Hello there!
I'm new to this forum and also to growing mangoes. This is my third attempt at growing from seed, as I was sent a heap of mangoes from a friend who lives down further south from me and her family grows fresh mangoes (I live in North Florida). I am unsure of the type of mangoes they are, however, I got the seeds growing in a wet paper towel/plastic baggie combination for about a month. I planted them in regular potting mix (miracle grow) around 8/27/15. Boy have they grown! The collage picture is their progress in just six days! (Collage picture showing growth and all others taken this afternoon).
This morning, however, I noticed that the leaves of one of my plants are starting to curl and have slight burn marks, and I can see little white bugs/things on the underside of the leaves. (See pictures.)
Has anyone else had this problem and know what I should do? Should I cut the browned/curled leaves off? What do I do about the white stuff? Where I live it gets between 80-90 degrees per day, more or less. I haven't watered thoroughly since I first planted because we've been getting plenty of rain. The pots have small rocks in the bottom to help drain water. Should I maybe drill/cut a few more holes in the bottom of the pots? Or repot? I noticed some of the roots are escaping through drainage holes. Mainly on the plant with curled leaves. They are outside, under my roof to avoid excess rain, and get sunshine for most of the day until early evening.
Please help! Any advice would be appreciated. Because my previous attempts have failed... I would really love to see these grow into hardy trees!
I'm new to this forum and also to growing mangoes. This is my third attempt at growing from seed, as I was sent a heap of mangoes from a friend who lives down further south from me and her family grows fresh mangoes (I live in North Florida). I am unsure of the type of mangoes they are, however, I got the seeds growing in a wet paper towel/plastic baggie combination for about a month. I planted them in regular potting mix (miracle grow) around 8/27/15. Boy have they grown! The collage picture is their progress in just six days! (Collage picture showing growth and all others taken this afternoon).
This morning, however, I noticed that the leaves of one of my plants are starting to curl and have slight burn marks, and I can see little white bugs/things on the underside of the leaves. (See pictures.)
Has anyone else had this problem and know what I should do? Should I cut the browned/curled leaves off? What do I do about the white stuff? Where I live it gets between 80-90 degrees per day, more or less. I haven't watered thoroughly since I first planted because we've been getting plenty of rain. The pots have small rocks in the bottom to help drain water. Should I maybe drill/cut a few more holes in the bottom of the pots? Or repot? I noticed some of the roots are escaping through drainage holes. Mainly on the plant with curled leaves. They are outside, under my roof to avoid excess rain, and get sunshine for most of the day until early evening.
Please help! Any advice would be appreciated. Because my previous attempts have failed... I would really love to see these grow into hardy trees!
