My Edible Fruit Trees: Lychee Trees QLD

Dimocarpus australianus - Native Lychee

Dwarf Lychee ^7/10

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I don't like the taste of lychee but my I know a lot of people who do so this tree is for others enjoyment. Dwarf from so I can fit more trees in! It's looking a bit scraggly and may be due to lack of water.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Lychee ^5/10

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lychee (Grafted) ^9/10

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this is some rare delicious type I will check what it is later on. Fresh lychees are sooooo much better then supermarket lychees. The trees are stunning features in a yard too.

Height 70 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: mulch

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

lychee

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Put some good growth on this past year, though some of the new growth has been damaged after a particularly heavy frost this week.  It's living in it's big pot up against the north facing side of the house and gets some good warmth through the day. 

Pollination: No

Lychee (not sure what variety) (Grafted)

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(2011) So far all fruit has fallen - maybe too young.

Shaded from winds and too much sun in a banana grove.

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

NO water given - it rains enough!

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 - Bosworth 3

Comments: - Im growing this Kwai Mai Pink (B-3) tree in a pot. Has fruited second year in pot. Very tough compared to other Lychees.

Planted: 2010

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

This is great, BJ. I have a dwarf wai chee in a pot, 4 years old and never fruited (it lost all its leaves for a while last year) in central western Brisbane. It sounds as though Bosworth 3 would be better. I have heard Anette McFarlane say that conditions for lychee fruiting are right in Brisbane about once every ten years.

Yes Diana, the B-3 will fruit every year here. Many others are biennial at best, but B-3 will crop heavily each year, even with heavy pruning at the right times and in a pot if you can keep it under control. Many other types are unsuited to pots due to their reluctance to fruit after pruning. The other suitable pot specimen is the Salathiel, but it bears biennially, but bears well when it does, and is a much smaller tree with one of the best fruits.

Do u recommend it growing in a Pot? how much avg harvest u get/year ?

Lychee - Bosworth 3 ^7/10

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I just love lychees. This tree is only very young and has struggled to get moving. I mulched the tree with mulch purchased from the local rubbish tip and it has taken off. New growth abounding which is a little odd for winter time. All my trees seem to have enjoyed warmer roots. I must admit to have tried a lychee many years ago without success. But they are grown commercially here so perhaps my management wasn't the best. Here's hoping for better luck this time.

Height 75 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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 - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Height 1 Feet

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lychee - Bosworth 3 ^9/10

Planted: 2009

Height 60 Centimetres

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pest Control:

nil

Lychee - Bosworth 3 ^8/10

Comments: -

the fruit are fantastic but youhave to be quick to beat the birds and foxes

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2003

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question:

when should they be fertilized

Lychee - Bosworth 3

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 - Bosworth 3

Comments: -

like the fruit

have just ordered tree

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 - No Mai Chi

Comments: - Variety - litchi chinensis

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

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

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Lychee - No Mai Chi

Pollination: No

Comments

Brilliant taste, attractive foliage.

Lychee - No Mai Chi

Lychee - Salathiel ^5/10

Lychee - Salathiel

Lychee - Salathiel (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

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

Comments

test

test

Lychee - Salathiel

Lychee - Salathiel

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Salathiel

Comments: -

 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