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You have a mango tree *indoors*? :wtf: No wonder it isn't growing. :suss:
Cheers, Vikram.
"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.
Yeah we started it from a pit about 6 years ago when we lived way up north just off the Alaska highway, no hope for it outside there. Then we moved to the west coast and it's doing better but it's only about a foot high. It's a houseplant, I doubt it would ever flower on it's own, nice leaves though.
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Yeah we started it from a pit about 6 years ago when we lived way up north just off the Alaska highway, no hope for it outside there. Then we moved to the west coast and it's doing better but it's only about a foot high. It's a houseplant, I doubt it would ever flower on it's own, nice leaves though.
John Cardinal wrote:
It's a houseplant
Obviously, I'm missing something. Mangoes are native to India. Though I've heard they are grown in the West Indies, I believe it's not very common in the US. Are you talking about the same Mango trees[^] as I am?
Cheers, Vikram.
"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.
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John Cardinal wrote:
It's a houseplant
Obviously, I'm missing something. Mangoes are native to India. Though I've heard they are grown in the West Indies, I believe it's not very common in the US. Are you talking about the same Mango trees[^] as I am?
Cheers, Vikram.
"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.
Yes exactly, here in Canada we get most of our mangos from Mexico (at least the ones I see in the grocery store). Years ago we bought a case of mango's from the grocery store because they were on sale as they were very ripe. AFAIK Mangos are incredibly common all over north america, not the tree obviously but the fruit which is eaten very widely and commonly. I decided I would try to grow a mango from it's pit so we followed instructions on the internet on how to propgate a mango from it's pit and got one to sprout, I planted it in a 8 inch pot and have been growing it ever since, it's about a foot high, has about 12 closely spaced levels with long droopy leaves comming off the central stalk. Each leaf is about 6 to 8 inches long so it's an odd looking plant. I think the mango variety was called "Hass" but I'm not 100% certain. At the time we also had orange, tangerine and lemon trees growing indoors in small pots, but they died ironically enough when we moved to warmer climes and they molded in a greenhouse over the winter. I could put a picture up on my flickr site if you want evidence. :)
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Yes exactly, here in Canada we get most of our mangos from Mexico (at least the ones I see in the grocery store). Years ago we bought a case of mango's from the grocery store because they were on sale as they were very ripe. AFAIK Mangos are incredibly common all over north america, not the tree obviously but the fruit which is eaten very widely and commonly. I decided I would try to grow a mango from it's pit so we followed instructions on the internet on how to propgate a mango from it's pit and got one to sprout, I planted it in a 8 inch pot and have been growing it ever since, it's about a foot high, has about 12 closely spaced levels with long droopy leaves comming off the central stalk. Each leaf is about 6 to 8 inches long so it's an odd looking plant. I think the mango variety was called "Hass" but I'm not 100% certain. At the time we also had orange, tangerine and lemon trees growing indoors in small pots, but they died ironically enough when we moved to warmer climes and they molded in a greenhouse over the winter. I could put a picture up on my flickr site if you want evidence. :)
Just why are you trying to grow mangoes indoors, in pots? :confused: We have a mango tree (back in Coimbatore) and it's huge - more than 3 stories high. I could put up pics myself, but I won't be going for another month at least. Besides, you have the power of Google at your fingertips. :-> I've never heard of a veriety called Hass. The one in my parents' house is Chinna Nadusalai. Popular varieties in India are Neelam, Banganpalli, Malgova and Alphonso, amongst others. Do keep in mind that most of the names I mentioned are Indian names and they are probably known by other names elsewhere (if they are grown elsewhere at all, that is).
John Cardinal wrote:
I could put a picture up on my flickr site if you want evidence.
I'm not disbelieving you. :) My first reaction was like "WTF... mango trees indoors?", my second post was more like "Are we both talking about the same species?". But go ahead, put up a pic and send me the link - I'd like to see the short mango tree.
Cheers, Vikram.
"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.
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Just why are you trying to grow mangoes indoors, in pots? :confused: We have a mango tree (back in Coimbatore) and it's huge - more than 3 stories high. I could put up pics myself, but I won't be going for another month at least. Besides, you have the power of Google at your fingertips. :-> I've never heard of a veriety called Hass. The one in my parents' house is Chinna Nadusalai. Popular varieties in India are Neelam, Banganpalli, Malgova and Alphonso, amongst others. Do keep in mind that most of the names I mentioned are Indian names and they are probably known by other names elsewhere (if they are grown elsewhere at all, that is).
John Cardinal wrote:
I could put a picture up on my flickr site if you want evidence.
I'm not disbelieving you. :) My first reaction was like "WTF... mango trees indoors?", my second post was more like "Are we both talking about the same species?". But go ahead, put up a pic and send me the link - I'd like to see the short mango tree.
Cheers, Vikram.
"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Just why are you trying to grow mangoes indoors, in pots?
