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.
