by smithfarms pure kona <thunder@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 25, 2004 at 12:41 AM
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:08:35 GMT, "The White Pages" <haleiwahi(remove
this)@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I have heard that if you pound some nails into the trunk of a mango
tree it
>will produce more fruit. True? I've also heard that if you prune the
tree in
>a certain way it will produce more fruit. True or not?
>Mahalo!
>
As a (coffee) farmer, my guess is that both of those ideas are urban
myths. Mangoes are not consistent bearers. Some years are
overwhelming and some are not.
I think the nail thing came about because people thought the iron in
the nail would get into the tree and make it stronger. Pruning may not
make it bear more fruit but it may help it be a stronger tree.
aloha, Thunder
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