Fruits and Nuts: Lychees: Finally a few fruit, 1 by causticmuse

causticmuse wrote:
I bought two air-layered dwarf Emperor lychees in March that I'm currently keeping in 5 gallon containers. (I'm in 9b in the Orlando, FL area.) Both set fruit even though they are still pretty small trees, but all but one lone lychee dropped off. :(

I noticed some brown edges on the new leaves that started growing earlier this month. I had no idea that overfertilizing could cause this to happen, so thanks for all the good info on growing lychees. I haven't done much besides water daily so far, but the trees look pretty healthy and the new leaves are popping out every week now. I'm not sure if I want to put the trees in the ground or keep them in containers in case of freak cold weather or a future move to a different home.

My father has two lychee trees (don't know what type) growing in his backyard along with two or three longans, at least five papayas, an established navel orange, and five guavas. All of them have set fruit, though the lychees and longans are relatively young and small at around 8 feet.

Here's a pic of my two lychees the night I bought them from Jene's Tropicals: