Mango Growing Guide
Mango is a great next step in your growing journey. Follow this guide from planting to harvest and you'll do great.
At a Glance
Difficulty
Moderate
Category
Tropical Fruit
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Frost Tolerance
Frost Tender
Cold Hardiness
Survives to 0°C
Plant Family
Anacardiaceae
Growing Season
Warm Season
Plant Lifecycle
Perennial
Also grows well as
How to Start It
★ Recommended for beginners
A named dwarf grafted mango is the home grower's choice — earlier fruit, true to type, and container-friendly.
A self-fertile evergreen — one tree fruits. Grafted plants (especially dwarf/'condo' varieties) fruit in 3–4 years and stay small enough for a big pot you can move indoors; a seedling can take 6–8 years and vary. Frost-tender and heat-loving, mango wants a long warm season and a dry spell before flowering to fruit well.
When To Start
First Chance to Plant
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Last Chance to Plant
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When should you plant Mango?
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Your Mango Planting Window
Start planting
May 15, 2026
Last chance
Sep 10, 2026
The Journey Ahead
Mango's Lifecycle
Seedling
Mature Plant
Seed Production
Step 1
Prepare Your Space
200 cm
Plant Spacing
300 cm
Row Spacing
Vertical Growing
No.
Succession Planting
No.
Good Companions
Bad Companions
Step 2
Planting & Sprouting
Growing Tips
- 1Mango needs heat and sun above all, plus sharp drainage.
- 2Water well as fruit swells, but give it a drier, cooler rest in winter — that stress triggers flowering.
- 3In cool climates a grafted dwarf in a large pot, summered outdoors and wintered bright and frost-free indoors, is the way.
- 4Light pruning after harvest keeps it compact.
Seedling Phase
Step 3
Growth & Maturity
350 cm
Mature Height
300 cm
Mature Width
Pests to Watch For
Diseases to Watch For
Mature Plant
Step 4
Harvesting
Harvest Window
30 days
When to Pick
Pick when the fruit fills out, the 'shoulders' round and colour blushes; ripen indoors
How to Harvest
- 1Pick mango when the fruit is full-sized, the shoulders round out past the stem, the skin blushes its ripe colour and it smells fragrant at the stem end — then ripen on the counter for a few days.
- 2They don't all ripen at once, so harvest over a couple of weeks.
Step 5
Saving Seeds
Seed Production
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