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Choosing rootstock: the decision you cannot revisit
The scion decides what the fruit tastes like. The rootstock decides whether the tree survives your soil, and how much of your life you spend on a ladder.
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Fruit farming across the long horizon — rootstock, canopy training, pollination, harvest windows and post-harvest handling.
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Training a mango canopy for light, not for looks
A closed mango canopy fruits on its outer shell and carries dead wood inside. Opening it up is three cuts a year, made in the right month.
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Post-harvest handling: where a good crop loses its price
A third of Indian fruit never reaches a buyer in saleable condition. Almost all of that loss happens in the first six hours after picking.