Yes I have, but so far not manage to get one past three years..!!! :dh: They are a bit tetchy.. I cannot bring it into the house in winter as I only have tiny cottage windows.. :dh: This time is was this last winter & although my greenhouse was cosy & temp always above 10c I lost that one..!! Pineapples fine, in fact all other Tropicals fine but not my Mango.... :cry: So looking out for a nice Organic Mango Freddy now it is warming up..:wink: They have to be Organic ones in this country if we want them to grow.. I have a whole set of excellent instructions on my hard drive some where so I will search them out for you & post them up... :gnthb:
thats good look forward to reading about them,the blurb ive read says it takes five years to get fruit and then you can expect loads of it:yho:
I would not expect Mangoes to fruit or even grow to a mature shrub in a domestic greenhouse mainly due to the restrictive size (height) and high winter temperature required being a minimum of 12/13c. The farthest North I have seen them growing outsideis Madeira where the lowest night temperature in winter is around 14/15c, most folk struggle to maintain 10c in a greenhouse here in winter. Give it a try by all means but don't hold your breath.
We have grown mangoes and managed to keep them for many years BUT, unless you have a heated greenhouse they won't survive unless you take them indoors in the winter. Even then I don't think you have the slightest hope of getting them to fruit. When we used to grow them they lasted well over 10 years, indoors with plenty of light, but never gave even a hint of flowering. They managed to reach the ceiling with no trouble at all.
I have two trees in my garden. One is an Israeli dwarf variety although mine is still about 30ft high, but think one could prune it. It produces excellent juicy mangoes but I do live in the tropics
