Pineapple Pleasure Mango Tree Live Plant – Grafted, 1 Ft Tall, Pot Shipped

Overview

Bring the exotic taste of the tropics to your own backyard with the remarkable pineapple pleasure mango tree. This live plant offers a truly unique culinary experience, combining the lush sweetness of a mango with a distinct pineapple tang. Also known as the mango pineapple tree, this rare subtropical fruit variety is celebrated for its golden-yellow skin, juicy, fiberless flesh, and a flavor profile that tantalizes the palate with notes of both fruit. Our grafted mango tree ensures superior quality and productivity, allowing you to enjoy delicious, home-grown fruit sooner. Perfect for enthusiasts looking to expand their edible landscape, this plant promises a delightful harvest and a beautiful addition to any garden setting.

The distinctive characteristics of this mango make it a highly sought-after specimen. Unlike many other mango varieties, the Pineapple Pleasure is noted for its smooth, non-fibrous texture, making each bite a pure delight. Its compact growth habit, especially as a grafted mango tree, makes it suitable for various garden sizes, including container gardening on patios or balconies in warmer climates. Experience the joy of harvesting your own tropical fruit with this exceptional plant.

Key Benefits

Investing in a pineapple pleasure mango tree offers a multitude of benefits, from its unique flavor to its aesthetic appeal in your garden. This exceptional plant is more than just a source of delicious fruit; it’s a conversation starter and a vibrant addition to your outdoor or indoor space.

• Exotic Flavor Profile: Enjoy the rare and delightful taste that blends the sweetness of mango with a refreshing pineapple tang. This unique combination sets the pineapple pleasure mango tree apart from other varieties, offering a gourmet experience.
• Fiberless Flesh: The fruit boasts a smooth, juicy, and completely fiberless texture, ensuring a pleasant eating experience without any stringiness. This makes it ideal for fresh consumption, smoothies, and desserts.
• Grafted for Quality: Our trees are grafted, guaranteeing superior genetic traits, earlier fruiting, and better disease resistance compared to seed-grown plants. This ensures a healthy, productive grafted mango tree from the start.
• Compact Growth: Its moderate size makes it suitable for various garden settings, including smaller yards, patios, or even large containers, especially for those in cooler climates who wish to bring it indoors during winter.
• High Productivity: Grafting also contributes to higher yields, allowing you to enjoy an abundant harvest of delicious fruit from your mango pineapple tree.
• Beautiful Ornamental Value: Beyond its fruit, the tree itself is an attractive addition to the landscape with its lush green foliage and stunning yellow-red fruit, adding a tropical aesthetic.
• Harvest Your Own Fruit: Experience the satisfaction of growing and harvesting your own fresh, organic mangoes, knowing exactly where your food comes from.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your pineapple pleasure mango tree is a rewarding endeavor that will lead to delicious fruit. While tropical, with proper care, this grafted mango tree can thrive in many regions. It typically prefers USDA Zones 9-11 for outdoor planting, but can be grown in containers and moved indoors in cooler climates.

Sunlight: Mango trees are sun-lovers. Provide at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal growth and fruit production. In extremely hot climates, some afternoon shade can prevent leaf scorch. If growing indoors, place it near a south-facing window or supplement with a grow light.

Watering: Water deeply and regularly, especially when the tree is young and during dry periods. Allow the top few inches of soil to dry out slightly between waterings to prevent root rot. Reduce watering frequency in cooler months or when the tree is dormant. Good drainage is crucial for the health of your mango pineapple tree.

Soil: Plant your tropical fruit tree in well-draining, slightly acidic to neutral soil (pH 6.0-7.0). A sandy loam mix enriched with organic matter is ideal. For container planting, use a high-quality potting mix designed for fruit trees or tropical plants, ensuring excellent drainage.

Temperature & Humidity: Mango trees thrive in warm temperatures, ideally between 70-100°F (21-38°C). Protect your tree from frost, as temperatures below 30°F (-1°C) can cause significant damage. High humidity is beneficial but not strictly necessary if other conditions are met. If growing indoors, occasional misting can help.

Fertilization: Feed your pineapple pleasure mango tree with a balanced fertilizer formulated for fruit trees, typically NPK ratios like 6-6-6 or 8-3-9. Fertilize young trees every 2-3 months during the growing season and mature trees 3-4 times a year. Always follow the manufacturer’s instructions for application rates.

Pruning: Prune your mango tree to maintain a manageable size, encourage branching, and improve air circulation. The best time to prune is after harvesting the fruit. Remove any dead, diseased, or crossing branches. Light pruning can also help shape the tree for better fruit production.

Size & Details

This offering is for one pineapple pleasure mango tree, approximately 1 foot tall when shipped. The tree is a grafted mango tree, meaning it has been propagated to ensure the desirable characteristics of the parent plant, leading to earlier and more reliable fruiting. It will arrive as a live plant, carefully packed and shipped in a 6-inch nursery pot with established roots, ready for transplanting into a larger container or directly into your garden if your climate permits. The compact size of this tropical fruit tree makes it an excellent choice for smaller gardens or for those who wish to grow it in a container on a patio or balcony. With proper care, this tree will continue to grow, typically reaching a mature height of 10-15 feet in the ground, though it can be kept smaller with regular pruning in containers. Expect the tree to begin producing fruit within 2-4 years after planting, depending on growing conditions and care.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: This pineapple pleasure mango tree is shipped at approximately 1 foot tall. In the ground, it can reach 10-15 feet tall, but its size can be managed with pruning, especially when grown in a container.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: The grafted mango tree is shipped in a 6-inch nursery pot, with its root system well-established and ready for transplanting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: This tropical fruit tree thrives outdoors in USDA Zones 9-11. In cooler climates, it can be grown in a container and moved indoors during colder months.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: The pineapple pleasure mango tree requires at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily to grow optimally and produce fruit.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: While tropical, with consistent watering, ample sunlight, and appropriate fertilization, caring for this fiberless mango plant is manageable for most gardeners. It’s considered moderately easy for those familiar with fruit trees.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your pineapple pleasure mango tree will arrive as a live, healthy plant with good roots, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey.
• Q: Is it shipped in soil? A: Yes, the plant is shipped in its nursery pot with soil, ensuring minimal shock during transit and providing a healthy start.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: As a grafted tree, it typically begins to bloom and produce fruit within 2-4 years after planting, much faster than seed-grown mangoes.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The best time to plant your mango pineapple tree is in spring or early summer, allowing it ample time to establish before cooler weather.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: If you are outside of USDA Zones 9-11, you will need to protect your tree from frost by bringing it indoors or providing adequate winter protection. It cannot tolerate freezing temperatures.