Lychee Tree

[destinduck]

Gett


ing my first blooms already.Im so excited! I love to eat lychees and rambutans. Got this plant last year at home depot for around 40 dollars. Its about 3-4 feet tall.

 

[Makomd]

Congrats!!! Had my first Lychee a couple of years ago, good stuff.

 

[rachlore]

Never tried lychees... what do they taste like?

 

[Makomd]

It is a taste all its own in my opinion kind of "berry flavored ". Some Asian grocery stores sell lychee juice and occasionally the nuts as well.

 

[destinduck]

Sort of like a loquat. Only not as sweet. But it has its own unique flavor.

 

[Going Bhonkers]

Congratulations! We were thinking of getting a lychee tree but were afraid it wouldnt survive the winter. We sometimes get cold snaps lasting 2 -3 days that kill everything

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But the weather must be cooler where you're at, did you take any precautions with it?

 

[flgardengirl]

Very nice. I have some tropical fruit trees, plants, and a bunch of dragon fruit varieties in pots that I drag into the greenhouse every winter. I do not put them in the ground here because I am in a 9A zone on the coast of NE FL. We have had a very warm winter here too but there was two days this last week that got below freezing.

I put a 4 yr old sausage tree (Kigelia) in the ground as an experiment this winter. It was good up until this last cold snap grrr. Now most of the branches have froze back. I think it will reprout at the trunk. I have 2 more of those that I kept in the greenhouse. They drop their leaves every winter and regrow them in the spring when I drag them out and water them again.

I will be glad when we move further south next year and I can leave everything in the ground permanently!

 

[Going Bhonkers]

Very nice. I have some tropical fruit trees, plants, and a bunch of dragon fruit varieties in pots that I drag into the greenhouse every winter. I do not put them in the ground here because I am in a 9A zone on the coast of NE FL. We have had a very warm winter here too but there was two days this last week that got below freezing. I put a 4 yr old sausage tree (Kigelia) in the ground as an experiment this winter. It was good up until this last cold snap grrr. Now most of the branches have froze back. I think it will reprout at the trunk. I have 2 more of those that I kept in the greenhouse. They drop their leaves every winter and regrow them in the spring when I drag them out and water them again. I will be glad when we move further south next year and I can leave everything in the ground permanently!

What size are the pots that you keep your trees in? (I'm assuming they're the plastic ones?)

 

[destinduck]

I have had to cover my lychee and mango up with sheets or a blanket. If I want something to make it I'll cover it. I think Im going to make a couple of portable rectangle greenhouses out of some heavy clear plastic for next year. A couple years back it stayed below freezing( in the 20's for a whole week.Yall probably remember that one.Covered or not, I lost a bunch of stuff that year. Even a kumquat tree that was about 10 years old. Thats wierd that yall got freezing temps last week but we didnt. It was close though at 34. Brrr!

 

[roamingchick]

Can chickens eat lychee?