Comments on: Mangoes as Smooth as a Baby’s Butt…

By: antanet

antanet — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:22:53 +0000

41% of Phil Mango production is from Pangasinan, thus pangasinan is biggest mango producer. how come not much comment abt it?

By: Glecy

Glecy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:40:39 +0000

MM
I have seen this done in Japan with their grapes. It was featured in Martha Stewart TV program. I am so glad that we take pride in our produce.If we continue to provide top notch products we as a country will attact purveyors from all over the world which means money for our farmers .

By: millet

millet — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:00 +0000

MM, just a ot of trivia: in the 80s, I was told by some Cebu mango planters that they prefeered to use old newspapers from Clark and Subic for wrapping the mangoes in, since , presumably, the ink in the American papers contained had some kind of insecticide.

By: WO

WO — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:20:48 +0000

Thanks, Mr. Marketman! Very interesting and informative! I really enjoy your blogs!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:41:48 +0000

Hiro, I have tried mangoes from palawan (been there 5 times, in fact… but sorry, cebu mangoes are better. :) Then again, I did plainly state I am biased.

By: Hiro

Hiro — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:29:29 +0000

hi marketman, if u happen to be in Palawan, try their mangoes their.. for me, better than any place in the country. They dont even export it out of theri island…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:32:51 +0000

WO, roughly 10-12 years before you get fruit, unless you use the newer hybrids that are smaller and have less yield earlier, I think. Roughly 40 trees per hectare, flat land. A lot of tending required, fertilizing, mulching beneath tree, smoking to get it to flower, etc. Then there is all the work done to get nice quality mangoes. And it doesn’t just grow anywhere, it likes a specific type of soil… hence Cebu, Guimaras, etc. being known for top quality mangoes… It isn’t a homerun business by any measure. And any investment you make in land and trees and staff won’t have a payoff until much later…

By: WO

WO — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:04:06 +0000

How long does it take for a new mango tree to first bear fruits? Is it easy to grow? Wow! Php 1,000,000 per hectare? How many mango trees can you plant in a hectare of land?

By: Mandaragat

Mandaragat — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:00:55 +0000

mm, heres the site https://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=10753&tabla=miami

By: eej

eej — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:02:04 +0000

Mexico may have laid claim to the name “Manila Mangoes” BUT the taste is definitely sub par from the original.