Today preparing a mango for breakfast, I retrieved the mango seed. The mango somehow just split in the middle and the inner seed was free. That never happened before. I am now wondering, whether I could plant this seed. It looks somehow damaged.
How do I plant it, which side goes up. How deep do I plant it, and what else do I need to consider?
So here is what I did. I laid the seed horizontally in a small pot. About the same amount of soil above and below. And kept the soil moist. After about two weeks a root was visible under the pot.
After another week or so, the plant catapulted it self out of the soil with already 4 leafs. I re potted the mango and saw, that it came out of the non pointy end of the seed. About 5-6 weeks later it looks like this:
Initially it had the leafs hanging. But it starts no to raise them. So I think everything is OK with the mango.
I would just throw it in a pot with 2 to 3 inches of potting soil, with the pointy end up, to see if it grows. It either will or it won't, but at least you've given it a chance.
