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1st year for a good harvest. I believe this was a brewster planted some years ago. I enjoyed some earlier today & decided to pick a few more and eat now... There are probably 30 more on the small tree for later. These were very sweet & tart combo & so fun to eat with the clear plump juicy flesh surrounded by the egg shell thin shell.Sorry, didn't have time to stop and take a picture till they were all gone....
Its serious lychee time here at my place, 1 out of 3 trees on the property. Pretty hard to reach some of these, the tree was improperly pruned a number of years ago ... but it still seems happyQuote from: palmcity on May 15, 2018, 09:02:59 PM 1st year for a good harvest. I believe this was a brewster planted some years ago. I enjoyed some earlier today & decided to pick a few more and eat now... There are probably 30 more on the small tree for later. These were very sweet & tart combo & so fun to eat with the clear plump juicy flesh surrounded by the egg shell thin shell.Sorry, didn't have time to stop and take a picture till they were all gone....
Quote from: apresser on May 16, 2018, 12:48:19 AMIts serious lychee time here at my place, 1 out of 3 trees on the property. Pretty hard to reach some of these, the tree was improperly pruned a number of years ago ... but it still seems happyQuote from: palmcity on May 15, 2018, 09:02:59 PM 1st year for a good harvest. I believe this was a brewster planted some years ago. I enjoyed some earlier today & decided to pick a few more and eat now... There are probably 30 more on the small tree for later. These were very sweet & tart combo & so fun to eat with the clear plump juicy flesh surrounded by the egg shell thin shell.Sorry, didn't have time to stop and take a picture till they were all gone.... Awesome. What do you do with it all?
Its serious lychee time here at my place, 1 out of 3 trees on the property. Pretty hard to reach some of these, the tree was improperly pruned a number of years ago ... but it still seems happy
lychees are like crack cocaine, or that of a potato chip. You are not eating just one.
Any tips on pruning lychee tree? I have a Mauritius lychee and a Sweet Heart. So far the Sweet heart is very slow growing so I think they need different way of pruning?
I only have sweet heart, I am looking to get a second variety , would you recommend Mauritius?
Hi Palm city, Congrats on your lychee fruiting!! NO expert but yours looks like Mauritius to me. I have one (this is the first year I have NO fruits) but the color of the pic you posted looks like Mauritius not bright red like mine when they are fully ripe. Also the timing seems right. Usually Brewster aren't ripe till mid to late June or early July. My Mauritius were always ready to pick mid to late May...either way Enjoy the fruits of your labor Apresser, that is one impressive tree, Wow!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for posting!!! Very jealous over here
Quote from: apresser on May 16, 2018, 12:48:19 AMIts serious lychee time here at my place, 1 out of 3 trees on the property. Pretty hard to reach some of these, the tree was improperly pruned a number of years ago ... but it still seems happyQuote from: palmcity on May 15, 2018, 09:02:59 PM 1st year for a good harvest. I believe this was a brewster planted some years ago. I enjoyed some earlier today & decided to pick a few more and eat now... There are probably 30 more on the small tree for later. These were very sweet & tart combo & so fun to eat with the clear plump juicy flesh surrounded by the egg shell thin shell.Sorry, didn't have time to stop and take a picture till they were all gone.... Wow, what a monster producer. when I was in Big Island few years ago, I saw trees loaded like this and fruits would be on the ground spoiling. Same for mangoes.
Quote from: palmcity on May 15, 2018, 09:02:59 PMThese were very sweet & tart combo & so fun to eat with the clear plump juicy flesh surrounded by the egg shell thin shell.Those shells look green to me. That is why they tasted tart, not fully ripe. Those seeds wrong shape for Brewster.
These were very sweet & tart combo & so fun to eat with the clear plump juicy flesh surrounded by the egg shell thin shell.