Mango Pruning The Basic Requirements and understanding .

Mango pruning is a delicate subject that needs a good understanding of tree structure, phenology and its fruiting behaviour. Cutting of branches not only affect the plant growth and development but also have strong influence on bud induction, Flowering/fruiting. Hence to make the plant clean and productive it is mandatory to understand time of pruning/activity, the basic knowledge to identify the branches to be removed and flowering / fruiting behaviour of the mango varieties. Finally an airy and well lit plant canopy with sufficiently mature shoots needed just before the bud induction / flowering to conclude a commercial harvest .