✅ 1. Description
- Name: Black and Rose Mango
- Type: Grafted Mango Plant
- Origin: Rare hybrid variety, popular in collectors’ gardens
- Highlights:
- Produces mangoes with unique dark purple to black outer skin
- Flesh is deep yellow or rose-colored, aromatic, sweet, and fiberless
- Highly attractive and unusual variety
- Perfect for home gardens and exotic fruit lovers
🌱 2. How to Plant
- Soil Type: Well-draining, fertile loamy soil
- Planting Pit:
- Size: 2.5 ft (length) × 2.5 ft (width) × 2.5 ft (depth)
- Fill with a mixture of red soil, compost/cow dung, and a handful of neem cake
- Spacing: Minimum 10 feet between two plants
- Season to Plant: Best during early monsoon or spring
🪴 For grow bag planting: Use a 24×24 inch grow bag or bigger with good drainage
📏 3. Plant Size
- At Time of Purchase: 1.5 to 3 feet tall (depending on age)
- Fully Grown Tree Height: Around 10 to 12 feet (pruned height), manageable in small gardens
🍋 4. Fruiting Time
- First Fruiting: 2 to 3 years (due to grafting)
- Fruit Season: Mainly summer (April to June)
- Fruit Description:
- Blackish-purple outer skin when ripe
- Inner flesh is yellow to rose in color
- Sweet, aromatic, and soft (low fiber)
- Medium-sized fruits
🌳 5. Plant Type
- Category: Perennial fruit tree
- Growth Habit: Medium-sized, bushy tree
- Pollination: Self-pollinating
- Climate Suitability: Tropical and subtropical climates
🪴 6. Caring Tips
☀️ Sunlight:
- Requires full sun (6 to 8 hours per day)
💧 Watering:
- Water every 2–3 days during the first year
- Later, reduce frequency to once a week (avoid waterlogging)
🌿 Fertilization:
- Use organic compost or cow dung once every 2 months
- Apply bone meal or potash-rich fertilizers to promote fruiting
- Use micronutrient spray every 3 months
✂️ Pruning:
- Light pruning to shape the plant and remove dead/diseased branches
- Helps in better airflow and fruit growth
🛡️ Pest & Disease Control:
- Use neem oil spray monthly to prevent pests
- Keep base clean to avoid fungal infections
🧤 Mulching:
- Apply dry leaves or straw around base to retain moisture and suppress weeds