Mango flower drop control | Mango fruit set

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Last updated : 30-11-2025

Mango flower drop control and Fruit set guidelines

Mango flower drops are due to various reasons. In India Mango cultivation is based on rainfall and mostly cultivated in rainfed hills and High altitides where mango trees gets enough sun light for their fruit setting and sweetness of the fruit.

Mango flowering chemical free alternatives

Salemmango farmers uses Buttermilk for the mango flowering instead of convential Funguice sulphur. Salemmango helps the farmers in organic way of mango cultivation and seeling with various traditional methods. Farmers switiching to organic methods helps them to cut down the costs for excess chemical based pesticides and insectidies and making the own natural bio manures helps them to get regular yield all the years.

Mango tree diseases treatment

Mango crop mostly gets less dieases when compared to other crops lke Maize and fruits like grapes, pomegranate where they are treated with excess chemicals pesticides harmful to honey bees and Humans consumptions. Mango cultivation involves introp crop were yellow folowering plants to be planted on sides of the farm helps natural ecosystem and disease free.

Best fungicide for mango trees

Mango trees are prone to funguices from conventional farming but salemmango suggets use natural bio panchakavya and buttermilk jaggery and coconut milk mixture helps to multiple the micro organisms and prevents disease in mango tree and flowering. Get higher yiels in Mango with natural methods.

Mango tree treated with Natural pest repellent

Spray the mango plants with green chill,garlic,and Ginger mixture in the ratio of each 5 kg to 1000 litres of water addtionally you can add cow urine 5 litres and Tobacco 1 kg for any kinds of pests problem in the mango cultivation. The time intervals are based on the severity of the pests in the farm. the best cost effective mango farmers doing the natural pests repellent methods with salemmango help.

Salemmango spray program

Mango cultivation based on various factors Rianfall,snow, Heatwaves and Tunderstroms, Monsoon. The mangoes what we eat wont growns easily as we think, since growing global pollution and environmental changes siginficantly affects Mango farming in India . The Natural mango cultivation timings schedule are listed below

• In december the Buttermilk or Arappu mixture spray helps flower induction.
• Dont irrigate the trees
• Januray after bloosms pest control spray panchakavyam
• Feburaruy soil apply Jeevarmuratham
• March apply Panchakayam to mango trees in Soil.

Mango experts for Best quality Mango cultivation

SalemMango guides you proper organic mango cultivation without artifical chemicals from Production to Harvest. We encourage farmers move towards chemical free farming which increases the profits and Safe fruit eating for people. Check our guide towards Sucessfull Mango Farming in India

Mango Flower Drop Control & Fruit Set — FAQs

Practical, chemical-free guidance used by Salemmango farmers for better flowering, disease control and fruit set.

1. Why do mango flowers drop, and how can farmers control it naturally?

Mango flowers drop because of rainfall fluctuations, sudden temperature changes, nutrient imbalance, pests or fungal attacks. Natural control measures include buttermilk sprays, Panchakavya, Arappu mixtures, and improving soil microbes to strengthen flowers and improve fruit set without chemicals.

2. What is the best chemical-free method to improve mango flowering?

Salemmango farmers commonly use buttermilk sprays instead of sulphur fungicides. Buttermilk supports beneficial microbes, reduces fungal pressure and helps flower induction. Complementary treatments include Arappu, Panchakavya and coconut-milk + jaggery mixtures.

3. How can diseases in mango trees be treated organically?

Organic disease control uses Panchakavya, Jeevamrutham, neem leaf extracts and beneficial microbes. Good orchard hygiene and intercropping with yellow-flowering plants improves biodiversity and reduces disease pressure naturally.

4. What is the best natural pest repellent for mango trees?

A practical natural repellent is a spray made from green chilli, garlic and ginger (about 5 kg each) in 1000 litres of water, with added cow urine (5 L) and tobacco extract (1 kg). Adjust concentrations and spray frequency to pest severity and follow safe handling practices for tobacco and concentrates.

5. What is the recommended natural spray schedule for mango fruit set in India?

Suggested schedule: December — Buttermilk or Arappu spray for flower induction and avoid irrigation; January — Panchakavya spray after bloom; February — Apply Jeevamrutham to soil; March — Soil application of Panchakavya to strengthen fruit set. Adapt timing based on local climate and pest pressure.