Growing A Mango Tree?

We love experiments, and we love learning in this family.  Apart from watching videos of baby animals (that's more my thing) in our down time (which is seldom), we love starting new fun projects that can be done quickly and inexpensively.  

We found this very intriguing video one day, and so we set to work.  I love home projects like this.  The first of which was rooting a pineapple (more on that later in another post).  And now it's the mango tree. Or bush. Or plant. Or anything that will grow out of it.  We have to be patient....

There is is on the right....cute little thing.  It has an unusual shape, a little damp as it comes out of its shell, and has a pointed end.  

Directions: 

Fill a pot with dirt and leave 1 inch from the top.
Cut up your mango, and scrub the seed well with a hard sponge or even a spoon.  When it's relatively clean, find the little knot on one of its sides.  Close to this knot will be a weak spot where you can insert the tip of a butter knife.  Pry it open, slowly, and crack open its shell.  Inside is the mango seed. 

Lay the seed flat on the dirt, and make sure the pointed end (it might even have a little sprout growing) is in the center of the pot - this will eventually grow the stem, so you want to center it. Cover with about 1 inch of dirt and cover with plastic wrap.  Tie a rubber band around the mouth of the pot to lock down the plastic wrap. Leave it on a sunny windowsill and in a few weeks, it will begin to sprout and grow.  This procedure will produce some condensation which will continue to rain down into the dirt, and the process begins again.  In this way, you can go without watering it for weeks, I'd say.  

Enjoy the video for further instructions.  We'll post the progress.  Our little pet.  Such joy :) 

About a month later...