pug, every time you post pics you make me want to cry. your trees are 10 time better than mine even after the big freeze. the tax raise here in CA as well as your trees are pushing me to the point to relocate to FL. what's your address BTW? I might sneak in and steal some of your trees when I am there, with your fruits too.

mangoes and lychees both look soooooooooooo nice! when did your lychee blossoms start?

Wow pug, It looks like you still got a pretty decent crop even after all of the freeze issues. You are definitely going to beat me on the amount of lychees harvested. Yours seem to be way ahead of mine as far as development goes as well. Mine are all still a little smaller tham a gumball size. Good luck, I hope they taste great.

great pics pug. as my moniker is lycheeluva, that means u r legally obligated to give me half your lychee crop.

Gorgeous photos! I'm terribly jealous..

I have at least 9 Mango trees, 3 Lychees and ZERO fruits from them. My Lychee trees have never looked as lovely as yours. They do nothing, year after year.

What is your secret?

I cut my Lychees way back last weekend. Maybe they will grow some this summer.. Sigh..

I should have kept some Mangos potted like you did. Your Glenn looks great!

I wonder if part of the problem is that I cannnot keep mulch on anything? The darn chickens kick it all away. They even reach under the protective fences!

Lisa

Oh love your trees. Gosh, wonder when I'll get some from my lychee. Yours are looking so nice. Sure will have lots more fruit next year. I need to work harder now so I can get more trees. :) Remember to post when the fruits are red.

Your trees are absolutely beautiful. Wow! Good for you on having some Brewster fruit!!

Wow puglvr, your trees do look great and looks like you have full panicles of lychees too! Sucks that you were in a drought and then got heavy rain, that will definitely contribute to fruit cracking. We have been in a drought for several years as well here in SoCal.

You are well on your way to tasting your own home grown, picked at the peak of ripeness lychees. Brewsters are a great tasting variety and I wonder if you can get more atrophied seeds by using emperor or Sweetheart pollen to pollinate your Brewster female flowers? A Brewster with a chicken tongue seed is one of my favorite types of lychees although they are quite rare. Let us know how it goes!!!

Gosh...Thanks so much!! You're all too kind.

Phase, don't sell yourself short, your tree is very nice and healthy or you wouldn't have all those fruits! My brewster just started blooming shortly before the Jan. freeze, all died except a couple few that were inside the canopy which I assumed got protected. I didn't want to jinx it, I was afraid it wouldn't make this far. I am very excited about it! Come on down...we need more people to move to FL, real estate is really cheap here, think of all the Tropical fruit trees you can buy from saving all that $$ from selling your house in CA and moving here,lol...BTW, I've had at least two growth flushes already since the freeze, I know all that rain definitely helped with the fast recovery and growth!

Jsvand, I'm sure yours won't be too long now...mine aren't very big but they are coloring up nicely.

Lycheeluva, send me your address...I will send you two,lol!

Lisa, the only secret(and its really not a secret) is I kept my (2) trees covered with a fence with a shade cloth wrapped all the way around it to protect it from the wind for appx. the first 18 months? I was told how important it was to give it a windbreak for the first year or two. I know what you mean, the only Mango that has fruit for me is the one I have in a pot...the rest of the inground mangoes suffered severe freeze damage, but recovering.

Cherri, definitely get more trees,lol... I will post when they get more red.

Bluepalm, I would be thrilled just to try a "few" from my own tree :o)

Simon, hopefully next year my sweetheart will produce and maybe they can cross pollinate each other!

How many bloom spikes ended up producing fruit for you pug? Is it just those two?

Jsvand, I had three bloom spikes survive, the other one only has two fruits on it.

I just picked one of the fruit that was "split", although it was still mostly green, it tasted pretty good. It wasn't sour at all,wouldn't call it sweet...but definitely not sour... not bad at all! Here's the seed from it.
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WOW! Gorgeous trees as always, and that's even after a hard freeze. Those lychees look very tantalizing. I'm sure you'll savor every bite.

Thanks NTM!! I will definitely enjoy every single one,lol...Enjoy your fruits as well.

Pug I love seeing ur pics. Your trees are just gorgeous. I am so happu that you will find taste the fruits of your labor.

My lancetilla has itty bitty mangos but I need to prune them off.

Pug, Your trees are beautiful. My lychee is two or three years old. IT leafs out then loses them and looks dead then leafs out again. I had one night of frost this past winter. Did you mean you cover your lychee or your mango from the wind. I've gotten no lychees yet but I did get a few mangoes.

Thanks Tammy :o) Congrats on your baby Lancetilla mangooes, I know how heartbreaking it is to have to remove them, but it might be best in the long run. But I certainly wouldn't hold it against you if you decide to let one or two slip by, lol...(I might do the same).

Thank you, Barb! Yes, I was talking about protecting my Lychee Trees from the wind...Apparently, from what I've read Lychee trees have very delicate new growths and recommended that they be given some type of windbreak of some sort. Not saying that might be the problem with your tree but it might help it, certainly can't hurt. I know it really made a big difference in my trees.Good luck!

Here's a link from Lycheesonline(under "Location") where they talk about windbreak.
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Here is a link that might be useful:

That's a beautiful lychee tree. The leaves look so healthy. I like the brewster because with each leaf flush, they release a hue of purple/reddish new growth.

I'm thinking about throwing mulch into my pots to help acidify the soil, but I will lose my ability to clearly see if the soil is dry.

Thanks Kubi!

Okay, some of the fruits are dark pinkish red. I have picked a few and they are awesome...very sweet and Juicy. So far all the ones I've picked either the ones that have split or fell on the ground(appx. 12) have all had very small seeds(chicken tongue)Not a single large seed...so there is no way this tree is Brewster!

I will post some more pictures on another thread to ask for help in determining what this variety is? All I know is its slim to none that this is a Brewster!
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The fruit looks a lot like the sweet cliff I tried at Excalibur. How large are they? The sweet cliff I tried were a bit smaller and with a much smoother shell than Brewsters.