How to prune and dwarf container grown lychee fruit trees
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2018
- Maintaining healthy fruit producing trees requires proper care with the correct knowledge and tools. The often overlooked and misunderstood task. Lychee trees. This video explains it all.
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Thank you. I air-layered my Lychee tree and I potted the new growth. It’s doing well so far so based on your video, I’ll be sure to prune it as it gets bigger. My tree in the ground is about 7’ tall and it has lots of flowers-it’s a Kaimana lychee tree here in Hawaii.👍
Glad to help. Thanks for watching and participating.
Very nice to see your video. It has given me a good lesson. May God bless you.
Awesome info! I'm in houston tx and looking for a lychee tree to purchase locally. I'm so glad to know it can grow in container.
JRN nursery has them right now. They are a little small though.
If you purchase a tree you might want to plant it in a pot so that you can bring it into a place where it will not freeze because you know Texas can get really cold 🥶 summers are great but those winters will kill your trees 🌲 so if you are willing to put some work in to keep your trees safe then I say go for it, now lychees trees are expensive, or try getting on Facebook or UA-cam and ask if someone can give you seeds or a seedlings 🌱 and the cost might be little or just shipping
Thanks Pepe, your videos are well presented. We're north of Palm Beach and grow our own Guanabana and the neighbors have lthe lychee. Already learning from your videos. 👍
I have ordered lychee tree on online and it arrived today and i immediately transfered in pot.
Thank you for the clear and elaborated explanation. :)
My pleasure visit us again anytime. More videos soon.
Thank you so much. I’ve been unsure about tree pruning even though I’ve watched several videos. Mostly on my mangoes. This is so detailed. Appreciate that. Also did not know I could grow Lychee in pots! Nor well from seed. Will get one!
Just remember to not prune until after harvest if your tree is of bearing age. Best practice in Florida is to prune mid July. Hope that helps.
Cool to know that's an air layer. Makes me wonder how many I've seen and not known it.
Thank u so much for making this video. I have just planted some seeds. Don't knew whether it will produce fruits. I'll employ your pruning tech.
Great tips, Pepe....thanks.
I am from Mauritius Thank you for teaching pruning
My pleasure. More videos soon.
Amazing job and information
Thank you sir. :-)
My heart hurts seeing the whole tree disappeared. Agree with you, it's healthy for the tree.
It looks happy and healthy now 2 months later. {:-) Thanks for visiting my channel.
Thank you just know i did prunning and training to my one year old plant
Advice is just right...
Thanks for stopping by. Happy growing. ;-)
looks beautiful thank you
Our pleasure!
Good work mate very interesting cheers
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice video
When I attended the Master Gardner class, one of the many subjects that was covered was tree pruning. We were informed that one should never prune a tree no more than 25% at a time. Too much might send a tree into shock. Among other things.
Yes that is true. They teach that. I did not remove too much did I?
Depends on what kind of tree. A lot of trees can be stumped and they come right back.
Thank you 👍
Thank you very much.
Interesting. Thanks for the tip. It’s like giving a haircut
Very nice
Good day
Thanks love your containers. How part apart do you space your container fruit trees?
About five or six feet average.
I think they both look beautiful before pruning! Thanks for posting.
How old should a lychee tree be to bear fruit
Thank you for the advise. I have a Mauritius that was growing very well for more than 18 months after I planted it in the ground. It recently started shediing its leaves from the bottom up. Any advise will be highly appreciated.
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Hi Andre. This link may help. ua-cam.com/video/VmqpsET_Zk4/v-deo.html
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Thanks Pepe also with regards to root pruning would planting in the halved 55 gal drums bored with holes which promotes air root pruning is this enough to promote more fiberous roots & discourage root girdling of the rootball?
The air prune pots work well so you should be okay. Be careful they dry out fast. Usually the pots have a wide diagonal or other mesh like pattern I guess multiple holes all around the drum would be okay but not certain it would be as good as the actual air prune pots.
Would using a fabric grow bag eliminate the need for root pruning?
Thanks for the great video - can you please share common fungi and disease that lychee trees get and what fungicide and insecticide you use. Thank you
I use neem oil and it seems to work fine. Sometimes I do use Cooper or Serenade. Always be sure to allow several weeks to pass before spraying different ones.
