More than 10 years old Mauritius Lychee not fruiting
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Finally some pineapple guavas. I only waited 10 years or more.
Comments (14)Thanks Desertdance,Bruce and Olga! Desert, good luck with your new little PG plants! Bruce, thanks for the encouragements, I really hope your right about the warmth factor. I will be honest, last year I didn't water as much as I should have. We are still in a drought(last year this time also), Last year, I remember the leaves on my trees literally drooping at times from lack of water. I should have watered more, looking back on it. I am definitely taking care of it a lot better this year...I have been watering it more often and fertilized it in March. This year has a lot more buds than last year, so apparently it appreciated the regular watering during the dry spells and rewarding me with more buds. Actually, I would grow these just for their beautiful leaves and flowers...the fruit is delicious...but it is just a bonus! Bruce, that poor Mango tree suffered a lot during the freeze in Jan. It is recovering quite well, considering how bad it looked...I thought the freeze killed it! Most of the leaves "fried"... I have one that was really damaged...and I only have a few growths on it now...very slow recovery, but at least its alive. I also have a couple of Lychee trees that was damaged by the freeze, but not nearly as bad as the Mangoes...these are bouncing back a lot faster and growing. I even have a few(very small) fruits developing for the first time! Brewster Lychee...you can see some of the bare branches where the freeze damage was....See MoreLychee - Will I get fruits
Comments (4)Tamiroquai, It's interesting to know that you can plant lychees in Israel. Is that where you're from? I'm no expert in lychees, but I do know that they love being watered--especially when they are growing. So, keeping your lychee watered well will certainly help plant growth and fruit production when the weather warms up. So, how warm is your temperature there now and how low does it get in the Winter? With regards to the female flowers showing up first, I was also interested in finding that out too, so I did a search and came up with this link: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lychee.html#Blooming%20and%20Pollination I don't know if it matters which kind show up first. I think eventually the three types of flowers mentioned in the article will show up: "There are 3 types of flowers appearing in irregular sequence or, at times, simultaneously, in the lychee inflorescence: a) male; b) hermaphrodite, fruiting as female (about 30% of the total); c) hermaphrodite fruiting as male. The latter tend to possess the most viable pollen. Many of the flowers have defective pollen and this fact probably is the main cause of the abortive seeds and also the common problem of shedding of young fruits. The flowers require transfer of pollen by insects." So, it looks like the bugs will play an important part in the pollination process. If your plant is planted in the ground and outside (that is not in a greenhouse), I think there's every chance for it to be pollinated by the insects in your area. The blooms on your lychee all look very healthy to me. They don't seem to have anything bugging them, so I think they should bear fruit for you. Here, I have web worm problems. This year, I haven't seen yet and hopefully not at all. By the way, what's the variety you have there? I have a few here--Mauritius, Sweet Heart, Emperor, Brewster and Hak Ip. Not all of them are bearing fruit this year, except Hak Ip and a small Brewster in the pot. All the best to your lychee and hope to see more of your updates as your lychee develops fruit for you....See MoreMauritius lychee splitting..
Comments (5)If I recall correctly you live in South FL? Not a lychee expert but I would venture a guess it has to do with your soil moisture...I live in Central FL and our weather has been very erratic here lately...first its BONE dry for weeks on end without rain...then one day heavy rain then bone dry again. I'm guessing the inconsistent dry and wet ground that "might" possibly attributing to the fruit splitting? I've heard that some mangoes like Nam doc mai has the same problems with inconsistent soil moisture. Aain, just a guess? I just got over 2" of rain in less than 24 hours, I'm hoping this strange Spring we're having isn't going to cause problems with my Mangoes...Good luck!...See MoreLychee pruning this year
Comments (7)Just in case you haven't seen this from lycheesonline, the link is below. I did this last year, I pruned my two lychee trees (that have never fruited before). They were just a little over a year old at the time. I pruned all the tips of each branch, I did every one I could get to(except a few inside the canopy) that I couldn't reach). The following year they both produced blooms, like yours almost all of it "froze". A couple of blooms survived on one of the trees and I got some fruits out of it this year. My guess is it must have worked at least in my case, Not 100% sure this was the reason, but I am planning on doing the same thing again this July 15, as per their recommendation. Maybe others have other recommendations...Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Pruning Lychee trees...See Moreshaneatwell
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