Why You Should Prune Your Mango Trees

[@davidthegood]

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[@unsaltedtomato899]

glad you found a way to get free mangos while you grow up your trees

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

this reminds me .. ive gotta top my pear trees this year. The fruit is more firm than mangos, but when they drop out of the tops at the peak of ripeness, quite a few can go splat. The mess has to be cleaned up, and can get painful once the bees and wasps start burrowing in to harvest all of that sweet juice.

[@mindy779]

David you should find out what happened to the owner. Maybe you could pick up the land cheap or even work out a deal and fix the orchard. That looks like a great opportunity. 😃👍😃👍

[@baddriversofcolga]

My guess is David wouldn't want to deal with the amount of work it's going to need. Plus, he needs to put some focus on his own land. But I hear ya.

[@vivianfrederick1645]

Looks like a great community project. Bring everyone together for a Pruning-event / BBQ or picknic. A blessing for everyone.

[@archenema6792]

Exploding mangoes! Now I know where Sir William Mills got the idea for the hand grenade. These videos are so unexpectedly educational, David.

[@archenema6792]

@@rehoboth_farm Every time I eat a mango by chewing it off the inside of a skin, my lips feel raw afterwards. Maybe that explains why.

[@billfeltenberger4716]

I am very thankful for the short videos. That is two in a row about pruning the mango. I love it.

[@davidthegood]

Thanks, Bill.

[@c.j.rogers2422]

Looks like a great guerrilla ag opportunity, to me! For that matter, abandoned adjacent property makes for good free grazing, too, expanding your food producing options.

[@FoodForesters]

That's cool you got access to a mango Grove! Thanks for the tips!!

[@MsFishingdog]

thanks for the video. very beautiful mango trees.

[@deborahemery1395]

Do you need 2 trees for pollination

[@Ultrazaubererger]

Isn't there an official register for landowners where you could ask who the current owner is? Maybe you can rent/buy it for cheap and make it into a productive orchard again? I would buy mangos from you!

[@ashishmishra7796]

I have 4 year old mango plant which is 6 feet tall without branch. How can I prune it now. I was not aware of pruning. Will it harm if I cut it in mid.

[@cashk100]

Would it be wrong to just take over the orchard and prune the trees while the owner is away?

[@davidthegood]

Probably not. He's been gone for years.

[@cashk100]

David The Good would you be interested?

[@allanturpin2023]

Adding guerilla orchardist to his resume would look good on his college application.

[@Austinandpup]

Mango smothered goat bbq! Looks and sounds good!

[@mio.giardino]

Who would leave an established orchard? It blows my mind how there is so such much potential in that part of the world and it’s wasted.

[@geraldfranz9085]

Datz how they roll down in Cuba don't cha know, lol. Seriously, it is kinda sad on one hand and a stroke of luck for the foragers. 😎😎😎👍✌🖖

[@danam2584]

@@geraldfranz9085 I thought it was The Congo? Or Madagascar? :)

[@geraldfranz9085]

@ Dana M, LMFAO !!!! Yeah, come on, the big straw hat, fully grown out beard, and smokes big old cigars, oh yeah, definitely El Cubano . 👍 🤔🤔🤔 ........ wait a minute. He said he guit smoking. It's a cover up dude !!! He didn't quite, Castro cut him off !!! He's trying to pull a Jack Broccoli, Jedi Night, mind trick thingy on us !!! His new property isn't across the street !!! It's across the Ocean !!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 Yeah, yeah, definitely Cuba. Jus sayin 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@danam2584]

@@baddriversofcolga No Doubt!

[@davidthegood]

In the case of this orchard, the owner became ill and left the country. It's really sad.

[@billmccaffrey1977]

Not sure where you are these days, but we often forget the overall ecology associated with some types of fruit trees. All the conversation is about human convenience and consumption. Have you ever given much thought to the importance of things like Mango trees to the animal kingdom? I'm letting my own fruit trees grow a little taller that I prefer just so the birds & squirrels can have a share without killing my crop. I also eat the squirrels and deer, which taste much better when properly fed.

[@davidthegood]

Considering mango isn't at all native, I am sure it's just a bonus for the animals. With my limited land, I'm not going to let them get huge. I do believe in leaving lots of wild area if you have the space, though. It's good to keep the habitat.

[@pookiehoney]

Wow I had no idea mango trees got so big.

[@geraldfranz9085]

Mango trees get junormouse !!! Growing up down in Miami, Fl. as kids we would climb all over them, they were huge. We never ate the fruit (well rarely) but we had a lot of fun having fruit fights. Nothing says love like wopping someone in the side of the face with a nice juicy rotting mango !!! However it was game over when someone got wopped with a hard green one. It was kinda sad, there were all those beautiful trees just dripping with fruit and most of it went uneaten. What were we thinking ?!?!? Too many wops with green fruit ? That and we were allergic to the sap and of course everybody broke out in rashes after the mango wars, you would heal up and it was back to the trenches, woo hoo !!!

[@geraldfranz9085]

@@rehoboth_farm ya got me on that one ....... ???

[@allanturpin2023]

Too dark you say. My home this is.

[@alcatelkey]

Honestly, bruises and bird picked mangoes don't stop me lol. It's the other animals I'm a little more weary of.

[@davidthegood]

Squirrels and rats are the worst.

[@baddriversofcolga]

Dave to the G, did you forget about the option of using a helicopter to harvest those mangoes at the top?! Surprised you didn't think about that!

[@rachelthegood4485]

I prefer dynamite, myself.

[@baddriversofcolga]

@@rachelthegood4485 How about dropping dynamite from a helicopter? You can never have enough explosions!

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

A Yummy mango

[@swarnadeepsarkar7091]

This is the mango tree of which country ?

[@bigh650]

lets eat

[@amidalarajasekhar111]

Were you from

[@davidthegood]

South Florida, originally.

[@HaibTshajHaib]

Free mangoes!

[@Austinandpup]

KZbin sucks they didn't tell me about this video. I guess they are too busy selling advertising.

[@markepson8023]

Nahhh I'll let it grow to the size of a mountain and feed the world

[@tomasbakker4059]

Yesssssss

[@Austinandpup]

Ebola mango!