Mangos - TradeWings

The handle is a typical medium-sized tree, 10-30 m tall. The trunk is more or less straight, cylindrical and 75-100 cm in diameter and the crown is dense and widely globular or oval.

Tommy Atkins variety is characterized by producing a large fruit with a weight ranging from 150 g to 2 kg. Its shape also varies, but is generally ovoid-oblong, markedly flattened, rounded or obtuse at both ends of 4-25 cm. long and 1.5 to 10 cm. thick. The color can range from green, yellow and different shades of pink, red and violet. The ripe flesh is firm texture due to the abundance of fine fiber. The seed is small and represents 8% of the fruit.

AGROECOLOGÍA

Origin
Apparently it is native to northwestern India and northern Burma in the Himalayan foothills and possibly Ceylon. Mangifera genus includes about 50 species native to Southeast Asia and the surrounding islands

Varieties and ecotypes
According to origin, varieties meet in four groups

• Varieties from India are not commercially grown to be of low quality and high in fiber, but have served as parent material to commercial varieties originated in Florida. Its shape is round, sweet and acid taste but strongly flavored of monoembryonic and susceptible to anthracnose seed. Example of this group are: Mulgoba Alphonso and Sufiada..
• Varieties from Indochina and the Philippines: produce sharp fruits, oblong, generally lack attractive colors of twin seeds, low fiber content, sweet taste, slightly acid, not flavored. They have relative susceptibility to anthracnose. Examples include Manila grown in Mexico, Cecil grown in Cuba and the Cambodiana
• Varieties from South America: are varieties that are high in fiber and turpentine. Included in the group Madame Francis cultivated in Haiti, Julie grown in Trinidad and Itamarca grown in Brazil..
• The varieties from Florida have been developed from varieties from India and are currently the most cultivated in the world. They are Keitt, Edward, Tommy Atkins, Kent, Irwin, Palmer, Haden (originating from Mulgoba).
• Ladybird native varieties: Fruit small, average weight 300 g and oval. The skin is yellow with abundant small lenticels. The juicy pulp is high in sugar, fiber and moderate flavor and pleasant aroma. It is a fruit of great acceptance in the domestic market. Albania: A selection in the department of Tolima and specially grown in the area of ​​Armero. It is harvested early, early onset and no alternation. The fruit weight is 500 g average. oval and greenish yellow. Filipino: You are considered as a mutation of Albania produces very large fruit size, with an average weight of 900 grams. and oval-shaped. Its color is yellowish green. It is early harvest and production begins early; no alternation and good agricultural management it can produce round. Sugar: A selection grown mainly in the northern region of Colombia, near the Atlantic Coast. Lately cultivation has spread to the departments of Cundinamarca, Tolima and Huila.

Floors
The mango tree is not affected by soil type; however, poorly drained soils do not grow enough or fruiting. You can live well in different kinds of soil, provided they are deep and with good drainage, major factor. In areas in which a rational fertilization depth is not as necessary it is performed; however, they should not be planted in soils with less than 80-100 cm deep. Light soils where roots can penetrate the great and fixed the field are recommended in general. The pH is around 5.5 - 5.7; having a limo-sandy soil or clay-sandy texture. An analysis of a ground where mangos thrive very well gave the following result: lime (CaO) 1.2% magnesium (MgO) 1.18%, potash (K2O) 2.73% phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) 0, 15%, nitrogen 0.105%. Ttē