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Anyone know what variety these mangoes are?
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Time: 21st December 2013 12:35pm

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David says...
My educated guess is Palmer.

Time: 21st December 2013 1:34pm

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gimme says...
Thanks David I think you are right, I look forward to tasting one

Time: 21st December 2013 9:21pm

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gimme says...
I also bought some of these from the same farmer in bundaberg. He said they were banana mangoes. They were smaller than I thought banana mangoes would be average weight is 120grams

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Time: 21st December 2013 10:30pm

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Mike Tr says...
I have some of those mangoes as well from a friend's place. Banana mango means, 'I don't know what these yellow elongated mangoes are'.
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Time: 21st December 2013 10:48pm

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gimme says...
Lol whatever they are they have nice strong flavour even tho a bit turpy and stringy

Time: 21st December 2013 10:54pm

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Brain says...
a lot of American mangos are descendants of Turpentine mango, hence there will be some turpyness to it.

American mangos tend to have more colour - i.e. the reds, apparently, their market preference is colour.

I think the Palmers are mono - they are grown in qld due to being a later season variety. I think the banana could be poly, so maybe worth growing. from seed. Though a lot of mangos are called banana, it a really common name.

Time: 23rd December 2013 10:59am

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Mike Tr says...
The monos are usually more colourful, originated from India and often have a little hydrocarbon taint. These are the main ancestors of new world mangoes. Polys of SE Asian origin are usually less colourful, sweeter, grow true to type and are preferred in Australia. They are pretty mixed up now with crossing and the KP being a colourful poly reputedly from India doesn't fit the pattern.
Palmers are a late mono from Florida and are exceptionally ordinary in quality.

Time: 23rd December 2013 2:44pm

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gimme says...
Are banana mango generally large trees? The experience of eating one is much better when I let them get very ripe.

On another note. I have a small Alison red tree with 5 fruit on it even though they are only the size of small lemons they have red blush on the stem end and today they gave a little when I squeezed them so must be time to come off the tree?

Time: 23rd December 2013 8:24pm

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BJ says...
Palmer has been recommended for colder areas as it can repeat bloom until conditions are good enough to set a crop. Downside is it's not particularly good.

Time: 23rd December 2013 11:00pm

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gimme says...
Can anyone tell me if banana mangoes are big trees like common mangoes??. I would like to use banana mango as rootstock cos I got heaps seed available.

Time: 27th December 2013 5:29pm

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gimme says...
Are these nam doc Mai? I found them in sunnybank the sign said Thai mango
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Time: 28th December 2013 5:18pm

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David says...
Don't think so could be keow savoy.

Time: 28th December 2013 5:40pm

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gimme says...
Most probable since they were selling them green. I'm hanging out for a good ndm I have the best memories of eating them in thighland

Time: 28th December 2013 6:18pm

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phil@tyalgum says...
where everyone has massive upper legs...

Time: 28th December 2013 6:43pm

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BJ says...
Charlie's Fruit has them. Sold ripe green though. Can order online.

Time: 28th December 2013 8:34pm

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gimme says...
I ate some of the green mango pictured above and they were yummy. I might comb through some inala fruit shops for Asian mangoes I hear they are usually around those parts. I was in templex nursery today and they have large potted mangoes with fruit on them including nam doc Mai.

Time: 28th December 2013 10:14pm

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Brain says...
gimme, I've also wondered whether it's the scion of the mango that determine the size or the rootstock that determines the size. So far, the consensus is the scion but there are people working on dwarfing mango rootstocks. Jury is still out.

You can always grow the banana mangos in pots and see where that takes you.

And also, you wouldn't happen to be at Yuen's at sunnybank? I think I tried those mangos a year ago and they were terrible. Luck of the draw I guess.



Time: 30th December 2013 11:57am

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David says...
Have found some 4 yrs ago some Asian mangoes imported from Taiwan.Now have a healthy 2m seedling waiting for it to flower. Leaves are very narrow and long, also very dark green. The mango was large elongated with a yellow base colour with red blush on one side ,very good eating.Have not seen it since, and believe me ive been looking.

Time: 30th December 2013 6:29pm

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gimme says...
Brain, yes it might have been yuens not sure though..? I know daleys use Bowen rootstock even for dwarf mango like Irwin. I only wonder how banana mango would perform because i have a lot of seed and they take half the effort to get the seed out compared to larger mangoes. If common is ok to use Banana should be fine too. From what I have read in studies on different rootstocks, I don't think the effect on yield, canopy etc... would be noticeable to the home grower.

Time: 30th December 2013 10:28pm

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gimme says...
Got some photos to share. .

The first two are of the same tree taken a month apart in tropical fruit world car park . Some Asian mango I guess.

The last photo is Nam doc Mai going hard in a 400mm pot.
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Time: 30th December 2013 10:44pm

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