Author Topic: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?  (Read 2412 times)

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Just wondering if anyone ever one the generic lottery with a lychee seedling that fruited in under 4-6 6 6 years
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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2022, 12:54:20 AM »
Nope, at one point, I had over 100 Lychee seedlings that were between 1-3 feet tall but none of them flowered in under six years.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2022, 05:54:41 AM »
I'm in California so they probably grow much slower than Florida.  My seedling took over 15 years to bloom.  It flowered for the first time 2 years ago.  Fortunately, it produced delicious fruits with the dry type flesh. I airlayered some and plan to grow it in a few different spots. Hoping it's more adapted to socal.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2022, 10:28:30 AM »
Eggo, that’s awesome! Do you happen to have pictures of the fruit? We have multiple Lychee seedlings growing out at Brads place so hopefully some of them will turn out good.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2022, 06:02:48 PM »
Are airlayers quicker to produce than are seedlings?

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2022, 06:48:01 PM »
Yes, air-layered and grafted lychee should fruit in 2 yrs typically if you got the branch from a fruiting tree.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2022, 08:15:31 PM »
We grew a single Emperor seedling that fruited in 5 years. The fruit was almost identical to Emperor. I have posted about it before, but it seems like the older the variety the less chance of fruiting early. Multiple Brewster seedlings for example took 20+ years to fruit.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2022, 06:17:04 PM »
That’s an interesting point. Makes sense since modern breeding efforts probably don’t wait more than 10 years from seed to evaluate fruit.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2022, 10:37:41 PM »
That’s an interesting point. Makes sense since modern breeding efforts probably don’t wait more than 10 years from seed to evaluate fruit.

Yes, especially since early bearing seems to be synonymous with regular bearing. The more generations we select for trees thst bear consistently, the greater the chance for early bearing. Directed selection--if you will.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2022, 08:31:46 PM »
Simon, unfortunately I got a new phone this year and have a hard time finding the pictures. It's blooming again so I'll take a picture of this year's fruits.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2022, 11:28:19 PM »
Not sure if fruits will set and hold. However, this is the earliest bloomer I've seen. The tree is in my possession now but i didnt plant the seed. My friend assured me that a seed was planted there instead of a sucker from the bigger tree in the same pot.



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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2022, 11:59:01 PM »
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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2022, 12:04:51 AM »
Not sure if fruits will set and hold. However, this is the earliest bloomer I've seen. The tree is in my possession now but i didnt plant the seed. My friend assured me that a seed was planted there instead of a sucker from the bigger tree in the same pot.




Have you tried clearing the dirt on top to see if it’s on its own roots? Could be branch that formed lower. This is incredible if it’s actually it’s own plant. From the looks of it, it doesn’t seem to be on its own
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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2022, 12:14:48 AM »
Not sure if fruits will set and hold. However, this is the earliest bloomer I've seen. The tree is in my possession now but i didnt plant the seed. My friend assured me that a seed was planted there instead of a sucker from the bigger tree in the same pot.




Have you tried clearing the dirt on top to see if it’s on its own roots? Could be branch that formed lower. This is incredible if it’s actually it’s own plant. From the looks of it, it doesn’t seem to be on its own

The tree is not mine. I didnt want to risk it. My friend allowed me to borrow it so that I can make an airlayer for myself.

The bigger tree is sweet cherry from Ongs. We'll know if the fruit looks and taste different.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2023, 11:07:17 PM »
Updating this post with a picture of the aforementioned fruits off the seedling Emperor. As you can see, the fruits are basically identical to Emperor.




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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2023, 11:28:23 PM »
Simon planted a lychee seedling here 3 or so years ago and it is now flowering. 
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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2023, 07:01:43 AM »
Simon planted a lychee seedling here 3 or so years ago and it is now flowering.

That is very fast, I hope it turns out to be a good one!

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2023, 08:47:52 AM »
5 years for Emperor, 6 years Fei zi xiao,12 years Nuomici none of them were spectacular you need to plant
 "a lot" of seed to get something special.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2023, 12:18:50 PM »
I had a small lychee tree planted in ground and it fruited with 3 fruits after 2yrs from planting it. It was seedless and tasted good, but I should not have let it hold the fruits, after that it ended up dying. I don't remember if it was a seedling I grew or a small plant I purchased online.









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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2023, 01:12:48 PM »
I had a small lychee tree planted in ground and it fruited with 3 fruits after 2yrs from planting it. It was seedless and tasted good, but I should not have let it hold the fruits, after that it ended up dying. I don't remember if it was a seedling I grew or a small plant I purchased online.









That's sucks,  really sad for your lost.
Simon planted a lychee seedling here 3 or so years ago and it is now flowering. 
Hi Brad, do you know what variety is the seed from?
Updating this post with a picture of the aforementioned fruits off the seedling Emperor. As you can see, the fruits are basically identical to Emperor.




is the flavor identical as well?

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2023, 06:22:25 PM »
Fruit4me, yes the flavor is like Emperor as well.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2023, 09:06:58 AM »
I have a seedless lychee from a tree in Fallbrook that is flowering now. The seed was planted in 2016. The tree is about 5 feet tall and pretty skinny.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2023, 04:09:50 PM »
My Lychee seedling from Supermarket-bought lychee flowered on the third year and fruited on the fourth year in San Diego.

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Re: Has anyone ever gotten a lychee seedling that fruited quickly?
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2023, 05:22:41 PM »
Good to hear all these seedling successes.

 

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