Looking For Lychee Fruits (Trade?)

[Jaboticaba45]

Hello Everyone,
Lychee season is beginning in FL...
Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to FL in time for lychees.
Anyone have some fruit they are willing to send out?
I'd be down to trade for some stuff
Have lots of cool stuff sitting around.
Please send me a message!

[Sir Graftalot]

Reading this got me thinking - why are folks like you and I here? I mean, don't you have a mature fruiting lychee tree growing? And you still need to plead for the fruit? This tells me that all of the effort I'm putting into grow these potted trees in my backyard might not produce the amount of fruits I want, if any at all.😢

Hello Everyone,
Lychee season is beginning in FL...
Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to FL in time for lychees.
Anyone have some fruit they are willing to send out?
I'd be down to trade for some stuff
Have lots of cool stuff sitting around.
Please send me a message!

[Jaboticaba45]

Reading this got me thinking - why are folks like you and I here? I mean, don't you have a mature fruiting lychee tree growing? And you still need to plead for the fruit? This tells me that all of the effort I'm putting into grow these potted trees in my backyard might not produce the amount of fruits I want, if any at all.😢

Hello Everyone,
Lychee season is beginning in FL...
Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to FL in time for lychees.
Anyone have some fruit they are willing to send out?
I'd be down to trade for some stuff
Have lots of cool stuff sitting around.
Please send me a message!

I did but it got frozen unfortunately
But yes gh growing will not get you enough fruits👍
I mean yes, I could see myself producing around 100-200lbs of lychee in my greenhouse if I planted several trees, but the reward is just not worth it compared to other places
Its also a long time investment and maybe another freeze comes along who knows…

I mean I got to fl at least twice a year to get fruits and other stuff, never gonna produce enough on a greenhouse scale here unless it’s super big but once you get to that stage, it’s more feasible to buy land in FL or somewhere else I think
Of course this goes as lychee not producing sufficient amounts of fruits in pots….
Whereas some other stuff will do better like yangmei and jabos

But the main fun I see is just collecting and trying new stuff

[Galatians522]

I will reach out to you when the season starts here if time permits. We are always about two weeks behind south Florida (not to mention that a lot of growers down there start picking about a week before the fruit is ripe).

[K-Rimes]

Reading this got me thinking - why are folks like you and I here?

Small plants which don't need a lot of stature to fruit well such as eugenia, jabo, etc are all worthy of your efforts. Big trees like lychees, white sapote, etc I wouldn't bother with in your shoes unless you have them in ground, insulated greenhouse, and you own the house.

[Sir Graftalot]

Sometime, just when you're about to throw in the towel, the fruit Gods toss you a bone...

[Jaboticaba45]

I will reach out to you when the season starts here if time permits. We are always about two weeks behind south Florida (not to mention that a lot of growers down there start picking about a week before the fruit is ripe).

Appreciate it a lot.
Thank you!

[Galatians522]

No problem!  Mid June is typically our peak season here.

[Jaboticaba45]

Sometime, just when you're about to throw in the towel, the fruit Gods toss you a bone...

Don’t give up!
I have a friend in that a similar position as you
I think we just gotta be real with ourselves and grow what is doable.
And then if really dedicated maybe move or find land tropical 

[Sir Graftalot]

Yeah, really thinking about it. I have a childhood buddy just recently moved to Tampa.

Sometime, just when you're about to throw in the towel, the fruit Gods toss you a bone...

Don’t give up!
I have a friend in that a similar position as you
I think we just gotta be real with ourselves and grow what is doable.
And then if really dedicated maybe move or find land tropical 

[Galatians522]

Yeah, really thinking about it. I have a childhood buddy just recently moved to Tampa.

Sometime, just when you're about to throw in the towel, the fruit Gods toss you a bone...

Don’t give up!
I have a friend in that a similar position as you
I think we just gotta be real with ourselves and grow what is doable.
And then if really dedicated maybe move or find land tropical 

Real estate experts are predicting a 5% drop in home prices here over the next 7 months... At that point homes will only be 195% over priced. 

