Mangos from seed? Guava from seed?

[JohnAndSancho]

Ok, I'm attempting to germinate some mangos. I've got 3 seeds of the Keitt variety, one "large red" (possibly Tommy) and an Ecuadorian Ataulfo. I also snagged some guava (variety unsure, green outside white inside) that I'll throw in pots for giggles and grins too. The produce selection in November in small town rural bfe Mississippi really makes me miss Texas.

[bar]

Always fun to do, but remember that there will be no guarantee that the fruit (if you get any) will  be of good quality from a hybrid plant.

Bruce

[JohnAndSancho]

4 hours ago, bar said:

Always fun to do, but remember that there will be no guarantee that the fruit (if you get any) will  be of good quality from a hybrid plant.

Bruce

Worst case scenario I've got some cool looking plants to keep or sell, and all I gotta do is eat fruit that I was gonna eat anyway. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Oooh lawhd this one is busting out of the seed already. It's an ataulfo if anyone cares, and the husk might be the hardest organic thing I've ever cut in my life. 

[JohnAndSancho]

I think on Tuesday when I go to therapy (that should be fun), I'm gonna snag some more Mango and another papaya. I'm kinda baffled because these papayas should be like knee high by now and they all look like strugglers. I dunno what I'm doing wrong. Anyway worst case scenario I end up with more than I know what to do with and ohhhh if they don't sell that could def be a problem. And I need some more drainage pans. 

[happypalms]

Mango won’t stand a chance in your climate, but easy to grow, you want the bowen variety it will be true to form. Guava may take your climate just and easy to propagate. You may end up with rootstocks if they are grafted varieties! 

[JohnAndSancho]

30 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Mango won’t stand a chance in your climate, but easy to grow, you want the bowen variety it will be true to form. Guava may take your climate just and easy to propagate. You may end up with rootstocks if they are grafted varieties! 

It's 80°F and 60% humidity year round in this grow room! 

[JohnAndSancho]

I guess we're adding clementines to this mix. No clue the variety, it's a larger orange sized one grown in Peru, that's all I know. I'm hoarding plastic containers and planting seeds from everything I eat now. I'm gonna have at least a dozen mangoes and god knows how many papaya because I bought another one. And I still have all of those sabal seeds to split up and go through on top of what's already crammed on the mats. Maybe a 4 pack of heat mats wasn't enough.