Can you tell about the soil preparation for potting in a 24" planter. I need to replant my tree but need suggestion with what kind of mix I should use. The tree bears fruit...
Pretty much any good potting soil will work fine. Maybe add some mycorrhizae around the roots. Also a few handfuls of fine pine bark shavings as a top dressing. Use organic fertilizer.
i like your morale
Thanks for the help... I am planning on planting a few dwarf litchi trees.. How far apart must they be from each other?
Depends on how much room you have. 10 feet is reasonable. You can go closer if you maintain well pruned trees after harvest season. Thanks for visiting my channel.
thank you so much for your video!i have one question ,are required low temperatures during winter for litchi to fruit?
40-45 degrees yes.
Great vid. I just subscribed! What size container do you use for these size lychees?
Those are in 20 gal comtainers. Thanks for visiting.
Thanks for your good explanations! I’m starting slow with my lychee. Just wondering how old your lychee tree is. Thank you 😊
Those are air layered trees about three years old. Thanks for watching. :-)
Thanks for the helpful video. I live in Okinawa with climate much like Florida. Would it be inadvisable to trim my 4' bushy tree now (February) if I'm hoping for fruit this year. There's been a lot of new growth in the past year. Also, the leaf tips, sometimes up to 20-25% of the leaf have dried up and turned brown. Perhaps due to our annual typhoons or lack of water? Should these leaves be removed or trimmed just leaving the healthy parts?
Here in Florida we will prune a lychee after harvest around July. We pretty much then leave irt alone to flush out with new growth and then back and forth from flushes to dormancy. When cool weather around 60 degrees F or cooler stimulates the tree to flush and set fruit again in Summer. So pruning is best after the annula harvest. Hope that helps.
Leaf tips are often the result of synthetic fertilizer so use organic only if possibe and during warm weather not in the winter. They also need lots of water and sun. Well drained soi. In winter ease up on the water.
very well explained.after how many years after planting does the tree give you fruit.. just generally.. thanks
That depends. Air layers and grafted trees produce right away in season. Seedlings can take from three to seven or more years. Environmental conditions like chill hours and a dry wet season all play a role. Lychee trees can be alternate bearing or if of the Brewster variety pretty consistent here in Florida.
Hi Pépé, thanks for the video. My tree is over 7 feet tall and only has one trunk that forks high up with leaves. I. E. I have no foliage low down. If I cut the trunk what would happen?
Trim off 20 percent from the top and it should push out new growth below.
Can I prune a tree that have never produce yet is only one tree that I have over some 9years do I need a nother one for it to produce,thanks for your reply keep up your good work,
If your tree was grown from seed you may wait ten or more years to see if you will get fruit.
This is why lychee and most fruit trees are grafted or air layered. These trees produce fast and are of a known quality with very desirable traits.
Lychee trees are best pruned after harvest and the goal is to keep them at about 8-10 feet tall.
Cool temperatures and other environmental factors, along with cultivation techniques are key to productivity.
Hi! Thanks for the video! Do you have to plan it in ground or can you leave it in the pot?
You can grow and they can fruit in pots yes!
Pepe's Fruit Trees thank you! I appreciate your help! Have a wonderful day!😊
Very helpful video! I have a potted lychee - you mention that yours you will transplanting to ground, can they just stay in a large pot? also in what month do you prune a lychee?
Hi Catherine., they do better in the ground but can grow in a pot.
Do not prune them after August or you stimulate new growth and reduce flowering later. I have a video here showing the trees being planted in the ground also. Thanks for visiting. ua-cam.com/video/VmqpsET_Zk4/v-deo.html
When is best time to prune if you don’t have any fruit
Beautiful fruits !! What is the soil mix for these containers ? I can see the mulch on top and the holes all over .
THanks !!
I use Lambert potting soil most times and sometimes I make my own. I spread a bit of cypress or eucalyptus mulch to hold a bit more moisture in the pot if we are short on rain. City water gets expensive. Lots of plants means lots of water. Thanks for stopping by the channel.
@@Pepesplants Thanks !! Would you recommend pruning potted trees more frequently than non potted ones so that the drip line does not go too far beyond the edge of the container ?
Thanks !
