To layer a clem, you bring a stem down to the ground as horizontal as you can. You can make a partial cut into the stem near a leaf node and put some rooting hormone powder on the cut. Then you bury that place about an inch or so and peg it down with a bent paper clip on either side of the cut. If the stem is long enough you can do this several times. The end of the stem should stick out of the ground, or a flowerpot if you prefer.Keep the area moist. The stem stays connected to the mother plant until good roots form where you made the partial cut. Then you can sever the newly rooted plant(s) from the o. This should prevent the drying out of the leaves that happens often when a piece of the stem is cut off to propigate by a cutting. I may take several months for roots to form to a sufficient size. I may not have explained this completely correct, so someone with more knowledge please add to this. Marie in ME

There is a grove of Brewster lychees in Davie, FL that I think may be older than the ones shown here. The property is on Davie Road, north of Griffin Road and south of State Road 84. My understanding was that these were the original plantings by Dr. Brewster himself. The tree were really huge. From a distance, the tree canopy, which ran all together, looked like a mountain range. I would estimate them to be 40-50 feet tall, maybe taller. In recent years the property was rented by a company that ran a nursery called Siga Nursery. They went out of business and the property was sold to some folks from Ohio, I believe. They had just closed on the property and were about to move down or were partially moved down when Hurricane Wilma hit. The trees were decimated and the Ohio folks high tailed it back to Ohio. The property went up for sale but I don't think it has ever sold. I think it is about a 5 acre tract where the trees and former nursery are located. I haven't been inside the fenced area since Wilma but the "mountain range" was severly reduced in size. Not sure who, if anyone, is harvesting the lychees that grow there now. Harry

The above posts are kind of insensitive and not very helpful to destini181...I really think that people come on here and post when we are very upset and have no one else we can talk to or get unbias opinions from and I think people should be a bit more understanding of the position posters are in...I know myself I have been scared to post and have received some comments which are a bit rude and not understanding... I am new here as well but I do A LOT of reading from posts even from years ago... Mkroopy's advice is good to just ignore the behavior... If your husband's daughter doesn't like you... which she is making very clear, she may not be over the divorce of her mother and father... And obviously does not have any respect for her father's decison to marry you... Either way, shes 24 so she will continue to have this view about you most likely.. and when she is ready.. (ie if you two last a long time) she has to come around. If her father chooses you as his partner regardless of age, previous children etc she has to respect that or basically not be around him... You should kind of try to put yourself in her shoes a little bit, I think it would make you understand her anger and maybe you wouldnt be so upset about it. She is immature clearly and is possibly doing things to upset you purposely or she is just an insensitive person and doesnt care about other people's feelings. Either way, you have your own immediate family in the house with your children, one on the way etc so really, don't sweat it. If you read other posts... it is for sure a good idea to make sure that any really rude or unacceptable behavior towards you is intervened by your husband.. It seems like an on going problem for blended families on here that the step mothers are always fighting their husbands to stand up for them. So I would say make sure to nip that in the butt ASAP! If we let them slide we have really horrible problems later on. She may even be looking for the negative attention.. and by you freaking out or getting emotional she is getting a reaction. Just ignore it all as mkroopy says. If she doesn't want her child around you or the grandfather than who cares. I mean really let her win and say what she wants... just keep your life, direction and the immediate people in your life your focus. These daughters these days are out of control.... Just a side note* my dad is with a woman who is his 3rd woman after my mother. Every single one of the woman he chose I have always shown respect to. Even at a young age. Regardless of my personal opinions of them, the current gf he has now I don't really like the things she does, or the way she acts sometimes and my dad and I talk quite often. He will be upset or hurt and vent to me. But I never let that take over. Everyone is human. If dad likes her and she treats him well to the best of her abilities I'm cool with that. Even if I didn't like her at all and couldnt stand the sight of her.. I would never put my dad in a position like that... He's a big boy he can handle his own decisions and if he needs moral support I am there.... I really think it is the way these kids are being brought up these days with ZERO respect for elders... Goodluck and I hope it all works out... Try not to stress too much with the pregnancy and all! :)

Wow, Sharon! There are lots of stories of old carnosas passed down from one generation to the next. My carnosa is a cutting off one that my mom's late mother-in-law had for many years. I think back when my mother got it from her, in the 90's, it was 25 or 30 years old then. I wish I still have my original 'KQ' that got me hooked back in 1977... Right now, I'd guess I got my kerrii and my 'Pink Silver' around the same time in the early 90's, and they're still both going strong. I wasn't keeping a database at that time, so I don't know when I got them, but I just know it would have been locally because there wasn't much going on in mail order back then... Denise in Omaha