MY MANGO TREE SEEDLING IS OUTGROWING SACK IT'S PLANTED IN

Over the weekend, a friend told me she had fever some weeks ago, went to the hospital got treated. She recovered somewhat but there was a relapse - the fever returned. She became sick again.

Her mother then got some leaves of trees including mango leaves, boiled and gave her to drink.  She recovered fully.

What sparked that conversation was my natural look - I don't use herbs as treatment but as food if edible and for hygiene.

When this friend  mentioned mango leaves, I was glad that despite the possible challenge(s) of growing in containers, that I had decided to plant mangoes in sacks since I currently can't plant directly in the soil.

Though I have few other mango seedlings in other sacks, the main one is that which I transplanted  around third quarter of last year.

I have tried to slow down it's growth by using the stems as stakes to the snake tomato plants  which have very short growing cycles of about three to four months.

So the mango tree isn't growing so fast but still growing anyway. The root  must be getting bigger as the sack it is planted is getting torn.

I would have loved for it to fruit at least once before relocating it. But the growth even though hindered must not be completely  stopped - you know when any living thing stops growing, it will die.

So to keep it alive, it has to grow even if slowly. If it doesn't fruit in the sack, mango leaves are useful - apart from herbal treatments. It can  be taken as tea.

It is anti-inflammatory so it can be used in food that have tendency for inflammation e.g. beans. I also use it in washing my hair.

I am even exploring possibility of including it in my bathing soap which I compound with other edible agricultural raw materials- the fragrance of mango leaves is quite nice. But when I sun-dried the leaves, the sweet fragrance  has reduced so much- almost non-existent.  But I am still researching on how best to use it for hygiene purpose.

Meanwhile, I am wondering what to do when the sack the mango tree is planted in completely tears - are there bigger sacks that are also  very durable?

Caution: if you have a fever, please seek professional medical advice/help, don't just go and boil leaves to drink. It takes years of experience and training to understand herbal medicine.

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