tree will grow big I find it doesn't grow as fast as my other varieties It's also my understanding that the Mahachanook is a slow grower and also a very clean mango...also delicious.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

@@SleepyLizard I was wondering if I could do that I asked about top working the tree but, I maybe thinking of something different, but I believe it is when you cut back the main tree at the top, only allowing branches off of it to create it’s height but still keeping it trimmed back and opened up at the top for airflow? I want to get that book Grow A Little Fruit Tree. David the Good recommends it for backyard fruit tree growers. I will see if I can get my hands on the mango you mentioned. I have heard Paul mention it on his channel before with excitement. And Woah! Just saw his Butterscotch Sapodilla, now I want one of those too. lol I loved the Russell avocado just for the novelty and the taste was good. Will have to order some of yours when they are available again. I like to show my Northern friends one next to a typical store bought Mexican Haas. lol One last thing you mentioned one time you loved a certain variety for guacamole’ I think it was during the big “C” when you all did a live. Which one was that, and is it vigorous or slow growing?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@SouthFloridaSunshine Yes I'll be to-working my mangos and the avocado I mentioned was the Lula which is amazing

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

@@SleepyLizard Thank you, appreciate the information and you helping my memory.

[@user-ne4yt6lq5o]

Unfortunately, the Mango Glen variety is not available in Egypt here 😢

[@SleepyLizard]

bummer. what varieties do you have?

[@user-ne4yt6lq5o]

@SleepyLizard Tommy and Naomi class The Egyptian Owais variety is sweet in taste And several foreign and local varieties

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Ooh A Tommy Atkins! lolol Got the joke.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

I do the same with the seed some of the flesh next to the seed is the best.

[@SleepyLizard]

I actually enjoy the Tommy. I think I'm on of the few 🤣

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

@@SleepyLizard Pretty sure most I have tried required me to floss my teeth. But those were from a local grocery store.

[@greatergood3706]

When there is nothing else, Tommy Atkins is OK.

[@brauliaguerrero656]

She’s super cute

[@SleepyLizard]

😱

[@bobnewhart4318]

Have you ever tried the Keow Savoy (Thai green sweet mango)?

[@SleepyLizard]

no I have not

[@bobnewhart4318]

@@SleepyLizard one of the only mango varieties thats actually ripe and sweet when it's green

[@siddhayogi907]

This looks different than the Keitt I know, you are sure it is not Kent?

[@SleepyLizard]

It's funny you ask that because a friend and I were just discussing how there seems to be a lot of variance from fruit stand to fruit stand on what is a Keitt. I am sure it's not a Kent but I'm hoping others chime in because I been getting some different opinions about what a Keitt looks like

[@TheMubby]

Which variety did you grow the seed from to get your seedling tree?

[@SleepyLizard]

I don't keep track. We grow hundreds of seedlings but we don't know which is which

[@Mangovideono]

11:35 shuck it 😂

[@SleepyLizard]

😱

[@ramoncontigo65]

I eat them with a dash of salt

[@SleepyLizard]

yum

[@pattystovall-cowart3987]

Can I buy some Keitt scions from you? Orlando, FL Patty

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Patty, thank you for reaching out. If you come visit in person I can give you some scions but I don't have the ability to ship them. I no longer have the certifications required for shipping plant material. I can only ship fruit.

[@justgivemethetruth]

She's cute!

[@SleepyLizard]

yes, she's a cutie

[@justgivemethetruth]

@@SleepyLizard You're a lucky man! ;-)

[@anekabibitimpor4748]

Wooowww thats orange keith

[@SleepyLizard]

yes and so delicious

[@anekabibitimpor4748]

Oh my God

[@aftabahmmed723]

love the part when she was trying to Grab the other half , that was cute . God_bless_you

[@SleepyLizard]

yeah she gets grabby with the fruit

[@quocpham8147]

I’m a mango monster too

[@SleepyLizard]

we can't stop

[@PopeyeSailor-wz7ew]

I'm confused. My fertilizer says good for Mango, Avocado and Citrus. 🤷

[@SleepyLizard]

What are you confused about? Maybe I can help

[@dannyrepo132]

I live in homestead fl and cant find no-one that sells keitt trees...do you sell them?

