My Edible Fruit Trees: Longan Trees

Diamond River Longan ^8/10

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Diamond River Longan

Propagated from seeds, this is one of the many types of Longan trees that I am growing. The Diamond River variety is said to be a reliable producer. Once at maturity it should produce fruit year in and year out without fail.

Planted: 2016

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

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Hi Linton, I noticed that your Diamond River Longan is going well. I am not too far from you and wanted to go one from seeds. If I can successfully get a plant from the seedling, I intend to grow it on the pot so that I can bring it into the house during the winter months. Do you have any tips on how to grow the Longan tree successfully based on your experience? Looking forward to your reply and thanking you in anticipation. Patrick

Hi Patrick Sorry but I don't have any spare Diamond River Longans left but you can buy seeds of it from Fruitlovers Nursery in Hawaii and they will send them here. It is not the best variety to grow as the fruit are a bit small. I do have a large fruiting Thai variety spare if you are interested in that one and it was grown from seed. There is a Longan tree in Springvale that has had fruit over Summer and they will grow outdoors in Melbourne. They don't need to be brought inside over Winter. But seed grown trees take a long time to fruit, maybe 7 - 10 years so it's better to get a grafted one in you can afford it as they will fruit much quicker. I had flowers on a grafted Longan this year that I have only had for 6 months so I expect it to fruit next year. Cheers!

Longan ^1/10

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Last summer was particularly harsh.

Pollination: No

Longan

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Sapindaceae

Dimocarpus longan

Longan

India

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Longan

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Kohala seedling, usda 9B

2014-10-31 H50cm

2014-11-22 leaves got sunburnt on sat at 32c, so it is moved to medium sun location.

Longan

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Supplier - Cabramatta asian market

Seedling when I

Longan Seedling

Comments: - I have tried a few Marcotted varieties of Longan and Lychee but they have all died in my garden despite best possible care.  I have a few seedlings raised from fruits bought from the market.  These were very large fruits.  I was skeptical as seedlings are often inferior and the fruit may be small and worthless.  However, these trees are much tougher than the marcotted ones and they have survived the coastal gusty storms of Perth.  After 14 years it finally started to flower last year and had a few fruits which were amazingly large and fleshy and yummy.  Hoping for a larger crop this year but we have experienced record storm this year and a lot of the flowers are damaged... will see how it goes. I have high hopes for this tree.

Fruiting Months July

Planted: 1998

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 14 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Fijian Longan

Fijian Longan

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Fijian Longan (Seedling) ^5/10

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, seasol

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Longan - Biew Kiew

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A tough tree, but slow establishment; Special care is needed when new leaves come out on very hot days, as the heat can easily burn them. No problem to survive the Winter in NSW, just hibernate in Winter. Grow around 30cm yearly.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

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any self pollinating longan fruit tree? Is this longan tree suit to plant in robinvale? The weather here can have frost in winter and up to 45 degree in summer.

Longan - Biew Kiew (Cutting) ^6/10

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Longan - Biew Kiew

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nice- easy to grow

Longan - Biew Kiew

Longan - Biew Kiew (Grafted) ^8/10

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, seasol

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Longan - Biew Kiew

Pollination: No

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Tall thin tree, no fruit yet. Has been in ground for about 3 years.

Longan - Biew Kiew

Longan - Biew Kiew

Longan - Biew Kiew

Longan - Biew Kiew ^8/10

Comments: - Water: 3d

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Longans appear to need a short dry season for best flowering, although not as pronounced as for lychees. They are fairly wind resistant and do better in a humid environment.

Like full sun, hot temp (20-35c), well drained soil

Longan - Biew Kiew

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Longan - Biew Kiew

Pollination: No

Longan - Chompoo (Grafted) ^8/10

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, seasol

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Longan - Chompoo (Cutting) ^7/10

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Chose this variety based on internet descriptions of fruit taste. Extremely slow growing. Fruit rather small but nice sweet taste.

Have now (2016) moved it to a different spot with different soil and it is growing better.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Nil.

Longan - Chompoo (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Longan - Chompoo

Longan - Chompoo ^6/10

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Needs protection from wind when young. Do not overuse nitrogen fertilizers. Plant was pruned by horse to my discomfort.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Longan - Chompoo

Longan - Chompoo (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2016

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Longan - Chompoo ^9/10

Comments: - Marcotted so it starts fruiting straight away. I pruned the fruitlets off for the first year, left some for the scond year - but I probably should just let the tree focus on growing instead. It seems a bit less fussy than the Kohala when it comes to the bore water and rarely gets chlorosis. It might be a varietal difference, or not. 

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets.

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Where are you located ? Thanks

Longan - Haew (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2010

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, seasol

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic