Step-by-Step Guide to Grow a Mango Tree from Seed

Just ate the most incredible mango and want to grow your own mango tree? All you need are a few tips, materials, and steps. This video gives a step-by-step guide from removing the husk to planting, environment, and location. I also show examples of monoembryonic and polyembryonic seeds.

The shop I bought a fresh box of mangos from: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FruitFarmacy
The ebay store I purchased most of my mango seedlings from: https://www.ebay.com/usr/cocotropics239

**Note***
Monoembryonic seeds are not true to their parent. If you grow one of these varieties, you will be growing a brand-new variety. How awesome is that!

Polyembryonic seeds are also not guaranteed to be true to their parent but can produce multiple shoots that have better odds of being true to the parent.

All of this goes out the window when you consider cross-pollination. If another variety cross-pollinated the flower that turned into the fruit that you ate, that seed has great odds of being different, even if the parent was polyembryonic.

In summary, if you want a guaranteed variety, go get a scion from the variety you want and graft or get an already grafted plant. If you are more adventurous, plant a seed and enjoy the surprise when it fruits in 5-6 years. In my opinion, you cannot go wrong with a seedling as it will do better in the ground in non-ideal climates and conditions (such as Phoenix, Arizona) and can serve as rootstock for known varieties if you end up disliking the fruit it bears.