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Check your state vuidelines before bringing a lychee into the country. Florida requires a twoyear quarantine period.
Did you try Dr. Zee yet?[/quoHe didn't have it last time i talked to him. But that was some time ago, and would be good to ask him again.
I just re read the post title, I think you can get concubines smile from dr z in Hawaii but they can only ship scion material, no more rooted cuttings. Have you tried sweet heart lychees? They are large, sweet, fragrant, produce well here in California and have mostly chicken tongue seeds.Simon
Quote from: simon_grow on January 01, 2013, 01:28:17 PMI just re read the post title, I think you can get concubines smile from dr z in Hawaii but they can only ship scion material, no more rooted cuttings. Have you tried sweet heart lychees? They are large, sweet, fragrant, produce well here in California and have mostly chicken tongue seeds.SimonSimon,Yeah I have "Sweetheart", There is a "King lychee" that is from China and to get airlayers it would take a huge order, and I wouldn't even be sure it would come from a tree with the huge fruit. Someone would have to get over there and make sure it comes from a good tree. Anyway, I'll keep you up to date on my progress and if you have any ideas let me or Quang know. Thanks
Quote from: marklee on January 06, 2013, 10:42:24 AMQuote from: simon_grow on January 01, 2013, 01:28:17 PMI just re read the post title, I think you can get concubines smile from dr z in Hawaii but they can only ship scion material, no more rooted cuttings. Have you tried sweet heart lychees? They are large, sweet, fragrant, produce well here in California and have mostly chicken tongue seeds.SimonSimon,Yeah I have "Sweetheart", There is a "King lychee" that is from China and to get airlayers it would take a huge order, and I wouldn't even be sure it would come from a tree with the huge fruit. Someone would have to get over there and make sure it comes from a good tree. Anyway, I'll keep you up to date on my progress and if you have any ideas let me or Quang know. ThanksI think by King Lychee you probably mean Emperor lychee? It is called Chakapat in Thailand. It's already in USA. We have it in Hawaii. So you shouldn't have too much difficulty getting that one, except that Hawaii cannot send lychee plants directly to Florida. I bet some of the Florida nurseries already have it. Ask for it by name Emperor lychee.
Hey marklee, let me know if you are able to get these varieties. I'm very interested in them and would be willing to chip in on shipping and handling costs. Simon
Quote from: simon_grow on January 01, 2013, 01:24:25 PMHey marklee, let me know if you are able to get these varieties. I'm very interested in them and would be willing to chip in on shipping and handling costs. SimonSimon, if you're going to request from Dr. Zee again I'd like to get some things too.Where else can we get lychees from china? Jason nursery said he could send me as few as 10 but I don't really want to take care of all of them for a year. I guess the difference between lychee and M. rubra is you can't do a large group buy here because you wouldn't want to have to care of all the plants during quarantine.