Description
Criollo Mango Tree is Known by Many Names, Corriente, Coche, Mexican, Indio and wild Mexican Mango but no matter what you call it, it is universally loved. Growing up to be big mango trees with excellent production habits it is a great beginner mango as it requires minimal care and has great hardiness. We hand pick the seeds and grows them from seedlings and they fruit after 1 - 2 years of growth making it an incredible mango. With some of our customers reporting their tree giving up to 11 mangos after its third year! This is the one of the 2 mangos we sell that are not grafted as they produce very quickly and are used as rootstock due to their great vigor.
The Fruit are small oval shaped with a orange red blush when ripe. Many people love to eat mangos when they are green for a crunchy snack and this is just the variety for that. Here our customer eat them with salt and lime with chili or just plain to get that crunchy slightly acidic mango taste. Going the other route and eating them when ripe is also a great choice. They have a beautiful aroma and great taste. Being extremely juicy and sweet the only downside is the fiber but the taste, smell, and production outweigh the cons.
Tree Details
Tree Size
15 - 25 Feet
Taste
Classic Mango Taste
Season
July - August
Growth Rate
Fast
Fruit Size
5 - 10 oz.
Sunlight Needs
Full Sun
Soil Needs
Soil With Excellent Drainage
PH Level
Slightly Acidic (4.5 - 6)
Production
Above Average
Pollination
Self Pollinating, Does Not Require Other Tree
Hardiness
25-32 °F
Zone
9 - 11
| 25-32 °F |
Features
The USDA has a site where you can put in your zip code to know exactly what zone you are in.
Absolutely! We grow everything from a backyard so you most definitely can.
Here we always check before watering. Soil may look dry up top but if you dig 2 - 3 inches into the soil it could be humid. If you dig and its humid your tree does not need water. If you dig and its dry then you tree needs water.
We do our best to bring our customers healthy trees, but once they leave our hands we expect that our customers try their best as well to keep their trees happy.
For the cold we recommend that customers use our Anti-Frost Blankets
For the Heat we recommend our customers to put the tree under a bigger tree for shade or a tarp that still allows some sunlight to pass through works as well.
We strongly recommend to use soil with great drainage for fruit trees as too much humidity can cause root rot, which a leading cause for tree deaths.
The safest way to plant trees is but cutting the bottom lid off then removing it and placing the root ball in the hole. You can choose to leave the plastic sides of the pot on the tree or remove them. when handling the root ball use caution, if the root ball falls apart your tree can die. We sell fully rooted trees but there's still a chance the root ball can fall apart.