Mangosteen, known botanically as Garcinia mangostana, is an extremely slow-growing, ultra-tropical, fruit-bearing tree. Mangosteen's environmental requirements are so stringent its cultivation is not widely undertaken outside of its native habitat in tropical Southeast Asia. Growing mangosteen from seed ...
Plant the fresh mangosteen seed at least 8 inches deep in rich, organic, sandy loam-amended soil with organic compost. The soil should be a minimum of 4 feet deep. Sprouting typically takes 20 to 22 days and is complete in 43 days. The young saplings take a minimum of two years to ...
If you yearn for a mangosteen fruit tree (Garcinia mangostana) in your yard, you had better live in Hawaii or the warmest parts of South Florida, as this tree grows only in USDA hardiness zones 11 and 12. Against all odds, here's what it might take to nurture and cultivate a ...
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For mangosteen, lace your fingers together to form a cave into which you place a ripe mangosteen. Press gently with the heel of your palms on ‘back’ and stem areas till the shell cracks open. Peel off the shell carefully if you want all the segments of flesh intact in a perfect white...