new pics of lychee and mango developing fruits

15 years ago

I posted this message on the yahoo group, so if you have already read it there- skip reading this.

here are a couple of new pics

of my mauritius lychee and my fairchild mango. I am also posting a

picture of a tiny mauritius seedling that is coming along nicely that

i intend to graft on to my existing mauritius tree once it is bigger

to add a second root system ala ohiojay. (if you look closely

at the picture, you will see there appears to be a second sproutling

poking through, just right of exact center of the pot- see arrow and

let me know whether you think that is a lychee sprout .

By the way, what should I do with the lychee pannicles that are empty

and have no developing fruit- should I leave them on or should I snip

them off?

as you will see, i have decided to leave 4 mangoes on my fairchild.

while i understand that many if not all the posters here would not

leave more than 1 mango on such a young tree, I have decided that as

my space issues will not allow my tree to get very big, I will in

fact be quite happy if the tree diverts its energy into mango

production at the expense of tree growth. (the two plants on either side of the mango are a a

black beauty mulberry and a green gage plum).

Interestingly, my alphonso mango which is about 3 times the volume of

the fairchild dropped all its baby mango fruit- it was going through

a major growth spurt at the same time as it put out a blossom

pannicle, and so I guess too much energy was being expended in the

growth spurt for it to be able to keep the mangoes.

Finally, there are some pictures of my growing mauritius lychees. i

have a grand total of 5 fruit on the tree, but if they make it to

fruition, that is 5 more than I dreamed possible.

Here is a link that might be useful: pics of mango and lychee

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Comments (10)

ohiojay
15 years ago
That's soooo sweet. Great job man. I would cut off any panicles not in use.
ch3rri
15 years ago
That's a cool mango tree you got there. Can you take a pic of the whole tree next time? It'll be great to look at a small tree bearing fruits. Great job!!!!!!! It is always exciting to look at small trees with fruits!
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Lycheeluva, Glad you had a good time in Florida. I am excited to be going in late July beginning of August. I too am hoping to meet Harry and see his tropicals. You did the same with your mango as I did, LOL!! It amazes me that the security guys say nothing. My package was larger and I was worried about it fitting in the compartment but it worked. The only thing that made me angry was this guy who kept on smashing his bag into my mango tree. Thought there was going to be a riot on the plane!! I got julie mango back in November. I am sure you were told how slow it grows and that it is an anthracnose magnet. Mine had some(came from Top)but I think the dry air in my apartment is keeping it at bay. Good luck with it, supposed to be a great mango! Andrew
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Thanks Guys! ( : Toai - The sale doesn't end until the end of this month. You should definitely get yourself a few tropical fruit trees! And, yes, this will definitely be a fantastically exciting journey for me! ( : ohiojay - I will research Puglvr's mango pruning. This will definitely help (as I know nothing about pruning!). Your greenhouse is fantastic! I am still envious! mango kush - They'll be wintered indoors. I still haven't figured out how I'll be doing that part. I'm lucky spring/summer is upon us! Harry - It's a good thing you suggested I repot both. (I was gonna wait). Right now, it's kind of yucky outside but the weatherman does call for sunshine in the next few days. I hope so! I will definitely keep you posted on their progress and post pics. Both the mango and lychee are from pine island. I've heard a lot of you talk about their place. So I am glad they're from a reputable nursery in Florida. It must've been destiny for me to find out about the sale! I will be doing a lot of research and asking a lot of questions! I hope you all don't mind if I ask questions that's probably been recycled a million times before. Summer cannot get her fast enough! Bo
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i would imagine the Fairchild method of growing extremely compact mangoes is quite conducive to growing mangoes in other parts of the country where the climate isnt ideal. i myself will be adopting this method with mango trees when i eventually get a yard (when the real estate market settles) see this pic at USDA down here http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2692718758_4519c4765c_o.jpg its a replica of richard campbell of fairchild garden's personal collection. i imagine you could grow mangos just fine using this method in another part of the country. just have large pots with wheels you could roll into a warehouse with lights during the winter and roll them back outside during the summer. you would produce tons of fruit much taster than those garbage mexican mangos. also while looking at that picture remember that miami soil is only a few inches deep with a slab of flat coral rock (essentially concrete) underneath.
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hey lychee! wow the spirea sounds awesome! holliswood, queens. r u in brooklyn? an older, humble/starter cape with not enuf windows at all, the house can badly use a total renovation but i don't have the dinero nor the need for regalness right now. to top it off the previous owner had nothing but GRASS and weeds growing all over, not a single tree on the whole property. last yr i planted blue atlas cedar, var. leyland, carolina/arizona cypress, arborvitae, juniper, jew, var. eunymous, roses all around but if only they would hurry up and grow tall! so its taking ages to get rids of weeds that keep coming up, the place looks a hot mess still =( i put down 30 bags pine mulch last fall becuz the color matches the brick walls i put up, but that type sucks as it dries out to a pale white color and blows around all over the place, will def never use pine mulch again! ur mulch looks heaps better, yeah will look for a landscaper once i get around to pulling out more of the perpetually sprouting weeds that used to be the previous owner's entire "lawn". the only grace to the yard is from the container bananas, monstera, etc i just put out and it gets so cold at night and so sunny during the day, their foliage is looking a real wreck.... and i've never seen new york so perpetually windy since fall, is this el ninyo la ninya pinta santa maria weather or what?!?! pics r from december, not now. will probably have to take update pics soon, yard IS looking a better than these pics, but not much!!! still a looooong way to go to even be a somewhat presentable garden =L
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lycheeluva
Original Author
15 years ago
will do ch3rri- though i have to say, the tree is not much to look at all- it only has about 10 leaves and many of them are half necrotic.
jsvand5
15 years ago
Looking good. I hope those mangoes keep developing for you. Have you tasted a fairchild before? I just noticed that they are considered a condo mango and I don't have one so I may have to fix that soon.
phase0001
15 years ago
love the pics. your lychee does have a bit brown tips. do you have hard water? would love to see a pic of the whole tree.

instead of grafting to a new seedling, why not air-layer one?
lycheeluva
Original Author
15 years ago
PHASE- CAN YOU ELABORATE RE AIRLAYERING?

yes- i use regular water, but im pretty sure the water is not the cause, as most, if not all, of the browning happened in April when I took the plant outdoors for the first time after spending the winter under a grow light. am not sure if it was the drop in temperature or sunburn.

john- i have not tasted fairchild but PI rates them very highly.
phase0001
15 years ago
LL, I thought you trying to get a new mauritius?

why would you graft a seedling onto your fruit-bearing tree? I don't know why it would "add a second root system" by doing so. Never heard of technique like this.
lycheeluva
Original Author
15 years ago
jay told me about this-

u grow a seedling next to an existing plant. Then while still growing, and without disconnecting it from the seedling, you take a small branch from the small seedling and graft it onto the main plant. Once it takes, you remove all the branches from the seedling except for the branch grafted into the main plant. now all the energy being absorbed by the seedling root system is being directed into the main plant. so you have 2 root systems directing energy into the main plan instead of 1.
did i explain it correctly jay?
puglvr1
15 years ago
Great job LL, nice pictures. Keep us posted on any updates.
dr_scifi
15 years ago
nice pix! Your plants look good

I have to learn more about that method

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