anyone know of emperor lychees have unusual growth patterns?
i’ve got 3 emperor lychees which are behaving differently from the other lychees (sweetheart, mauritius, and brewster).
the emperor lychees have been giving out vegetative flushes (5 week flush, 5 weeks dormant) regularly starting in the spring this year and have continued even to now. i have them in a greenhouse and we’ve had our second cold front move through. the winter has been warmer than usual (average 75/45), but the other 3 lychees have gone dormant.
also, the emperor lychees usually drop the most proximal leaves during each vegetative growth, which leaves the interior of the canopy without any leaves. i’ve fertilized wth foliage pro and there is a little osmocote plus, so i doubt its nutrient deficiency.
anyone else know if this is typical for emperor lychees? hoping the winter vegetative growth won’t decrease flowering