[elouicious]

Reading this got me thinking - why are folks like you and I here? I mean, don't you have a mature fruiting lychee tree growing? And you still need to plead for the fruit? This tells me that all of the effort I'm putting into grow these potted trees in my backyard might not produce the amount of fruits I want, if any at all.😢

The first problem is assuming you could ever have enough Lychee

[Tropical Sunshine]

Never say never…I am in awe at how meticulous the Japanese take care of the Miyazaki mango trees in controlled environments. Science combined with farmers’ dedication, respect to the Japanese farming culture!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ1C4OFI-o8

[K-Rimes]

Never say never…I am in awe at how meticulous the Japanese take care of the Miyazaki mango trees in controlled environments. Science combined with farmers’ dedication, respect to the Japanese farming culture!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ1C4OFI-o8

Anything is possible with a sufficient greenhouse, and time to spare. Finding both of those for the home grower is a challenge.

[Tropical Sunshine]

That’s true as well…I think there should be a happy medium where ingenuity combined with simplicity may allow the average backyard growers a chance to harvest a particular fruit in what would otherwise be an inhospitable environment for that species…

[Jaboticaba45]

Yep
I realize, as well as everyone else,
That I’ll spend much time and $ trying to get my trees to make some fruits, when one big tree in FL will make 20x the fruit or more😂
Now of course that’s not with it’s own problems like LEM etc
But the main limiting factor is climate and that’s what it is👍

I’m trying to balance tropical fruits with temperate stuff cause I have all the land I want
And with my tropical collection, I’m trying to grow the stuff that will be highly rewarding and rare
Stuff like mangos and lychee will fruit 2-3 years from planting in FL, so not a big time investment
Whereas jabos will take up to 10 years even in FL too depending on variety

[Tropical Sunshine]

Have you thought about growing cold weather fruit trees or bushes such as seaberry, aronia, serviceberry, winterberry, or haskap?

I love to try out some of those exotic cold weather plants but I think you may have a better chance at succeeding at growing and fruiting them up in TN as opposed to where I am in Texas where relentless heat and humidity are pretty much the norm throughout the Summer month…

[Tropical Sunshine]

Disclaimer: DO NOT eat/ingest winterberry!

Please ignore the previous comment on winterberry.

I meant to include the wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, in the previous comment.

Again, winterberry is poisonous, DO NOT eat/ingest it!

[K-Rimes]

Have you thought about growing cold weather fruit trees or bushes such as seaberry, aronia, serviceberry, winterberry, or haskap?

I love to try out some of those exotic cold weather plants but I think you may have a better chance at succeeding at growing and fruiting them up in TN as opposed to where I am in Texas where relentless heat and humidity are pretty much the norm throughout the Summer month…

Even in zone 10a, I am quite interested in growing temperate fruit. High volume of fruit for very little investment of effort, time, or $. You spend more time reducing the fruit  load (thinning) than you do increasing it!

If I were in an inclement weather zone, yes, I would have my eugenia and jabo, but I'd be spending less than 10% of my effort on them.

Now, if I had the $ and owned a nice plot of land where I could erect a massive, glass, double wall, heated greenhouse... Perhaps my effort % would change. Half assing zone pushing is where I'm out. Been there done that, killed a lot of plants and didn't get any fruit off em.

[johnb51]

Do you happen to have a Dream atemoya plant?  I would try to send you some lychees in exchange for that.

[xesoteryc]

I just picked up some Lychees at 99 Market. $5 lb

[Bush2Beach]

Grown in Mexico or where ?

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I just picked up some Lychees at 99 Market. $5 lb
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[xesoteryc]

Grown in Mexico or where ?

quote author=xesoteryc link=topic=58806.msg556694#msg556694 date=1747516843]
I just picked up some Lychees at 99 Market. $5 lb

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Not sure it didn't say, here's how they look. Haven't got to them yet

[Jabba The Hutt]

Grown in Mexico or where ?

quote author=xesoteryc link=topic=58806.msg556694#msg556694 date=1747516843]
I just picked up some Lychees at 99 Market. $5 lb

Not sure it didn't say, here's how they look. Haven't got to them yet
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Dear God ..you should've saved your money! 

Might as well be eating unripe Ackee.

[Jaboticaba45]

Do you happen to have a Dream atemoya plant?  I would try to send you some lychees in exchange for that.

Unfortunately no👍
Thanks for reaching out though