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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pale Lychee Leaves Help
« on: January 07, 2023, 11:02:02 PM »
Hello,

I have some potted lychee trees that I am trying to grow in a temperate climate (Melbourne, Australia, 9b/10a). The plants overweathered the winter in a greenhouse but promptly lost their leaves in spring, and many have been re-growing them. The Erdon Lee has had very pale leaves, that have not turned a darker green like all my other lychee trees (same care). The leaves stay this way for much longer than other young leaves, and they seem about to burn from the summer heat (they are partly shaded). I have sprayed the leaves multiple times with trace elements (in pictures). The pH of the soil is acidic 6.5, which is how I understand lychees like it. The soil is moist and well-draining. Only this one lychee tree is affected out of several lychee trees that I have.

Photos of the Erdon Lee and a comparison lychee tree are provided for comparison.

Do you know what the problem might be? Thank you for your help.










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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Japanese pear variety similar to Syzygium malaccense
« on: November 25, 2022, 03:12:45 AM »
ZOMG!! I have been after mountain apple (I'm from Hawaii), and I've tried t raise and killed so many S. malaccense trees. I will definitely look into it, but they are probably not in Australia yet. . .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Central Florida Food Forest planning ideas
« on: November 23, 2022, 06:29:39 PM »
Hello, Melbourne, Australia is does not have a huge community, but there are forum on Dayley's website with a whole thread on fruiting plants that will grow here. It is quite cold (for Australia) with short summers. We are supposed to be 9b, but ppl say all the way from 9a to 10. There is also a heat island effect if you are near the city. The more tolerant plants are loquots, pepinos, stone fruit, blueberries, cane berries (blackberry, raspberry, etc). More marginal are banana (some varieties will grow), some mangoes (but it is definitely a marginal climate), lychee/longan!! I am experimenting but lychee is from the subtropics and regions of China that can be quite cold. I have pea-sized fruit on mine and I have seen a youtube video of a woman picking huge lychee fruit from a tree in Melbourne. Longan is supposedly more tolerant of a range of climates.

The whether spark website (below) allows you to compare climates of your area with others around the world, so very good for finding other places that may have similar fruit tree viability as yours. Also just great info on your own climate.

https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/tropical-fruit-trees-successfuly-grown-in-melbourne/

https://weatherspark.com/

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Pests, Diseases, and Nutritional Problems
« on: November 23, 2022, 05:16:03 PM »
Is this one of the common mango diseases? It looks like a powdery black mildew (powdery mildew?) but the photos I see online are more of a whitish powdery appearance. This is black moldy looking stuff affecting the deep part of the flower pannicle (and stem part). Thre is also some spider web looking stuff--which is what I saw initially and left it alone. What is it? Should I act?

Thank you for having a look! :D


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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / Dwarf Storey's scions available (inner West Melb AUS)
« on: August 28, 2022, 07:52:07 PM »
Just pruned back my Dwarf Storey's apricot tree this morning. I know it's nothing fancy, but does anybody want to make a trade for apricot or other stone fruit scions (nectarine (anything yummy), peach, cherry (Rainier), etc). I will dry them off and chuck them in the fridge for the time being. I am in the inner West in Melbourne, Australia. Would be good to meet some gardeners in the area.






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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Pearl Mango Tree (keep or ditch)
« on: May 13, 2022, 08:40:19 PM »
Thanks, I will see how it does.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Pearl Mango Tree (keep or ditch)
« on: May 08, 2022, 02:29:40 AM »
From some of the forums here, I hear that the Pearl mango is related to Keitt, which I do not care for (at least not the brightly colored ones that I see in the grocery store in Melboure). The Pearl has been grafted, and the bottom of the tree (unknown variety) is starting to sprout leaves. I was debating whether to spend my energy on a better variety, or keep it around and see how well it does in Melbourne. Does anyone know what it is likely to be grafted onto (if the bottom is worth keeping)?



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee grafted onto Longan?
« on: May 06, 2022, 06:35:29 PM »
Hello all,

I had a couple of failed attempts at grafting, but one may have possibly taken. It has been about 2.5 weeks (I couldn't wait till three). I have grafted it onto a bigger stem that still has longan leaves coming from it. Once I think it has taken, should I cut off anything that is above it to encourage growth of the graft? Do I just cincture it? Or best to cut it off (I'm not too attached anyway, plenty more longan branches). **I may have unwrapped the branch prematurely as it is now (a few days later) not looking as green :( finger's crossed***



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee grafted onto Longan?
« on: September 11, 2021, 01:28:33 AM »
Hello and thank you for your quick responses! Seems like it would be a good idea to wait until next year (although if I am impatient, maybe I will try bud grafting in the mean time). Longan is supposed to do decently well in Melbourne, but planting it in the ground could be a good start (the rest of my sub/tropicals I am planning on keeping them in pots for a year or two to protect them in the the winter).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee grafted onto Longan?
« on: September 10, 2021, 11:10:12 AM »
Hello, great work on your trees. Amazing to know that is possible. I am in Melbourne, Aus, where it is marginal (like Cali) for lychee (too far south!). I just read through the entire thread twice. I just bought a Kohala (looks air-layered) and B3 (Kwai Mai Pink). It is spring here which fits with what Tony714 did; although looks like Fruit4you started mid-summer. I haven't grafted before, so I am a bit hesitant to try on my just-purchased plants.

--Did you both use cleft grafts Tony714 and Fruit4you's?
--Do you want young wood for both the scion AND the root stock? It is a bit hard for me to tell if any of these stems/branches are appropriate, as I have just purchased the plant and have not seen the growth myself.
--Since there are already leaves on both, is it too late in the season to graft? The plants were sent down from a warmer climate, so I wonder if they had already started growing for the season. There are small sprouts of new growth at the top of both trees.
--I would appreciate any opinions on the branches in the photos and whether you think some might be appropriate. The first 2 are longan, the second 2 are lychee. A chopstick is included for comparison.









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