My Edible Fruit Trees: Lychee Trees


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Dimocarpus australianus - Native Lychee

BJ's Edible Fruits
Update: 5376 days 8hrs
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Dwarf Lychee 7/10

Emma1's Edible Fruits
Update: 5718 days 8hrs

Comments: -

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


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Lychee

DavidB's Edible Fruits
Update: 4127 days 17hrs

Comments: -

Died in pot due to accident

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination


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Comments

DavidB says... [5799 days 10hrs ago]
Grew these from seed 8 years ago and had to dig them out 2 years ago. waiting to reposition. healthy in a pot.

Lychee

Maisie's Edible Fruits
Update: 6117 days 12hrs

Comments: - I have a lychee tree that has a huge crop every year that the bats come and eat green before I get any ):

Pollination: Cross Pollination


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Lychee

Ellen's Edible Fruits
Update: 6077 days 10hrs

Comments: -

Supplier - Cabramatta asian market

Seedling

Planted in ground 10 yrs ago.

It gave me 4 fruits 2nd year but the snails beat me to it . Every year from then on it give plenty of flower but the snails beat me to it every year since then . However it had only grown 1- 1.5 M in height .

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1


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Lychee

Tecko1's Edible Fruits
Update: 6089 days 18hrs

Comments: -


 

Height 0.1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun


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Comments

Ellen says... [6087 days 21hrs ago]

Ellen says... [6087 days 21hrs ago]
If your plant is from seed, it will take a long long time before it will fruit for you. Since this is a very slow growing plant . Mine is in the ground and it was waist height when I put it in the ground, it has been 10yrs and it had only grown a bit more than 0.5m in height .
says... [5880 days 14hrs ago]

says... [5880 days 14hrs ago]
Has grown by about one foot since I last posted this picture. Due mainly to the hot weather last summer. I fed it lots of water both in the morning and evening.

Lychee

Daisy5's Edible Fruits
Update: 3742 days 9hrs

Comments: -

Bought 2 varieties of lychees, hakip and salathiel. Both were ok over the winter. Salathiel died in spring probably due to over fertilising.


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lychee

Sheree's Edible Fruits
Update: 5779 days 17hrs

Comments: -

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


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Lychee (Seedling) 10/10

Bizibee's Edible Fruits
Update: 5256 days 12hrs

Comments: -

Got two of ebay.  One died off and the other is doing very well in my Green house.  It is in a pot and is very small.

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic


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Lychee (Grafted) 9/10

MandaB's Edible Fruits
Update: 5588 days 18hrs

Comments: -

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


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Lychee 5/10

Kieren10441's Edible Fruits
Update: 2764 days 6hrs

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun


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Lychee (not sure what variety) (Grafted)

Kathyturner's Edible Fruits
Update: 5205 days 20hrs

Comments: -

(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


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Comments

kathyturner says... [5306 days 19hrs ago]
NO water given - it rains enough!

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

Kate816's Edible Fruits
Update: 1159 days 16hrs

Comments: -

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


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lychee - maguili

Gelasiolara1's Edible Fruits
Update: 4620 days 23hrs

Comments: - taste of fruit, out of sesason fruit ripening


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Lychee - No Idea

Kermit's Edible Fruits
Update: 4094 days 6hrs
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Lychee Kwai Mai Pink (Grafted) 7/10

Amanda's Edible Fruits
Update: 2546 days 17hrs

Comments: - Previously known as Bosworth 3. A compact tree here and has been quite challenging to get to fruit. It doesn't like the lime in our bore water so I have to use acidifying fertilisers to keep it green and happy. I can become a little chlorotic in our winters - so is perhaps chill-sensitive. Is very recalitrant to flower and fruit. Had no flowers this season due to a boron insufficiency, for eg.
I am hoping it will improve as it matures. When I do get fruit it is delicious of course.I have planted Tai So nearby in the hope that cross pollination might also help.
This tree was dug up 7yrs ago and relocated from Geraldton, so it is 10yrs old now.

Planted: 2008

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers balanced fertiliser alternating with organic slow release chook manure pellets, little and often


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Lychee Sah Keng (Cutting)

Markmelb's Edible Fruits
Update: 2764 days 17hrs

Comments: -


 Has died December 2017 - I read some Lychees can turn up their nose and kark it with no warning - Leaves curled and went totally backwards - will put a Mundu in its location in a year or so.

Was a Birdwood Lychee - Very slow growing but was growing well

2nd Pic  - one fruit Jan28 2016

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination


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Lychee Tai So 7/10

Amanda's Edible Fruits
Update: 2546 days 17hrs

Comments: - Marcotted. Only very small as yet. Doesn't like the lime in our bore water so has to managed the same as the Kwai Mai Pink we have. Tai So is reputed to be a more heat tolerant variety than Kwai Mai Pink - for Perth. It will be interesting to see how it performs in my slightly colder and wetter winters here. I am hoping that cross-pollination will improve fruit set for both lychees.

Planted: 2018

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers balanced, alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often


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lychee-princess

BobbyB's Edible Fruits
Update: 6113 days 19hrs

Comments: -

large


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Lychee - Baitaying (Cutting) 8/10

Maali's Edible Fruits
Update: 1641 days 15hrs

Comments: - Better than Kwai Mai Pink variety. This one is from Daleys and growing faster than I had expected.

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring


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Lychee - Bosworth 3

Lee's Edible Fruits
Update: 6069 days 17hrs

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun


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Lychee - Bosworth 3

BJ's Edible Fruits
Update: 5243 days 9hrs

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


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Comments

Diana says... [5203 days 21hrs ago]
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.
BJ says... [5203 days 8hrs ago]
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.
sandy31 says... [4112 days 18hrs ago]
Do u recommend it growing in a Pot? how much avg harvest u get/year ?

Lychee - Bosworth 3 4/10

CairnsGal1's Edible Fruits
Update: 5398 days 6hrs

Comments: -

thinking maybe... but also put off by the difficulty... would like a dwarf version and haven't found great reviews...

Pollination: Self Pollination


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Lychee - Bosworth 3

Natscan1's Edible Fruits
Update: 6032 days 4hrs

Growing: In a Pot


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Lychee - Bosworth 3

SaraConnors's Edible Fruits
Update: 6087 days 10hrs

Comments: -

like the fruit

have just ordered tree


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Lychee - Bosworth 3 (Grafted) 9/10

HappyEarth's Edible Fruits
Update: 5860 days 19hrs

Comments: - Steady grower - really starting to take-off now 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Just Compost as they seem sensitive to anything else

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic


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Lychee - Bosworth 3

Ce2's Edible Fruits
Update: 6096 days 19hrs

Comments: -

Sapindaceae

Litchi chinensis

Lychee Bosworth 3

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1


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Lychee - Bosworth 3 7/10

Xhristofer's Edible Fruits
Update: 5422 days 16hrs

Comments: -

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


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Lychee - Bosworth 3 (Cutting) 9/10

Amanda19's Edible Fruits
Update: 5631 days 8hrs

Comments: -

Just planted (Aug09)

July 2010 - doing very well. I think it loves the constant subsoil moisture from the Biolytix. Not phased by the scorching summer or wind.

Nov 2010: Now in a 35L tree bag in an enclosed shade house. Has a dozen fruit at present and likes the shadehouse. The ants loved the flowers so I am guessing they did the pollination job.

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None needed as yet.

Organic Status:Partially Organic


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Lychee - Bosworth 3 9/10

Caleb's Edible Fruits
Update: 6101 days 9hrs

Planted: 2009

Height 60 Centimetres

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pest Control:

nil


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