Mango Tree is Flowering

At first I thought I should write Mango Tree is Fruiting but then I realised I have not seen the fruit yet so better not. After a few weeks since the flushing of leaves, it finally produces something not leafy. A closed monitoring suggests that this time it mustn't the leaf again by judging the shape of the sprouts. They were about 4 inches long yesterday (3 days after I first spotted them) and they certainly not the leaf. I learnt that it is called panicle. It is the 3rd stage in mango fruiting cycle. The first stage is the flushing where many new leaves suddenly pop up. The 2nd stage is when you see nothing is happening; the tree is in a rest mode. It is also called dormancy period. It is thought that the leaves are harvesting the sunlight to their maximum during this period and so the carbohydrate level is on its maximum after this period. This is the preparative step for the next stage: flowering and fruiting. The number and the size of the fruit my mango tree is producing depend largely on how well it stores the energy during the dormancy period. I should b e able to answer this question later.

Still No Flowers/Fruits

Ai, been hoping for blooming but my mango tree just doesn't produce any flower!!
Plenty of new leaves though! What can I do? ask uncle google? Well, when I have time. Let's wait and see at the moment.

Mango Tree Update

My mango tree was showing sign of growth as mentioned earlier. I can now confirm that it is doing well as new leaves are seen at the end of a couple of the branches. I was a bit surprise on the speed these new leaves are growing; it must be ~3-4 inches over night?

These are my ocra plants. Three of them in the photo. There are two more in my little garden. They are much taller than they are in the photo and it is time to harvest.

Some Pictures

This is my longan tree and this picture was taken a few days after planted. You can see that the fruits are still small.

Sooting New Plants

I found out a couple of new sooting in a pot that I planted some pear and grape seeds. The plants are now standing 2-4 inches tall . Their leaves and sterns are brown. I think they must be the pear seed as I remember I sowed more grape seeds but only a few pear seeds. I will take a photo of it and place it here.

No, no ....I was wrong, the new baby plants are mot likely from the longan seeds I planted together; I have totally forgotten them! There is one similar plant rising from underneath my longan tree where I did not sow any other seeds but longan. That reminds me!

Update: Mango Tree

Finally, after "cangkuk" the soil around my mango tree (the 1st one, I have two now, the other one is in a pot), the setback is over! I can see light green new leaves is produced even though they aren't looked like leaves, just yet. I shall see if they are really leaves in a couple of days. Who knows they might be the fruits of mango? That is even better!