I am tired of the on-year off-year cycle of my old mango trees. Will planting Amrapali actually give me a crop every year, or does it also skip years?
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Amrapali is known for being a regular or near-regular bearer, which is one of the main reasons it was developed and why growers like it for steady income. It generally gives a crop most years rather than the strong heavy-then-empty swing of Dasheri or Langra. However, regular bearing is not absolute; if trees are stressed by drought, poor nutrition, heavy disease, or a really bad flowering-weather year, even Amrapali can give a reduced crop. The dense canopy also needs annual pruning, because if it gets overcrowded and shaded, flowering and bearing suffer. So Amrapali strongly reduces the alternate bearing problem and is far more dependable year to year than the classic north Indian varieties, provided you maintain pruning, nutrition and even moisture.
Mine gives fruit every year so far, much better than my Dasheri which gives a big crop one year and nothing the next.