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Pancrazio:
I have a young sweetheart lychee that seems willing to start growing after the winter.
The question is: how i should prune it? Obviously the objective is keeping the plant small, since it should stay in pot for his entire life.
I have seen a lot of video a heard quite a bit about mango pruning but now that i came to this little plant i realized that i haven't a clue about what to do.
Any suggestion? I know that we have here some avid lychee growers that for one reason or another are forced to keep their plant in pots... i'm seeking advice.

lycheeluva:
do you have any  pics?
how big is the plant- how big is the container- i would not have thought there is any need to prune for several years. lychees are pretty slow growing in containers

fruitlovers:
Is it an air layer (marcott)? If so they tend to put most of their energy first couple of years into growing their root system, and there we be little or no above soil growth.
Oscar

Pancrazio:
@lycheeluva: No, i don't have any pic. Not now, at least: it is still in greenhouse. The plant is very little (i'd say 3 foot tall) and the pot is little too (7 gallon? i really don't understand how translate litres with gallons, every converter seems to say different from each other; anyway the pot is 35 litres).
Ok so, i'll try to look what it does this year.

@frutilovers: Yes, it is a marcott. I dunno how old it is, i bought it in september, i simply was worried because the twigs have a V shape and i thought it needed some formation pruning.

fruitlovers:

--- Quote from: Pancrazio on February 27, 2012, 07:24:58 AM ---@lycheeluva: No, i don't have any pic. Not now, at least: it is still in greenhouse. The plant is very little (i'd say 3 foot tall) and the pot is little too (7 gallon? i really don't understand how translate litres with gallons, every converter seems to say different from each other; anyway the pot is 35 litres).
Ok so, i'll try to look what it does this year.

@frutilovers: Yes, it is a marcott. I dunno how old it is, i bought it in september, i simply was worried because the twigs have a V shape and i thought it needed some formation pruning.

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At this stage no pruning is necessary. Wait for really active growth spurt before you start pruning. A liter is roughly same amount as a quart. There are 4 quarts in a gallon. So roughly also 4 liters in a gallon. So a 35 litre pot would be around 9 gallon size (9.24 to be exact).
Oscar

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