Best Lychee Tree in California in terms of Size and Yield I am growing two varieties of Lychee and I am still five years away from making a determination in-terms of growth and production in SoCal Is anybody growing 4-6 lychee varieties in California and have compared the various traits?
What is the best lychee? - Tropical Fruit Forum What is the best lychee? What is the best tasting lychee? The best I have ever tasted are also among the hardest to grow They are the Emperor and the Haa-Kip Mauritius is probably the easiest to grow and fruit in South Florida but which ones are you folks growing in Florida and all over the US? How many outside of Florida on the mainland US have fruited Lychee? The photo shows some gorgeous
Lychee Season 2025 - tropicalfruitforum. com Lychee Season 2025 Quote from: Woodinitbean_ice on February 05, 2025, 12:27:46 PM I've got a 9 yr old sweetheart No flowers this year, however, it's got LEM and it's a losing battle I think I'm going to rip the poor thing out and put a mango in its spot The juice ain't worth the squeeze I guess Did you try treating it with a concoction of alcohol, soap, and hydrogen peroxide? Worth the try
Lychee erinose mite - report to Florida or treat it myself? Lychee erinose mite - report to Florida or treat it myself? Noticed some mild erinose mite evidence on 1 of our 2 lychee trees Should I take care of this myself or report it to the State? Worried that Florida will either do nothing or kill the entire tree Also, does it matter which sulphur is used for spray? Florida seems to recommend MICROTHIOL DISPERSS as the only one approved, but how is
King Lychee - tropicalfruitforum. com King Lychee So I was shopping at 99 Ranch market and found these " Litchi King" Lychees and they are friggin huge The larger ones are about 75g and are larger than a chicken egg Every single fruit is extremely large These Lychees are from China and they have a sweet, slight subacid flavor The peel is thick and has a tannin taste if you try to bite through it There is little to no Lychee
What is the best lychee? - tropicalfruitforum. com Top Tropicals Nursery is promoting the 'Sweetheart' lychee as the best lychee in the State of Florida, USA I would love to see an honest comparison of the pros and cons between the 'Sweetheart' lychee and the 'Mauritius' lychee PIN was also billing Sweetheart as best tasting lychee, at least when i visited them several years ago
Container Sweetheart Lychee - Tropical Fruit Forum Container Sweetheart Lychee Anyone here growing Lychee in containers? I can't seem to find any info on the best time to root prune Lychee I know your suppost to do it every year and I would think the best time to do it would be right after fruit harvest as that's when you prune the canopy Would only make sense to do both at the same time Any thoughts?
New and improved Lychee varieties - The Tropical Fruit Forum Young Lychee trees (their new leaves) are extremely prone to strong dry winds which cause new growth to completely dry out or can disfigure and tatter the leaves Lychee trees grow from a series of 2-3 growth flushes (in SoCal) and if one of these flushes gets damaged, it could severely slow the growth of the tree for that year
Best Lychee for Southern California - Tropical Fruit Forum Best Lychee for Southern California Hey Mangosurf, Mauritius and Brewster are two of the supposedly easier to grow and fruit Lychee varieties here in SoCal but they are the two varieties I refuse to plant because I highly dislike the very large seed in the Brewster and I do not like the taste of Mauritius when compared to many of the other varieties out there I must admit I really like the
Lychee frost hardiness? - Tropical Fruit Forum Lychee frost hardiness? Hi, I live in a town that use to be -6º C in winter at the open fields, 3 or 4 times per winter, usually At the city we have -2 or -3ºC for the lowest temps This winter was mild, just one -5ºC frost, and some -2 or -3ºC ones Could lychee survive to -5ºC? -3ºC at my garden? I searched at this forum but could not get the real hardinees of lychee, I have two, 1