The Tropical Fruit Forum

Have a quick look at the picture in this thread of a supposedly new variety grown in central Queensland. 100gm lychees?
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/new-lychee-variety/

This plant was in near full sun, but is a cultivar selected for being super tough. In general they appreciate some shade when younger. Also, pretection from wind is best for fruiting as they get hammered by wind rub. Fert= organics lightly 4x per year and seaweed and fish emulsion every 2nd month.

Here are pics of the ones i'm now growing, from a mate's tree.

I think your both saying the same thing.

Anyway, IIRC the B-3/ Kwai Mai Pink issue arose because the original labels on the plants imported from China were blown off in a cyclone? and so recieved the local name B-3. I think the Kwai Mai Red? (Kwai Mi) was also for a time called Bosworth 10.

The other fruit here that is in a similar situation is the Achachairu - though its not even a cultuivar. They are grown at one huge scale farm from seed, yet have recieved PBR status, which is supposed to be for special registered cultivars. Anyway, they have been re-branded 'Achacha' due to Australians' tendancy to drop syllables at the end of words, and have an exclusive license on commercial propogation of the plant. The up side is that we have one decent fruit in the supermarket now.

Fruitguy, this online nursery is the easiest way to order decent varieties for your friends in NSW. Collette and Ricks Red are two I would recommend.
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/bushfood/fingerlime.htm

Thanks jasmine nights, I'm in Brisbane, so I assume similar climate to somewhere in south Florida. Humid sub-tropics.
mine seemed to like infrequent, deep watering, which mirrors the storms we get here. Feeding was organic and the schedule was the same as with my other citrus, just lighter.
Some trees suffer from branch die-back when it is too wet, but otherwise it is usually pretty tough. There seem to be a number of different growth habits - mine grew very long branches that grew quickly and drooped, requiring tying together and staking to keep the barbs out of the way. Many are much slower and more dense. Position was full sun on a northern slope. There is a weedy golden penda in the photo that grew over the plant at times, but didnt block much sun. Again, some plants like full sun, others like deep shade.
Sorry I cant be of too much help, but I hope to visit a finger lime farm in a few weeks and can pass on a few tips.

This is one I used to grow. Grafted tree in ground 2-3years. It was a 'green' and full of oil. I now have two far superior varieties plus a few hybrids. It is native to forests around this area and can grow into quite a decent little upright tree.