My Edible Fruit Trees: Lychee Trees QLD

Lychee - Kwai May Pink (B3) (Grafted) ^10/10

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This lychee is doing awesome in the ground.

Turns out they like slightly acidic soil, so it's been planted next to our blueberry hedge to take advantage of the work already done to acidify that area. It suffered shock and stress when we first planted it, lost all its leaves and appeared dormant over Christmas, however it's green, leafy, happy and thriving now.

Still too little t produce, but it attempted to fruit last year (kept our local bees happy!) but dropped all its fruit. Maybe this year or next year we will get a harvest but, even if not, patience is key. 

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Lychee - Wai Chee (Cutting)

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Plant (marcot) arrived in May 2020 in great condition with soil still damp. Will plant this into a pot after 1-2 weeks outside and provide updates. 

Spring 2021 - Has put on most of new growth at the bottom of the plant (?pretty sure this is not from rootstock or anything as plant is a marcot). Very slow growing. 

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lychee - Wai Chee (Cutting) ^8/10

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Flowering Nov09

Planted: 2000

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2007 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Lychee - Salathiel

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 Photo taken before top dressed (Apr 10) since then the tree has responded quite well & shows that they can grow fast

Planted: 2000

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2006 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Native Lychee

Planted: 2019

Native Lychee (Seedling) ^4/10

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Nice tree, takes a bit to get them started though, they seem to like heavy mulching, and fairly consistent applications of liquid fertilizer, however there is no fruit just yet, but it did have flowers last year 2015.

Not a native Lychee, just don't know how to go back to start of this particular record.

Its a Lychee KIAMANA...

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Planted: 2012

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Very light Seasol, Dynamic Lifter, Miracle Grow, Magnesium Sulphate

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control: Copper Oxychloride

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

What fertilizer should i use??

Should i use Potash on Lychee before flowering??

Lychee - Wai Chee (Grafted) ^10/10

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Fruit tastes great and tree looks attractive

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 1984

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1986 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Pest Control:

nil

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Wai Chee

Lychee - Bosworth 3 (Cutting)

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Update: 09-Dec-2011: None of the tiny fruits matured. But the tree is getting new leaves. New pic attached.

This is a marcotted tree which had already flowered when i bought from a nursery here called Plant Factory last weekend.

I intend on pruning and keeping this one small as well.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Question: Can i restrict it to a height of around 8-10 feet?

Lychee ^5/10

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lychee - No Mai Chi (Grafted) ^7/10

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Lychee - Wai Chee ^10/10

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Wai Chee

Lychee - Bosworth 3 ^2/10

Planted: 2008

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 50% in After Fruiting

Question: When we purchased the property there was a mature lychee in the backyard.  There have been problems with erinose mite.  The last time it fruited, we were able to pick from the lower branches, but the upper ones were attacked by bats.  We got an arborist to prune the tree and I wanted the top lopped off, but he pruned it back into a rounded shape.  He said lopping the top would killl the tree.  It has now leafed out and fruited with all the fruit out of reach.  We have bats at night and rainbow lorikeets during the day. My poor hubby picks buckets of fallen fruit which I have been composting.  I now think this might be a bad idea as we seem to have flies.  They are bigger than the little flies you get when over ripe fruit sits on the counter.  They actually look like little cockroaches - brown with a black stripe. 2cm long.  We live in Mossman Queensland.  I would appreciate any advice on where to go from here.  The back garden is awful at the moment with all these little flies, and we have a fruit tree that we get no fruit from..

Lychee - Wai Chee

Comments: - Love Lychees.   This year has been my best harvest.  I took some extra care of it and watered it weekly from August to December.  I keep them pruned to reachable height and have no problems with fruit bats or possums/

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2009

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Neutraorg

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Pest Control: Had to spray for Erinose mites - Do this in August/September as soon as new shoots start growing.  This is characterised by fluffy growth on flower tips and leaves will look bubbled and when you flip over, will have rusty red blotches.  Also spr

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Wai Chee (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Dwarf

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Lychee - Bosworth 3 (Seedling) ^8/10

Fruiting Months December

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Lychee - Wai Chee (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: - Extremely slow growing and very sensitive to fertiliser and water, I made the mistake of fertilising it and it never fully recovered.  Do not use fertiliser on the plant for the first few years as they have there own store of nutrients (I learnt that the hard way).  It is still alive though and growing, there are no large growth spurts like most trees though so you will have to be very patient.

Planted: 2012

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Lychee - Salathiel (Grafted) ^9/10

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New shoots in spring. So far no flowers. I Have had a casualty for this variety but got another one as it is meant to be worth it .

Pollination: No

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Lychee - Wai Chee (Grafted) ^8/10

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This tree hardley ever gets fed or watered and just thrives.

Planted: 2005

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

No pests

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Native Lychee

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Height 1 Feet

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Lychee - Wai Chee

Qty: 2

Lychee - Wai Chee

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Wai Chee (Grafted)

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Dwarf variety, seems happy so far

have given it lots of rain water, and lychee shells after reading forum

flowering now, spring 2012 - interesting to see what develops!

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lychee - Wai Chee (Cutting)

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One of my favourite fruits.  I know there are better varieties, but I had to think of size of tree - this is a dwarf.  These should still taste as good, if not better than the tired old ones at the supermarket!  Planted early Feb. and had a new flush shortly after.  Planted in direct line of rain-water run-off - is in a mound on a slope , and seems to be healthy and happy.

Had some chlorosis developing on new growth - problem solved with Zinc /Manganese foliar feed (and a good gound soak too!) May have to treat anually?

Update: now Sept. (plant in ground for 7 months) and flower buds developing. Too young to allow to fruit yet though.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed and Seasol

Pest Control:

Nil required yet.

Question: