Comments on: This Gardener’s Holy Grail: Mangosteen

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:19:48 +0000

I live in south Florida and am on my 5th attempt to grow a Mangosteen in a pot. The first was the most sucessful – it was transplanted about 3 times (from 3 gal to a 32 gal plastic heavy duty trash can !) and grew from 2 ft. high to over 7 feet high !

It grew too big and had to be moved to a friend’s yard where it died within 2 months because of not enough watering. It broke my heart. It never gave me a blossom. Attempts 2-4 all failed. I think the main reason was that I put them in too deep a pot at first : the tap root needs to be within 4-5 inches of the bottom of the pot or lower so that it can always drink from the water table in the pot.

I have read that the soil should always be moist but don’t waterlog the roots in standing water or it will kill it as well.

Here are the key issues:
Mangosteen LIKES rich acid soil (with Canadian peat mixed in is good), moisture, warmth, humidity (mist several times a day to keep the leaves moist), and cow manure compost (NEVER give it any pellet fertilizer). Liquid Miracle grow is ok I feel but go easy when young.

Mangosteen HATES direct sunlight (until 6 or 7 feet high – it will burn the young growth), wind, and cold (below 50).

Good luck to all. Has anyone found a reasonable internet source for the fresh fruit now being imported from Thailand ? – Keith in south FLorida

By: athina hanst

athina hanst — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:38:15 +0000

This is just a confirmation that I’ve received my 3 Mangosteen Trees today and I’m very happy and excited, so now I’m just thinking how and where I’m going to plant them.

By: athina hanst

athina hanst — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:48:56 +0000

I just want to say that I’m from the Caribbean island Curacao and since I got to know the fruit Mangosteen and also I had the chance to taste it I was also asking and searching on how to get the plant becasue it was very sweet and delicious.But it seemed to be very difficult to get it.
But after looking at this side I saw the address of montoso gardens and guess what I have placed an order yesterday of 3 Mangosteen Tree’s (1 liter growbag) but now I need to wait and see if I’m going to be able to get it finally.
So as soon as I’ve received it I will again put my comments

By: Killian

Killian — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:02:50 +0000

I just recently discovered the mangosteen while searching for odd tropical fruits on the internet. From all of the comments I was reading through, I decided that I had to try one. I searched for several months trying to find someplace on the internet that could ship the fresh fruit to the U.S. I finally found it. http://www.1-800-organicfruitofthemonthclub.com/mangosteen.html
The organic fruit of the month club will send fresh mangosteen to the United States with no problems. It has already been legally imported from Thailand and is in California. They ship the product just hours after receiving it. It is fairly expensive, but as many of you seem to know, it is worth it. It is not perfect, but it is as close as we can get here.

Hope this helps those who want fresh fruit.

P.S.- If you are planning on planting the seeds, don’t bother. They’ve been irradiated to get rid of any disease, and killed the seed in doing so.

By: cesar

cesar — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:15:15 +0000

I have alredy but he won’t ship to Portugal.
But thanks for the help. If you have any other ideas fill free to say.
Thanks