Well, the mango seed I posted about just over a month ago has grown! It produced a stem quite quickly, but the top was all black and we thought it wouldn't progress. We went away on holiday and when we came back it had grown four tiny leaves. Now two of them have fallen off. We've currently got a problem with fungus gnat so this may be the issue here too. If you look carefully in the picture you can see where the stem was black, it suddenly becomes narrower.The older mango tree seems quite happy. It produced two large new leaves while we were gone, but hasn't increased in height. The new leaves are as long as the stem! Maybe even a bit longer.
It is quite warm in our house year round but the sun doesn't come in until afternoon, so I have been putting the mangoes outside on hot days to get more sunshine. So far they haven't caught anything I don't want inside (like greenfly or ants!)
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