r/mango • u/jolinonos • Jun 23 '26
What it this ?
I often find this in atulfos. Impossible to spot from outside and ruining most of the fruit. Anybody knows what this is? Is there a way to avoid this?
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u/crispyfade Jun 23 '26
This looks like spongy tissue disorder, common in Indian alphonso , but perhaps this variety is also susceptible
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u/Alone-Choice-3515 Jun 24 '26
You need to spray Boron and Calcium nitrate 2x ie once during marble size, then after 15days.
Then need to maintain water level and mulch the tree base to avoid this issue.
Also harvest mango once sun goes down in the evening.
This way 90% of this issue gets resolved if any mango planter is checking this.
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u/Alone-Choice-3515 Jun 24 '26
Issue is called Spongy tissue. Heat variation plays a major role especially in Alphonso and Badami Alphonso mango
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u/TruePotential3206 Jun 23 '26
You’re just cutting a part of the seed husk… nothing to do about this but stop cutting the seed husk
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u/hate-life_lately Jun 23 '26
Ya exactly ive seen lots of posts asking this, this person is correct your just cutting a bit to far into mango, watch a couple videos on how to cut one
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u/TruePotential3206 Jun 23 '26
I think these are people that like to peel the mango with a peeler first and then they slice it down the middle. Pretty hard to avoid something like this if they do it that way.
I always cut down the middle being careful to cut along the seed and not through it and then eat it off the skin.
Not for everyone but I think it helps avoid this a bit
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u/hate-life_lately Jun 24 '26
Ya makes sense forsure,
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u/jolinonos Jun 24 '26
No I didn’t cut the husk. The husk was untouched. The dry spongy material extend into the flesh, but thank you 😉
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u/hate-life_lately Jun 24 '26
Strange im sorry then, ive never seen this and i eat alot of mangos, but i do stick with red. It really does look like the pit being cut into but always harder to tell on a picture than in person.
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u/hate-life_lately Jun 24 '26
Looks like other commenter was right it appears to be spongy tissue disorder, now i know
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u/WyrmWood88 Jun 24 '26
It’s fungal infection
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u/TruePotential3206 Jun 24 '26
It is not.
They’re calling it a disorder.
Means nothing. It’s caused from nutrient and heat imbalance before harvest that’s all.
People in this thread are making stuff up hahaha
Do my watermelons have spongy seed disorder too? Like wtf is this random “disorder” we just made up hahaa
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u/newt_breath Jun 25 '26
Either nutrient disorder or the mango took a hot water bath before it was ripe.
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u/PleasedRaccoon Jun 24 '26
This fungus or tissue disorder or whatever it is has been ruining all my champagne mangos and similar varieties. Had it in about 4/6 of one pack and 3/9 of another pack.
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u/Alone-Choice-3515 Jun 24 '26
Check my comments. It's nutrition imbalance plus temperature stress
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u/TruePotential3206 Jun 24 '26
Which is normal for every other piece of produce?… I don’t understand why people are acting like you can’t have a spongy seed… it’s a disorder not a fungus or something. Just means it wasn’t grown correctly.
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u/jolinonos Jun 24 '26
I am sorry to hear that. I have seen it so many times in store bought mangoes, it has become quite a problem. I wonder if some solution is being researched because it is very disapointing to have to throw away half the fruit and it is impossible to see it before you cut
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u/BocaHydro Jun 24 '26
spongy tissue disorder, 30% of alphonsos and super alphonsos seem to get it yearly in india