Hello Pepe. Thanks for your videos. I have a five years old lychee tree that does not give me fruit. What am I doing wrong?
Kevin, many reasons are possible. When you prune, how much water, fertilizer, temperature and much more. I will try and do a video on this complicated subject soon. Thanks for participating here. Happy New Year.
I have sugar apple that I think needs pruning. Would you prune the sugar apple the way you prune the lychee? Can I prune the sugar apple this summer? I'm from Pensacola, zone 9a.
Sugar apple is pruned in the spring. Same principles apply. Pruning to an open vase shape and keep the canopy open, so that light can penetrate and help achieve fruit distribution throughout the canopy. Prune so that none of the branches can touch the ground.
Hi can you please let me know the size of pot to be used for planting one year old lychee plant? Thanks for the information. It's good.
How tall is the tree?
@@Pepesplants it's around 1.5 feet tall.
A 3 gal container. That is about a 10 inch diameter. amzn.to/2INyxNT
Hi, you mention that you always keep the biggest branch when trimming the outer branches, is there ever a case where you'd trim the larger because it's extending out too far? (sorry I'm new to this)
Also, how often you air layer that lower branch? Can it be done multiple times if it has time to recover?
You can cut any branch you wish.
Thin or thick. You would air layer a branch once. Create a new tree and years later you can airlayer the branches on that tree. It all grows back. Hope this answers your question. Thanks for visiting.
Yes it does! And can you air layer multiple branches at a time, or is that recommended against?
@@iamtheshaker 1 out of three would be okay.
Thanks so much for the info! I'm really glad I found your channel! Although I live in north Texas, I'd love to start growing some fruit trees for the future, and I'm looking forward to learning much more from your videos
Hi Pete. I have 15 fully grown lychee trees that I’m going to air-layer using your method. Plan is to establish a high density lychee orchid (about 600 trees over an acre) with drip irrigation, keeping the height short (6-7 feet). Would it work? Can’t find much literature on the subject. Your guidance would be great. Thanks
Sorry Pepe (hate autocorrect!)
Sounds like a great project and best wishes. You are on to something. Thanks for visiting and viewing my videos. ;-)
Bom video 😀
Thank you.
I recently bought a marcotted lychee tree and was planning to plant into ground. I notice that you had your lychee planted in a pot. Do you get a lot of fruits if planted in a pot as compared to to planted in the ground.
I grew an Emperor Lychee tree in a pot for 4 years. In 2022 the tree produced about 40 lychees. Growing them in the ground is much better for production. I grow many trees in pots because I sell and trade them. If I had more land almost all my trees would be planted. Thanks for your question. Best wishes.
When does the litchi tree grow when it is grown from the seed?
Seedling trees start off very slow. Many of them die in the first year. It is better to purchase a tree from an air layer. Watch my video here on air layering. Thank you for visiting my channel. ;-)
Great video. What causes the lychee tree leaves to constantly turn brown at the tips? My
Sometimes lack of water or fertilizer burn. Use a time release fertilizer or regular organic fertilizer once every two weeks during the growing season. Use the organic at 1/2 Strength till you get the hang of it. Place fertilizer in the container as far from center as possible and cover with the soil or a little mulch. Take care . Happy growing
@@Pepesplants Hola. I just planted it two - three weeks ago. I water three times a week and I haven’t started fertilizer yet.
@@cesarlopez9059 Excess water.
Hi sir newbie here watching from Tandang Sora, Q.C. , Philippines , I'm so glad I've watched your video on how to prune and grow the Lychee tree in a pale , now I know what to do with my two weeks old Lychee tree that I planted in my small garden plot , just one question , can it grow healthily in a Tropical country like here in our country ?
They require cool periods to trigger flowering. That means approximately 100-200 hours of chilling below 68 degrees F mean daily temperature in the winter to set fruit. You also need to go easy on nitrogen fertilizer, provide full sun and understand the growth of leaves and be careful to not prune a few months prior to flowering period.
can you propagate the cut branches and root them in water??
I doubt it. They are grafted or air layered for clones. Seedlings take many years to grow and no guarantee of fruit. New discoveries are made from seed grown trees but requires patience.
Is it possible to keep a fruit tree at a manageable size in the ground instead of a container?
