How to Plant Mango From Seed Part II

I want to make an update to my earlier post on how to plant mango from seed.

On that post I suggested to let the seed sits near the windowsill for about 2-3 weeks(from the information I got from Wikihow) to dry before we crack it open to release the kernel and plant it. Through my experience, this is not always the best idea,'cause the kernel has higher possibility to dry up inside or spoiled during that process, even when we only put it to dry in room temperature(away from the windowsill/sunlight).

I recently made a new experiment by cracking open the seed(of mango fruit that is stored in room temperature, the kernel of the refrigerated one tends to be spoiled) to expose the kernel, once the flesh has been eaten. As you can see below, the kernel is still at its best condition and fresh. Then I soak the kernel for about 12 hours before I planted it outside under the sun, in a germinating pot. But once it sprouted, I moved it under the shade in order to protect the young leaves.

Then after the the second layer of leaves came out, I bring the plant inside and place it under my reading lamp until the leaves wholly developed.

The seedling is growing well. The the third and fourth layer of leaves have come out but I will wait a little longer before I transplant it to its permanent home.