Why not? :) It's a long standing hobby with many people to attempt to grow fruit from the seeds or pits or cuttings of items you purchased in the grocery store to eat. I.E. a lot of people grow avocado plants from the pits, apples from seeds, etc etc, there are whole websites dedicated to this kind of thing. You're right there is no variety called Hass, there is an avocado variety called Hass, I mixed them up, it's probably a "Haden" which is a medium sized red Mexican variety. I'm guessing your surprise is due to your climate. Here in North America with a cooler climate, particularly here in Canada it's normally not possible to grow outside many of the plants from around the world. Hence people grow them indoors as a hobby, it's a challenge of a sort to grow something from a tropical climate inside your house and it's not at all unusual for people to have many varieties of tropical plants growing in pots inside their houses here. In particularly cold climates it's nice to see something growing in the winter when it's completely barren outside except for the evergreen trees. They don't grow them to get fruit or anything, just to have an interesting and different plant. You also commonly see palms, cacti etc indoors. Where I live now it's technically a tropical rainforest so it's not barren at all in the winter, but where I used to live in the North it's absolutely barren with nothing growing at all in site all winter other than some very hardy evergreen trees that are few and far between.
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At work: I have a picture of my wife At Home: I have picture of my wife, a blown glass square-rigged sailing ship in a bottle (I like 18th century sailing ships), and some nascar diecast. I bet Link2006 has a bunch of pictures of girls he's never dated (and those pictures were probably snapped without the subjects being aware).
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001All I have is 2 framed posters of tigers, and my office and desc is neater than neat itself, I cant work In a mess.
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I just added a new desk decoration. I was reading my MSDN magazine and there was a CP ad with a picture of Bob! So I cut him out and he's taped to my desk. My cubicle is kind of a mess of stuff including the following: 1. A calendar with bugs as art 2. Art prints of puffins 3. Numerous picture frames filled with pics of cats and birds 4. One pic of me and Kori with a page flag pointing to Kori's head saying "Missing Information." 5. A Micrsoft paint drawing Kori did of my "brain." At least the "Programming" portion is bigger than TV. But not as large as "Animals." 6. My scrapbook of my trip to Puerto Rico when I need to go to my Happy Place. 7. An art drawing of a squirrel and a photograph of my squirrell family at my old house. 8. Visual Studio posters of different classes. 9. A postcard that says "Don't Be a Jerk." 10. A BASF insert to someting with holes that said, "Your project is full of holes." I scratched out "your project" and wrote "my mind." 11. Darth Tater 12. A cutout of Yoda with a light sabre. 13. Pop and water bottles. 14. Over 20 books---most I don't use since they include things like COBOL and JavaBeans. But I ran out of room at home. 15. A toy prairie dog with a sign that reads, "Feed me and die!" 16. Yummy Purell. 17. A week's worth of Ramen noodles, Veggie chips and soybeans. 18. Standard office stuff like say, a computer. 19. Headphones and CDs so I don't have to listen to my neighbor tap his feet ALL FRIGGIN DAY! So what fun stuff do you have in your cubicle?
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Just why are you trying to grow mangoes indoors, in pots?
Why not? :) It's a long standing hobby with many people to attempt to grow fruit from the seeds or pits or cuttings of items you purchased in the grocery store to eat. I.E. a lot of people grow avocado plants from the pits, apples from seeds, etc etc, there are whole websites dedicated to this kind of thing. You're right there is no variety called Hass, there is an avocado variety called Hass, I mixed them up, it's probably a "Haden" which is a medium sized red Mexican variety. I'm guessing your surprise is due to your climate. Here in North America with a cooler climate, particularly here in Canada it's normally not possible to grow outside many of the plants from around the world. Hence people grow them indoors as a hobby, it's a challenge of a sort to grow something from a tropical climate inside your house and it's not at all unusual for people to have many varieties of tropical plants growing in pots inside their houses here. In particularly cold climates it's nice to see something growing in the winter when it's completely barren outside except for the evergreen trees. They don't grow them to get fruit or anything, just to have an interesting and different plant. You also commonly see palms, cacti etc indoors. Where I live now it's technically a tropical rainforest so it's not barren at all in the winter, but where I used to live in the North it's absolutely barren with nothing growing at all in site all winter other than some very hardy evergreen trees that are few and far between.
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I just added a new desk decoration. I was reading my MSDN magazine and there was a CP ad with a picture of Bob! So I cut him out and he's taped to my desk. My cubicle is kind of a mess of stuff including the following: I've gotta say, as soon as I read the first paragraph, I knew that that message just had to be written by a girl. Then I looked at the sender name. And I was right. All is well with the universe today.
;);)
Daniel Desormeaux wrote:
just had to be written by a girl.
Well, duuh! We men have our stuff, we just don't decide to write about it, unless asked of course. ;)
DB_Cooper1950
"Please pass the duct tape..."
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As promised: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23716568@N00/237923876/[^]
Ah, thanks. :) I've never seen such a small one. Now you've got me craving for mangoes - I won't be getting any for at least another 8 months. :laugh:
Cheers, Vikram.
"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.