UF/IFAS Experts’ Guide To The Mango Season, Trends And Forecasts

Fort Pierce – The season for mangos is upon us. As the small blossoms start to reveal tiny fruit, mango trees in South Florida orchards and backyard landscaping are nearing the end of their fruiting season, making this excellent time.

Last year, the 2023 mango season exploded with an abundance of fruit. Is that going to continue in 2024? What can scientists advise fans of mangoes as the first fruits start to appear?

As they start to observe what South Florida’s orchards and residential landscapes are revealing, two experts at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) in Homestead are quite busy.

Meet Jonathan Crane, an assistant center director at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), a tropical fruit crop specialist, and Jeff Wasielewski, a commercial tropical fruit crops agent at UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County.

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Along with visiting orchards, conducting research on Florida’s more than 200 mango varieties, and holding workshops, they are answering inquiries from customers and growers.

Here’s a peek at what they are observing, what producers have to say, and the most recent findings from the TREC labs that are influencing consumers in South Florida, where mangos are the fruit of choice, to continue thinking about mangos.