Nam Doc Mai Sia Tong
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
We are only able to graft twice a year, Late Spring & Late Summer.
- If we receive the order between after September 24th and before May 1st, The trees will be grafted in Spring & should be ready by the end of the year.
- For orders made after May 01st and before of September 24th will be grafted in late Summer and should be ready in the Spring following year, May most likely.
Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
(Estimated time is 6 to 8 months. Some varieties take longer time to growth)
This mango is sometimes referred to as the Golden Nam Doc Mai.
Unlike most Nam Doc Mais, Sia Tong fruit turns a bright yellow golden color at maturity.
The fruit are medium-sized, with the classic sigmoid-tapering shape associated with Nam Doc Mai, but average smaller than Nam Doc Mai #4 and Nam Doc Mai Mun fruit. The flesh is light yellow, silky smooth and has the same flavor, with honeyed floral sweetness lacking any tartness or acid component.
The seed is long, thin, and polyembryonic.
Sia Tong trees are not as precocious as Nam Doc Mai #4, and tend to be more vigorous growers. However, their production is good, and Sia Tong fruit tend to split open less than the other versions of Nam Doc Mai.
Sia Tong has good disease resistance and fruited well in Loxahatchee Groves under high disease pressure. It is a mid-season mango for us in West Palm Beach, ripening from latew June into July most years. The trees are moderately vigorous growers with dense, vertical canopy.
Flavor: Thai
Country: Thailand