FruitsAs mango trees moved from blossom to fruit set in late March 2020, Jagonews24 listed four causes of blossom and fruitlet drop (bad weather, dry soil, hoppers and anthracnose) and the orchard care and spray timing that limit the losses.
FruitsIn Falgun 2020, mango and litchi trees in Agailjhara, Barishal, and Sreepur, Gazipur, carried heavy blossom, and growers hoped for a good crop if storms and hail held off.
Guti mangoes that Natore farmers once threw away now earn them crores of taka through sales to Pran's processing factory.
A mango tree bearing blossom and young fruit in Dhaka's Shyamoli Park is the Thai year-round variety Katimon, which fruits three times a year.
The Khirsapat mango of Chapainawabganj, known outside the district as Himsagar, has been registered as the country's third GI product.
FruitsAbul Kashem of Jibannagar, Chuadanga, has a 22-bigha orchard of Katimon mangoes that fruit out of season, and the DAE is preparing to spread the variety.
A Dhaka businessman has built a mango orchard at his ancestral village in Lohajang, Munshiganj, which this year is laden with many varieties.
Shykh Seraj finds that the early mangoes flooding markets were chemically ripened Indian imports, untested at the border while local growers waited.
Shykh Seraj reports growers' fears ahead of the mango season after formalin raids and informal harvest dates, and shares a variety-by-variety harvest calendar.
Mango growers say they must spray heavily against pests and fungus, but researchers say fruit bagging could cut sprays to three a season.
Mango production is booming across Bangladesh, but growers say the lack of government preparation and support is costing them their profits.
The first-ever official mango picking dates caused confusion and losses, as dates differed by district and growers said they were not consulted.
Despite plentiful mangoes, growers and traders say fixed picking dates caused a glut and low prices, while officials defend the rule.
