Variety Planting Suggestions
Hi Mango folk! I'm located in central Florida (Lakeland area), and am a long time appreciator of our Glenn and Valencia Pride (or similar - we inherited them with no names) mango trees that have recently been nuked by the intense cold this past winter. Thankfully, they will make a recovery; but it will take time that we won't be there to see.
We've recently purchased a new home with plenty of land for fruit trees, and I'm trying to decide which varieties of mango to plant. I'd like to limit it to no more than 3-4 mango trees, as we'll be swimming in excess fruit quickly once everything matures. I was filling my freezer with at least a couple gallons every season with just the two.
We have a long front drive with zero landscaping. I'd like to plant one "centerpiece" tree that we'll let grow as large as it would like in the middle of the front yard, then a handful of mango and other fruit trees (avocado/citrus) lining the driveway that we'll keep around ~15ft for easier harvests.
As we loved the glenn and valencia pride at our old house, I'm envisioning a valencia pride as that centerpiece larger tree, and glenn as one of our driveway liners. To add to the glenn, I'm looking at a sweet tart and honey kiss.
I'm thinking the glenn>sweet tart>honey kiss should nicely finish harvest as the next begins, with the valencia pride overlapping in there a bit.
If our goal is sweet/fruity, fiberless or low fiber fruit on cold hardy trees, how does this plan sound? Does anyone have other recommended varieties we should consider swapping something out for?
Also - here's a free pic of my dog Finn waiting for some mango to fall last year 😉
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Update with current grove plans (already over my 3-4 mango plan haha):
Valencia Pride (centerpiece)
Glenn
Coconut Cream
Fruit Punch
M4
Brogdon Avo
Owari Satsuma
Meyer Lemon
Persian Lime