Yawn Yawn, wakey wakey !! 2015 mk 2

Oh dear!

But you didn't mention what variety of mango it was! We need to know these things

 

@liliana If it was very stringy but had a lovely red and green skin then it was, almost certainly, Tommy Atkins - avoid like the plague!

Haden are more tasty, look similar to Tommy but are also a bit stringy.

The most common, non-stringy varieties in this country are Kent and Keitt. Both are quite nice but only really sweet when ripe. These are easily available in the major supermarkets.

The best mango for texture and flavour is Alphonso. Unfortunately, Alphonso were banned last year by the EU because Belgium found some fruit flies on a consignment . The ban has now been lifted but a lot of the small ethnic shops that did stock them haven't got back to getting them again.

Alphonso have a fairly distinctive appearance



The boxes in supermarkets (they usually put them on the shelves in their boxes) will have the variety name on the outside at one end (usually the right hand side). If there's no name then don't buy it - it's almost certainly Tommy Atkins, unless it looks like this picture.

Here endeth your mango lesson

 

Aloha everyone,

We had a wonderful storm last night. Horizontal forked lightning kept lighting up the sky and the heaviest downpours we've had for a long time. I hope the rain washed off some of the aphids.

I potted on a load of Nagas yesterday. They were terribly potbound . I'll do some more today but we're having trouble finding room for them.

Keep cool and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning @shiney and all my other friends ,we must have shared the same storm,but it is still muggy this morning,must be more to come,anyway have a great weekend and take care

 

@wiseowl The storm must have affected you and given you a bit of a cold. Muggy was five days ago, the day after was Tueggy and today is Saturday.

 

@shiney it did affect me a little ,I was flying in ittomorrow must be suggy then

 

@wiseowl Quite right. But if it rains a lot it becomes soggy.

 

@shiney that reminds me I have to take my Doggy for a walk

 

I have a mango for breakfast almost every day so have got to know quite a bit about mangoes.