By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy.

Apr 24, How Do You Prune a Mango Tree?

Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers.

Most times, trimming mango trees is just common sense. Keep in mind the goals to remove diseased or dead wood, open the canopy, and reduce height for ease of harvest. Pruning to maintain height should begin when the tree is in its infancy. First, a heading cut (a cut made in the middle of a branch or shoot) should be made at about 3 inches ( cm.).

This will encourage the mango. Aug 31, Young trees are the best candidates for pruning, which means its first pruning should take place within the first year. Fruiting won't be threatened since it. Oct 02, Learn how to prune a mango tree including young and mature overgrown mango trees. The video shows the technique of pruning and training a mango tree when it. Oct 10, The most critical step to train a mango tree for making it compact is the first cut when the mango is very young, 1 year old; that is still a seedling.

When the tree is 6 to 12 inch high, cut plant in the middle. This heading flush growth of trees will increase the number of new shoots, growth rate and tree.