Monday, February 1, 2010

Success

At the end of December, I wrote about mangoes. You may or may not recall this particular post, or the picture of the funny looking seed that I retrieved from inside of this delicious fruit. I had to plant the seed to find out just exactly what a mango tree looked like. Now, a month later, I officially have my very own mango tree! In my opinion, it is quite funny looking. The leaves just kind of hang downward as you can see in the photo. I'm thinking of clipping off the top of it to see if it will branch out like other trees would. For now though, it is keeping me entertained while I wait for spring to arrive and change the dreariness that you see outside the window.


5 comments:

Alison said...

Wow! That is so great that you were able to start your own mango tree. Did your orange tree grow at all? We had no luck with our little orange seeds, but then we didn't use seed starter. Do you think that is the key?

Thanks for sharing your photos! It's a real joy.

Woman of the House said...

LOL That is a funny-looking tree, but I'm glad your experiment is succeeding!

Monica said...

Alison -- I think that seed starting does help; however, I think the real key is keeping the seeds moist and very warm. I keep mine under a fluorescent light during the day. Also with orange seeds, you need to plant them right away after you eat the orange. I hope you can get it to work for you.

Alison said...

Thanks, Monica! We'll give it a try. I have to admit, they weren't planted right away.

Chris said...

Hello there! Hmmm...why do the leaves look like that? Could it be too little water? But I'm glad it's big now.