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1) Mango harvesting seasons vary by region in India, occurring between February-November depending on location. 2) The major harvesting months in different Indian states include April-May in Maharashtra, May-June in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and June-August in North Indian states. 3) Mangoes are harvested at the green mature stage when ready to be ripened off the tree for optimum eating quality and flavor. They are hand picked or mechanically harvested while still attached to a short stem.

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Mango

1) Mango harvesting seasons vary by region in India, occurring between February-November depending on location. 2) The major harvesting months in different Indian states include April-May in Maharashtra, May-June in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and June-August in North Indian states. 3) Mangoes are harvested at the green mature stage when ready to be ripened off the tree for optimum eating quality and flavor. They are hand picked or mechanically harvested while still attached to a short stem.

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Mango

Harvesting
In western India, mango puts forth three growth flushes, the first are in the early spring (FebruaryMarch), the second during March-April and the third in the beginning of winter (October-November). In
Bihar, the first growth noticed in early spring, the second in April-May and the third in July-August. In
UP, only two flushes are produced, in March-April and July-August. In Punjab, as many as five flushes
are produced from April-August. April and May flushes being found most heavy. In South India, mango
usually gives two growth flushes, one in February-June and the other in October-November. In mango
about 8-10 months old shoots under certain conditions cease to grow at least 4 months prior to
blossoming. These shoots are capable of producing flower buds. Other shoots, which appear in
subsequent flushes during late monsoon, do not come to flowering. These shoots flower during the
next season after accumulating sufficient metabolites necessary for fruit-bud differentiation. Thus the
fruits will be ready for harvest in April-May from a plant flowered during October-November.
The major harvesting seasons in different states are:

States

Month of Harvest

Maharashtra
Gujarat

April-May (Ratnagiri)
May-June (other areas)
May-June

Tamil Nadu

April-May

Andhra Pradesh

April-May (coastal districts)


May (Rayalaseema)

Karnataka

May-July

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North India

June-August

The mango fruits should be harvested at green mature stage. In case of Alphonso mangoes the fruit is
considered to be mature when the shoulder outgrow the stem and the external colour becomes light
green with a yellowish red blush. The harvest maturity in Dashehari and Langra cultivars reaches 12
weeks after fruit set, while in Chausa and Mallika it takes about 15 weeks. The best way to observe
maturity in mango is the colour of the pulp, which turns cream to light yellow on maturity and hardening
of stone.
Mangoes are generally harvested at physiologically mature stage and
ripened for optimum quality. Fruits are hand picked or plucked with a
harvester. During harvesting, the latex trickles down the fruit surface from
the point of detachment imparting a shabby appearance to it upon
storage. Therefore the fruits should be harvested with a 10-20cm stem
attached to it. For efficient harvesting of mangoes a simple, low cost and
portable mango harvesting device has been designed and developed at
the Central Institute for subtropical horticulture, Lucknow. Mango fruits are taken into the pouch and
held between the divider and knife and as the device is pulled, the blade cuts the stalk. The fruits are

then conveyed through a nylon chute to collecting boxes without bringing down the device every time.
This saves time and protects fruits from mechanical damage due to impact. It also protects operator's
hand from the sap, which oozes out from the point of detachment. On an average, a man can harvest
about 800 to 1000 fruits per hour with the help of this device, depending on the skill of the worker,
fruiting and height of the tree. It consumes 50 per cent less energy as compared to local methods.
Harvested mangoes should be placed in field containers of not more than 25 kg capacity for movement
to the packing shed. The fruit should be kept in the shade and handled carefully at all times after
harvest.

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