[@SleepyLizard]

I do not sorry bout that.

[@faltio69]

I’m in Southern California and I’d like to buy some mango scion, but when is the best time to graft? And what varieties do well in Southern California? Thanks!

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm not sure which varieties are preferred in California. Best time to graft is spring and summer

[@faltio69]

@@SleepyLizard graft now? In the middle of the heat wave??? 😳 Wouldn’t it dry up the scion even if I wrapped it in wax? I have a 12 foot seed grown from Hawaii and now in the ground in SoCal that I want to use as the stock, would it be safe for me to cut the top branches so that I can graft scions on the tree branches after the severe pruning now during summer? Btw very good videos!

[@SleepyLizard]

@@faltio69 thanks for the compliment and yes you can graft onto the branches of your 12 foot tree. As for time of year it's not so much about the conditions for the graft to heal it's about when the scions are at their best.

[@faltio69]

@@SleepyLizard where could I get info for best mangoes to grow in SoCal?

[@greatergood3706]

Are Keitt really that far ahead this season? Picked my last ones last season Oct. 8

[@SleepyLizard]

yep, everything was ahead this year. I had to jump on the Keitt very early because they were ripening on the tree. Mine are all picked and gone from both my mango groves

[@greatergood3706]

Here is idea 💡. Could Miami-Dade grown fruit be less susceptible to Bacterial Black Spot Disease because of our abundance of calcium in our soil? I get a few infected fruit on my Haden and Keitt, but remove them. Animals are a bigger problem than black ⚫️ spot for my trees.

[@SleepyLizard]

Gosh, I don't know much about that stuff

[@Gorillathinkingpodcast]

Can you grow mangoes in Georgia is there a way?

[@SleepyLizard]

there's a guy up in GA growing them in an apartment. He was interviewed on the Fruitul Trees KZbin channel

[@Gorillathinkingpodcast]

@@SleepyLizard really?, awesome, I need to go and check out that video, thanks👍

[@nirmalasivam2941]

Tom any chance you send me some scions of avocado and mango to UK?

[@SleepyLizard]

I can't ship but if you ever visit florida I'd be happy to harvest some with you

[@nirmalasivam2941]

@@SleepyLizard I am so sad. I would have loved to have grafted some of your trees in UK. If you do change your mind, do let me know. You are the one who has encouraged me to grow avocados and I have several that’s ready to be grafted but I just don’t have scions 😭

[@karakartal2120]

Hi, I want to buy a mango tree but i haven't decided. Naomi or keitt. which one do you choose? The most important thing for me is flavour. thank you...

[@SleepyLizard]

I like Keitt better. They are both good but for me Keitt tastes better.

[@karakartal2120]

thank you....@@SleepyLizard

[@justgivemethetruth]

Are these weird flavored mangos genetically engineered? How do they do that?

[@SleepyLizard]

not genetically engineered they just let trees grow from trees and select the really good ones. Then we graft those to perpetuate them.

[@matthewszasz1895]

Tommy Adkins is up next 🤣

[@SleepyLizard]

Next season

[@willemadriaannel746]

Try to ripen the seedling mango of the tree

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm not sure what you mean?

[@organogold8]

How can I get a branch clipping to join a Mango I already started?

[@SleepyLizard]

you'll have to search online. they can be tricky to find if you don't live somewhere where mango is grown

[@organogold8]

Okay thank you so much

[@muhammadradhi7269]

ملكة الفواكه 😋

[@SleepyLizard]

Yes it is.

[@muhammadradhi7269]

@@SleepyLizard Congratulations to you 🤩

[@victormathayo1142]

H

[@SleepyLizard]

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[@kabiruddin3044]

So when did mangoes arrived in your country. I'm from a land where mangoes originated, we have so many varieties, we don't even have names for them. We just give them names based on their taste and look. From Bangladesh.

[@SleepyLizard]

Can you clarify if your mangos don't have names? Because then you said you give them names. I'm terribly confused.