Lychee

[SandyS]

I am new to growing tropical fruit trees. Someone told me that the only people they knew of to be sucessful growing lychee were those that had added a little dirt from under an established tree to a newly planted tree. Something about some sort of an organism in the soil of old trees that helps the new tree. Has anyone else heard of this, or is it just an old wife's tale?

[Cagary]

Mycorrhiza dug up from under a healthy Lychee tree may be beneficial to a new planting, but its not the only way to grow a healthy Lychee tree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza

[robguz]

I didn't do this. Took about 5 years to get fruit but the first 2.5 years it only got rain water and wasn't even mulched since I didn't live here yet. So imagine it would have done much better had I lived here to care for it since planting.

[Rourk]

I just planted a Lychee a couple of weeks ago. It looks like I got some leaf burn so I pruned off the burned areas. It's the Kaimana variety so I hope it does well here in Seaview.
-Rourk

[robguz]

Mine is also Kaimana. Have had leaf burn too but just left it. Overall it has done much better than the related longan and rambutan I have here.