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Lychee Season 2025
Mysta:
--- Quote from: happyhana on February 05, 2025, 10:03:56 PM ---Alcohol, soap, and hydrogen peroxide? What is the origin and effectiveness of this mix?
I’ve only read about wettable sulfur and have been using this regularly on my trees. It knocks the mite back for a time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej-NJjEJJ6U
I actually apprehensively tried this on something that I thought was for sure a goner and it worked, YMMV but seems like a great last resort if someone is planning to give up on something.
8 cup - Water
1/4 cup - Teatree (Woods Tea Tree Liquid Castile Soap)
1/4 cup - Peppermint(Woods Peppermint Liquid Castile Soap)
1 tablespoon - 1% Peroxide(or 1 tsp 3% peroxide)
1 cup - 70% Alcohol
Think the idea is alcohol will break down the peroxide over time so you couldn't buy this 'pre formulated' and the soaps don't really 'mix' with the other ingredients and server to help over time(eggs/larva) while the alcohol/peroxide work to kill quickly.
K-Rimes:
I had an unidentified mite issue on some of my pitangas and a similar blend of natural oils was what ended up eradicating them. I can see it being effective for mites of all varieties. Cool to hear that it worked for you!
BurkTheMangoLover:
these threads NEVER stay on topic.
Woodinitbean_ice:
--- Quote from: BurkTheMangoLover on February 05, 2025, 03:38:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: Woodinitbean_ice on February 05, 2025, 12:27:46 PM ---I've got a 9 yr old sweetheart. No flowers this year, however, it's got LEM and it's a losing battle. I think I'm going to rip the poor thing out and put a mango in its spot. The juice ain't worth the squeeze I guess.
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Sorry to hear that. How many years has it produced for you? How big is your tree?
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It produced in 2021 and in 2024, both times the fruit was eaten off by birds and squirrels while still green. The tree is about 12-15 ft tall and has about an 8-11 in diameter trunk. The limbs expand outward about 6-8 ft.
K-Rimes:
--- Quote from: BurkTheMangoLover on February 06, 2025, 11:57:16 AM ---these threads NEVER stay on topic.
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Engagement in your thread, even if slightly off topic, is still good stuff. We're not talking mangoes all of a sudden, still lychee!
To bring it back your original question:
This is my first year with producing lychee where I live! There are two seedlings in the yard which are 20 some years old and likely of Brewster descent. I look forward to seeing them produce, and regardless of if the seed is huge and flavor so-so, I'll still be eating them by the bushel.
I planted a Sweetheart at a client of mine last year, and I hope to see it put on some serious weight this year. I hear they're fickle here in CA, but I am hopeful. He is in a cherry climate here that is both a teensy bit cooler than the ocean adjacent zone, but not so cold as the mountains, so should get a nice chill hour effect for flowering each year.
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