Methods and Technical Points for Preserving Flowers and Fruits in Mango

Mango is very popular in our daily lives. It is a representative tropical fruit, rich in protein and vitamins as well as trace elements and minerals. For fruit growers, the most important thing is the yield and quality of the fruit, and high yield and high quality mean higher economic benefits. High yield and high quality are inseparable from preserving the flowers and fruits of mango. So when growing mango, how do you preserve the flowers and fruits? Let's take a look below.

1. Thinning Flowers and Fruits

Thinning flowers and fruits is one of the most common and most practical ways to preserve flowers and fruits. Generally, during the full-bloom period of the mango tree, in order to avoid physiological flower drop, which causes a large number of mango flowers to fall off, we need to manually remove the weak-growing and overly dense flowers. Next, after the mango has set fruit, remove deformed mangoes, insect-damaged mangoes, diseased mangoes, and poorly growing mangoes, and keep strong fruits and vigorous fruits, so as to prevent the strong mangoes from falling off during physiological fruit drop and causing huge losses.

2. Scientific Fertilization

In order to preserve the flowers and fruits of the mango tree, we can also achieve the desired effect by enhancing the resistance of the mango tree. Generally, during the period from mango flowering to fruit set, we can appropriately spread some lime in the orchard, which can improve the soil. Next, spray an appropriate amount of calcium chloride solution at flowering and at fruit set. And after the flowers fade, reasonably apply trace element fertilizer as a top dressing, usually using zinc fertilizer and boron fertilizer for foliar spraying. Finally, we should note that we should also reasonably apply quick-acting fertilizer as a top dressing, which can also reduce fruit drop.

3. Enhancing Pollination

Why does preserving the flowers and fruits of mango require enhancing pollination? In fact, if the pollination rate increases, the phenomenon of flower and fruit drop will also be reduced to a certain extent. So how do we enhance pollination? First, we can increase the pollination probability by reasonably matching pollinator trees for mango. Second, we can increase the pollination rate through artificial supplementary pollination, and generally methods such as artificial bee release and pollen collection can be used.

4. Spraying Chemical Agents

For preserving the flowers and fruits of mango, in fact the most direct method is to use chemical agents to achieve the final goal. In fact, there are now many non-toxic chemical agents on the market that can be used to promote flowering and preserve fruit. At present, the ones we most commonly use are gibberellin, fruit-preserving hormone, borax, Aiduoshou and other agents, and their effects on preserving flowers and fruits are all very good.

The above is a summary of the methods for preserving flowers and fruits in mango cultivation. In fact, we can also preserve flowers and fruits by selecting excellent varieties, covering with film, bagging, and spraying hormones. If you are interested, you can also follow us and contact the editor to discuss together.