Cocktail Mango tree (forum)

Johnny starts with ...
Since different varieties of mangoes produce fruit at different times of the year, is it possible to graft a cocktail mango tree that produces fruit all year? To me this idea is obvious but when I search for the concept, I can't find any results so maybe I am missing some key knowledge. Is it possible to graft different mango varieties to a single tree?
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Time: 25th February 2011 2:18am

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Jason says...
Yes you can graft heaps of mangos to one tree, but the total season for all the mangos is still going to only be a few months because mangos don't have much variation in the time they take to ripen. You could easily graft an Avocado to give fruit all year but it would put a lot of strain on the tree trying to feed all those fruit all the time. Much better idea to have multiple trees

Time: 25th February 2011 4:37am

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Wayne says...
In one word Johnny, no, all the fruit will ripen at roughly the same time. It depends where you are as to when you will get fruit, they start to mature in the Northern Territory first and over a few months work their way south.

It would be great if they did, then we wouldn't have to import those Mexican fruit.

Time: 25th February 2011 6:22am

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Johnny says...
Thanks for your replies. The Rosigold's season begins in March and the Keitt's season ends in Oct or Nov (Northern hemi times, so flip the months) so I'm hoping to get 8 or 9 months of fruit.
Here is an article about a fellow who grafted nine different varieties of mango to one small tree not yet tall enough to shade the side of his house.
Sounds interesting!
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-07-15/features/8802110288_1_mango-tommy-atkins-tree
Cheers,
Johnny

Time: 26th February 2011 7:48am

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