The Tropical Fruit Forum

fruitfool

i got it from jene's many years ago as an atemoya, but personally i think its a sugar apple.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kanku123/38845496195/in/dateposted/

mauritious

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kanku123/38760447705/in/photostream/

olan

As I said they have become rather rare, at least in my area. sometimes we go through an entire season without seeing any being sold. Definitely not in supermarkets as their shelf life is not as good as larger firmer varieties.

Have air layered in the past and trees still doing well but agree that grafted ones were much more vigorous and heathy.

Hi. My opinion is that achachairu even though having very light colouring on new growth, yours seem much too white instead of light pinkish bronze colour.

achachairu by ronald lyn, on Flickr

Good info Jani. I think we all know here that we are borderline as it goes to the optimum lychee climate. Both in temperatures and fall rains coming at the wrong times. So we need alot to go just right.
girdling for me can still be a hit or miss exploit especially if we don't have a cool winter.  (for me low 60s with an ocational dip below 60 in the nights)
However compared to ungirdled trees there is a definite improvement in production. 
Other threes in the area flower with without girdling but personally I have been more consistent with it.
On a fifteen ft tree that has done well I would expect between 100 and 200lbs. Larger trees much more.
Brewsters are looking the best I have seen them girdled or not, I only have two of those trees, all the others are Mauritius.

Nice healthy looking panicles, what variety is it?

Simon I agree. But what I can't figure is why it is when the sun is at its least harshest and why only at that particular time of year. So is there  nutrients that would make them more resistant to this if it is sunburn is what I'm asking.

 I'm about as far away from the beach as you can get,  over 2000 feet above sea level in the town of Mandeville. Here are a few more pics for the 'hardcore' lychee fanatics.

                              100_2598 by kanku123, on Flickr      

most of that early flowers came out with a mixture of leaves and bloom. The leaves have fallen luckily. a little hard to see from photo.   

                              100_2594 by kanku123, on Flickr      

This is between 15 and 25 feet up in the canopy.                                                      

The ortanique's origin is not far from where i am in Jamaica. There is a huge variation in quality in the fruit in Jamaica depending on where it is planted. Most  groves with the better quality are at some elevation. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kanku123/2938706748/

Thanks Greenthumb.

I am in the hills (Mandeville) of Jamaica

hello all. Its been a while since I have been on and of course I couldn't help seeing this thread.
 Just picked the last of my maurishous crop here in the hills of Jamaica today. In our town it has been a good year with many trees giving better than average yields. (even though that's not saying much as I think only a small percentage fruit yearly)
In my experience here only over 1500 ft elevation do you stand any chance of having good flowering. Well that was what I thought until we heard of a tree bearing close to the capital city of Kingston. A friend checked it out and confirmed that indeed there was this 'freak' of nature. Well being the compulsive lychee farmers we didn't rest until we got a few air layers of this tree. The hope is that if it bears in Kingston then it should be even more consistent in Mandeville, Or so I hope.