I planted a fairly young mango tree this past June. When I got it, it was about 3.5-4 feet tall and only had a few branches. It grew some new branches/leaves shortly after I planted it. Last week it just started putting out lots of new growth and what looks like flower buds. I was assuming I'd have to wait a couple years to get fruit based on the size of the tree, so I was surprised to see flowers. Do flowers mean that I'll be getting fruit this summer?

Going by memory mango trees start giving fruit when they are between 5 and 8 years old according to cultivar and growing conditions. Nursery-grown trees are often grafted and these will start to give fruit after 3-4 years.

Mind that flowering, like in most Anacardinaceae, is stimulated by "cool" nights, meaning nightly temperatures of 20-15°C (high to low 60's): in countries like India and Thailand, were mangoes are extremely widespread, a cool spell often means an extremely abundant mango crop in the year as flowering is great stimulated.

ElPolloDiablo said:Going by memory mango trees start giving fruit when they are between 5 and 8 years old according to cultivar and growing conditions. Nursery-grown trees are often grafted and these will start to give fruit after 3-4 years.

Mind that flowering, like in most Anacardinaceae, is stimulated by "cool" nights, meaning nightly temperatures of 20-15°C (high to low 60's): in countries like India and Thailand, were mangoes are extremely widespread, a cool spell often means an extremely abundant mango crop in the year as flowering is great stimulated.

Thanks for the response but my question was more along the lines of does flowers equal fruit? Do mango trees flower in their first couple years without bearing fruit? I'm not sure how old the tree was when I got it, it was about 3.5 feet tall with a couple branches.

bfriedman87 said:

Thanks for the response but my question was more along the lines of does flowers equal fruit? Do mango trees flower in their first couple years without bearing fruit? I'm not sure how old the tree was when I got it, it was about 3.5 feet tall with a couple branches.

No, flowers do not equal fruit, at least if the tree is still too young.
A very young tree in favorable conditions will flower but is still not strong enough to bring fruits to full term: they may start setting but development will be stunted as the tree is simply not ready for it.

If you bought the tree from a nursery it was most likely grafted so probably 3 years old. I don't know what cultivar it is: commercial varieties grown in very hot climates like India tend to start giving fruit a couple years earlier than orchard varieties grown in milder climates like most of Australia or Hawaii.
As said mangoes start fruiting when 5-8 years old depending on cultivar and conditions, so you will probably have to wait a little longer for viable fruit but who knows? maybe you got an early Indian cultivar which really likes your garden.

bfriedman87 said:I planted a fairly young mango tree this past June. When I got it, it was about 3.5-4 feet tall and only had a few branches. It grew some new branches/leaves shortly after I planted it. Last week it just started putting out lots of new growth and what looks like flower buds. I was assuming I'd have to wait a couple years to get fruit based on the size of the tree, so I was surprised to see flowers. Do flowers mean that I'll be getting fruit this summer?

Hi! Did the flowers turn into fruit? How is your mango tree doing? I'm in the same situation. I bought a similar size dwarf Thai mango tree last month. It hasn't even grown new branches or leaves, but it now has these flower buds all over. I asked the vendor and they said it is possible that those can turn into fruits because the tree was grafted.