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sunworshiper

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First home grown lychee!
« on: July 05, 2014, 05:03:14 PM »
My emperor lychee is fruiting for the first time this year. I harvested the first bunch of fruit today. It was excellent! Everything I hoped for! So sweet and juicy and delicious. And the fruit are absolutely huge! Most had big seeds, but of the 8 I had today, there was 1 with a chicken tongue. Will absolutely savor harvesting the rest over the next few days!

The tree


The bunch I harvested today


Look how big they are!



So happy my tree is finally of fruiting size!
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savemejebus

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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2014, 05:14:12 PM »
wow... congrats!

My wife thinks I'm willing to look at houses in Jupiter for better schools... little does she know I'm just ok with more chill hours for lychees...
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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2014, 07:08:12 PM »
Those look amazing! Did you happen to weigh any of them. I really need to add this variety to my collection. Your tree is absolutely beautiful. It would be worth planting even if it didn't produce any fruit.

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sunworshiper

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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2014, 10:07:42 PM »
Lol - more chill hours - savemejebus!

Simon, I weighed the biggest one (the one in my hand). It was 47 grams. I agree, they make beautiful landscape trees - and easiest to care for of my fruit trees. I definitely recommend it.
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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2014, 10:28:38 PM »
Was your lychee tree planted as a tree, or was it grown from seed?  If from seed how long did it take to fruit?  - Millet
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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2014, 10:50:33 PM »
Nice!

Great looking tree.  What do you use for insecticide/fungicide and is it the same stuff that you use on your mangoes?
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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2014, 07:21:05 AM »


Whoo Hoo Sun!!! I'm very excited for you! Your tree is SO pretty with those beautiful red fruits hanging on them...Congrats and enjoy  ;D
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sunworshiper

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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2014, 02:13:26 PM »
Thanks everyone!

Millet, I planted my tree in 2010 - I bought an air layered tree.


Rbody, the lychee is a remarkably disease free tree. I don't spray it at all usually. It is very sensitive to sprays - even foliar feedings. Very easy to burn the leaves. It generally does best left alone. If I need to control insects, I'll spray with neem either spring or fall when it isn't hot.
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Re: First home grown lychee!
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2014, 03:07:22 PM »
Sunworshiper - Thanks. Something is eating at my Sweetheart lychee leaves.  I just started spraying it with neem recently.  I'm assuming it is weevils because my Mauritius looks fine.
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