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« on: May 27, 2018, 08:35:55 AM »
lychee online.com why are they not selling fruit? East coasters?

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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2018, 12:23:19 PM »
I read an update on their website saying Sweetheart fruits were non existent this year, maybe they are heavily  planted out in sweethearts.

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« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2018, 06:55:15 PM »
John, they may have not optimized their website for mobile viewing. On my PC I can see a link to their E-commerce site and took it through the shopping cart. $150/10 lb box plus shipping.

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« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2018, 08:31:42 PM »
Yikes! That's some serious dough for lychees.
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« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2018, 10:10:13 PM »
i think when in season, SF chinatown has it for $2/lb.

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« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2018, 11:52:20 PM »
is this their usual price?

maybe the lychees are rippening later than usua?

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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2018, 02:07:29 AM »
I haven't seen any market that sells sweetheart

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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2018, 11:32:34 AM »
Just bought some organic lychees in whole foods yesterday.

I paid about $8.99 for a quart of them.  Not sure the actual weight.

BTW they were excellent.

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« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2018, 07:58:07 PM »
Just bought some organic lychees in whole foods yesterday.

I paid about $8.99 for a quart of them.  Not sure the actual weight.

BTW they were excellent.

Just for a frame of reference, have you had fresh lychees before not from the grocery store?

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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2018, 08:23:04 PM »
If they are red and not black . i would say they are fresh. $15.00 a pound is to much.  $5.to $8 is fair
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2018, 02:07:08 AM »
I haven't seen any market that sells sweetheart

most are imported from mexico. i think SH is mainly a florida cultivar.

will be interested to see the difference in taste and seed

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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2018, 02:11:57 PM »
Just bought some organic lychees in whole foods yesterday.

I paid about $8.99 for a quart of them.  Not sure the actual weight.

BTW they were excellent.

Just for a frame of reference, have you had fresh lychees before not from the grocery store?
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"Redland Raised - Organically produced Lychee at Green Groves for Bee Heaven Farm.  Fresh from Florida."

Website for the farm is listed www.green-groves.com.  Organic certification #0167GLP.

Will be making a trip to South Florida sometime over the next week or so for work, so I'll make the run to a few of the mango growers on the forum and a few members to pick-up / drop-off some plants for some exchanges.  I'll probably make a stop at a Lychee farm as well.  Is there anybody who you would recommend that I stop at?  Like I said, these were excellent - nice combination of sweet and tart.  I ended up eating 3 or 4 of them and my eldest son ate the rest.  He is a soccer player and very particular about what he eats so for him to finish off the fruit is a win for me.

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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2018, 07:51:31 PM »
Just bought some organic lychees in whole foods yesterday.

I paid about $8.99 for a quart of them.  Not sure the actual weight.

BTW they were excellent.

Just for a frame of reference, have you had fresh lychees before not from the grocery store?
GLPg tag:

"Redland Raised - Organically produced Lychee at Green Groves for Bee Heaven Farm.  Fresh from Florida."

Website for the farm is listed www.green-groves.com.  Organic certification #0167GLP.

Will be making a trip to South Florida sometime over the next week or so for work, so I'll make the run to a few of the mango growers on the forum and a few members to pick-up / drop-off some plants for some exchanges.  I'll probably make a stop at a Lychee farm as well.  Is there anybody who you would recommend that I stop at?  Like I said, these were excellent - nice combination of sweet and tart.  I ended up eating 3 or 4 of them and my eldest son ate the rest.  He is a soccer player and very particular about what he eats so for him to finish off the fruit is a win for me.

very interested which cultivar it is.

do you live close to florida? i’ve never seen florida lychees in store before

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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2018, 08:22:18 PM »
Just bought some organic lychees in whole foods yesterday.

I paid about $8.99 for a quart of them.  Not sure the actual weight.

BTW they were excellent.

Just for a frame of reference, have you had fresh lychees before not from the grocery store?
GLPg tag:

"Redland Raised - Organically produced Lychee at Green Groves for Bee Heaven Farm.  Fresh from Florida."

Website for the farm is listed www.green-groves.com.  Organic certification #0167GLP.

Will be making a trip to South Florida sometime over the next week or so for work, so I'll make the run to a few of the mango growers on the forum and a few members to pick-up / drop-off some plants for some exchanges.  I'll probably make a stop at a Lychee farm as well.  Is there anybody who you would recommend that I stop at?  Like I said, these were excellent - nice combination of sweet and tart.  I ended up eating 3 or 4 of them and my eldest son ate the rest.  He is a soccer player and very particular about what he eats so for him to finish off the fruit is a win for me.

very interested which cultivar it is.

do you live close to florida? i’ve never seen florida lychees in store before

Andrew - I live in Longwood, Florida - a small city to the Northeast of Orlando.  The whole foods that I goto is located in Altamote Springs, FL.  I know a bunch of people nationally have been complaining about Whole Foods lately but our local store has been very well stocked with a good amount of local food available. 

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« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2018, 10:36:40 PM »
Yep 5 to 8 sounds reasonable, with the $8 mark being for the "niche" cultivars such as sweet heart. I got used to buying mauritius for $2 - $3 a pound back when we had all those cool winters in the early 2010's.

My sweet heart has one solitary fruit :D. The cool weather was great for lychee bloom, but my trees got blown apart when irma came through the previous summer, so they were much more focused on growing.

If they are red and not black . i would say they are fresh. $15.00 a pound is to much.  $5.to $8 is fair
Jeff  :-)

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« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2018, 04:36:11 PM »
Southwest Ranches Farmers Market on Flamingo Rd. sells lychees $7.00 a pound as of Wednesday.