Chapainawabganj Mangoes Can Be Sold as Soon as They Ripen
For the third year running, Chapainawabganj will not set mango picking dates, letting growers sell fruit as soon as it ripens on the tree.
For the third year running, Chapainawabganj will not set mango picking dates, letting growers sell fruit as soon as it ripens on the tree.
Mango picking in Rajshahi starts on 4 May with gooti varieties, and the district has fixed start dates for each variety through the season.
Green mangoes can be kept for eight to ten months in a salt-based steeping solution and later used in pickles, chutneys, curries and juice.
With green mangoes plentiful in the market, now is the best time to make mango murabba at home and keep it for the year.
Naogaon has become a major mango district but has no research centre besides the Soil Resource Development Institute, and stakeholders say it needs one along with processing houses.
Mango is nutritious, but eating it with or just after certain foods such as yoghurt, bitter gourd or soft drinks can upset the stomach.
Chapainawabganj's Langra and Ashwina mangoes are set to win geographical indication status, which would give the district four GI mangoes.
A student and media worker recalls racing his cousins to gather storm-fallen mangoes during childhood summers in his uncle's village.
A storm and hail in at least four upazilas of Rajshahi damaged mango, paddy, maize and other crops, though the losses have not yet been measured.
A quick recipe for sweet, sour and spicy mashed green mango, made with just seven ingredients.
Fruit bagging shields mangoes from fungus, insects and bad weather without pesticides, and most growers have now adopted it.
A two-week heatwave with no rain has dried the soil in Naogaon and set young mangoes dropping from the trees, worrying growers who cannot irrigate.
Under the Satkhira district administration's schedule, the district's early mangoes will reach the market from 12 May, with later varieties following in stages.