Indoor plants are not only violets and cacti . On the home window sill, where lemons and pineapples are grown, it is quite possible to grow from bones and a tropical tree like mango.
How to grow mangoes at home?
Growing mangoes at home is easy enough. To do this, you need a ripe, soft fruit, from which you need to extract the stone. Ideally, it should be already burst. If you got a mango with a whole bone, do not worry - just put it in a glass of standing water for 2 weeks. Change the water after a day, and when the bone sprouts, plant it in the ground.
It is done this way: clean the opened bone from its fleecy pulp and deepen the soil downward by 1 cm. The ground should be well watered, and the pot itself covered with a trimmed plastic bottle. You will get a kind of greenhouse, which will promote a faster germination of mangoes.
Seedlings will appear in 5-10 weeks. Perhaps, it will be several shoots at once - in this case they should be carefully planted. When the seedlings are well strengthened, the greenhouse can be removed, and the plants themselves can be transplanted into a more spacious container with fertile soil.
Mango care at home
The native land of this plant is the hot tropics, and therefore for the successful cultivation of the mango at home, appropriate conditions are necessary.
Firstly, it's sunlight, which mango loves so much. He will be well on the southern window, and pritenyat it from bright rays is not required.
In winter, the mango must necessarily be lightened with the help of lamps, because the length of the light day in our latitudes for this tropical tree is insufficient. It is sensitive to wood and to heat, so it is important to ensure the correct air temperature in the room (within 20-26 ° C).
Secondly, mangoes need regular watering and frequent, up to several times a day, spraying. The plant is very demanding and does not tolerate over-dried soil.
Third, provide your tropical pet with a suitable pot. It should be wide, and also of sufficient height, because the mango quickly grows. For 2-3 years, depending on the conditions of maintenance, this tree grows to 40 cm. The most suitable for them will be large floor pots, preferably ceramic ones. They must have drainage holes.
As for the land, the sandy loam or loamy soil is suitable. Make the plant a good drain with claydite or bits of broken brick.
To your mango tree grows beautiful, it is recommended to regularly pinch its top. And it will begin to bear fruit only after inoculation.