Composting for fun and profit

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Composting for fun and profit.

I was viewing some YouTube videos. And saw some about people who had started growing mangoes.

But they started with the pits/seeds from supermarket mangoes.

One woman had a huge row of mango trees all around her lot.

I realized, based on the leaf shape, that I had also started growing a mango tree … from a supermarket mango.

So, if anyone here eats mangoes and if you all have a garden area or property line, you could plant your old mango pits/seeds and someday start harvesting your very own mangoes.
 
It’s a great idea. Depending on where you live (mangos, for example, will not survive long in a cool climate that is prone to a freeze) you can do this with a few different varieties of fruits (muscadine grapes, blackberries, huckleberries, tomatoes…)
You can also buy very young fruit trees that are difficult to start from seed (peaches and apples) or that would not produce the desired quality of fruit if you started from seed (most varieties of modern citrus) and eventually get your investment back with LOTS of interest in fruit.
 
When I was a little kid, my dad gave me permission to plant ten peach pits in a tiny spot by the back fence.

They ALL took root and gave giant peaches for many many decades.

I wish I had started some new ones … to pick up the gap after the peach trees finally died.

BUT, I did find a peach tree growing out of my compost heap last year and I transplanted it and it is now yielding peaches!
 
I get volunteers popping up in my compost bin, but things like tomatoes and potatoes.
 
You need the right climate also. They don’t enjoy the cold. And then. Fruit trees need a certain amount of days below a certain temp to be able to set fruit. Then frost at the wrong time destroys the fruit crop…

It’s not easy being a mango tree
 
MonteRCMS said:
When I was a little kid, my dad gave me permission to plant ten peach pits in a tiny spot by the back fence.

They ALL took root and gave giant peaches for many many decades.
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WOW! Maybe it’s your climate? Or maybe a better variety? We tried with 40 pits when I was in college, and only 7 of them grew.
 
Sometimes, it’s just luck. We had bought some peaches at a road stand. NO IDEA what they were.
 
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