Trees may be trained as either "bushes", with a shorter clear stem, or "half-standards", with a clear stem of about 1.2m-1.4m. It prefers a soil pH 6.5 to 7.5. If space is tight you can use 3.5m between the trees if they are bush-trained, but a wider spacing is better for trees trained as half-standards. Mango trees can survive some periods of flooding, but the healthiest plants are produced where soils percolate well. That is five meters away from the stump in all directions. Water mango trees once a week starting in the fall and continuing through the winter to keep the tree healthy and vigorous. Spacing between mango trees varies from variety to variety and growing environment (dry and wet zone). Tree spacing will determine how many trees will be needed. How to make mango trees bear fruit quickly? You don’t need to prune the young plant but watch for suckers from the graft and prune them off. Mango trees (Mangifera indica) and orange trees (citrus sinensis) will grow fine together as companion trees. A ten year old tree can achieve a diameter of ten meters. Read more about developing fruit tree orchard. The mango tree is benefited by the cultivation and application of fertilizers to the cash crops. Distance of mango planting at 20 – 30 meters will allow bigger and more productive mango trees … Cold temperatures can cause a tree to dehydrate quickly, making frost damage more severe. Pits of proper size should be dug at appropriate distances and filled by adding sufficient quantity of farmyard manure. Both are sensitive to cold and will not tolerate living in regions that are prone to freezing and frosts. Planting Design, Training, Pruning. Mango trees should be protected from strong winds, but windbreaks that shade or compete with them should be avoided. Mango can be grown in a wide range of soils except clayey or extremely sandy or rocky calcareous, alkaline or water logged soils. More income per unit area is better attained by growing mango with other crops. Model Profile for 1.0 ha Mango Cultivation 1. With this distance around 82 trees can be planted per acre. An ideal climate for mango trees ranges from the humid tropical to the semi-arid sub-tropical, wherever a dry period exists of at least 3 to 4 months and that have sufficient light to induce flowering. In ultra high-density plantation technique, Mango is planted at 3×2 m which accommodates 674 plants per acre. Mango plantation per acre: Ideal spacing of Mango trees in an orchard is 10 x 10 meters. Evergreens, like pines are spaced closer together than deciduous trees like oaks due to their large spreading leaf canopies. The distance between rows is typically greater than the distance between trees to allow access for tree maintenance equipment and harvesting. 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