Yes, you can. Pruning after the harvest or season ends will maintain the size. Also easy on high nitrogen fertilizers.
Gophers keep me from growing beautiful trees/plants in the ground-
it's so sad but I give them as big of a pot as i am able 25 gallons.
Sir what is the issue with the leaf tips getting brown on the lychees
My tree does not sustain any leafs and usually turns brown starting from the tips
It does not sustain any new flushes.
I have seen these brown tips on your trees too
Any remedies for solving this?
Mostly too much synthetic fertilizer. Sometimes combination of lack of water and too much fertilizer. Use mostly organic fertilizer a and plenty of mulch all around tree base. Time release fertilizers are less likely to burn..Hope that helps.
Any pictures of this tree now 2 years later ?
The property owner moved. I have tried to contact the new owner but no luck. I drove by a few months ago and they are about 9 foot tall. looking from a distance cant get on property. Will keep trying.
I've been pruning the lower branches of my lychees for 28 years. The trees are forty feet tall and beautiful but the fruit is hard to reach. I'm trying to keep my younger trees shorter.
40 feet tall. WOW!!
How often can you girdle the tree?
Jim I alternate the girdles on different branches maybe twice a year and no harm. Do not girdle more than one or two of them at a time to be safe. Never girdle the main trunk. It really depends on how many branches you have.
@@Pepesplants Thanks, This person killed an adult non-producing lemon tree...but....doing what you say, got the lychee tree to produce. Did one side only and bingo, it fruited!
How many years after will produce fruits in a lychees tree
These trees can produce each year if the conditions are ideal. Some lychee are alternate bearing or unpredictable. Mauritius and Brewster are much more consistent in flowering and fruiting. Seedlings are very slow growing and you will wait a long time to see if they fruit. ;-)
I'm currently trying to plant my own trees via seeds. I successfully germinated 5 seeds out of 14 seeds planted. 3 of them have been moved to larger pots, but as of now they are indoors to protect them for Arizona heat. However, I have a problem.... my trees are about at about 4 months old (counting from when i first planted them in a seed starter tray to when they germinated ) at this point , about a 1ft tall with a thin green trunk/stalk, but I seem to see signs of wilting on my 3 potted trees. I wanna say one was suffering from overwatering, but the other two are also starting to wilt at the tips despite not being watered as much as the former and I'm not sure what's causing it. Do you think you can help me?
How large is the pot you transplanted the seedlings to?
Roughly 4 weeks after each seed sprouted, they were transplanted into 2.9gal plastic pots. The current condition of the leaves seem to have a spreading brown smudge starting from the sides then growing larger until said leave is dead. The seeds as mentioned before were raised in a seed starting tray(36 cell from Burpee).
You transplanted too soon. Large volume of soil and it got too wet. Should stay in a 1 gal pot till at least 18 - 24 inches tall before transplanting.
I was worried about root growth since the seedlings coming out the starter tray were already looking like they were getting root bound(I think). Based on my situation, is too late to save them? What should I do?
Not sure if it will help at this point but maybe repot very carefully. Don't disturb the roots. Use fresh potting soil keep just moist. Good luck. Place in a 1 gal pot.
My tree just died here in Sebastian Florida, I have no idea what happened. I planted about 1 month ago. Everything else I've planted is doing well.
Sorry you lost the tree. They need a well drained sunny or part shade is OK too. Too much water is bad.
Will it produce Leeches being Pot bound.?
Yes, see my video on the Emperor lychee tree.
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How many yrs does it take to get fruits.
These trees are air layers. They produce fruit within a year or so depending on the size. Also depends on sufficient cool (Chill) air temperatures. A seed grown tree could take over ten years or more.
my baby plant is about 2 feet tall does it need pruning
thanks
That small it's better to let them grow about 4feet then consider pruning very lightly. Best wishes.
@@Pepesplants Thanks, I am in southern CA, when is the best time to move it to Las Vegas zone 9
Sir I bought a 4 year old Lychee plant it came from other state . I planted the plant 4week happened but it is not growing at all but it is still green ,day by day leaf are drying very slowly please help me
How tall is the tree? Was it in a pot and then planted in ground. Need more information.
Hello Pepe. My lychee tree produces a lot of flowers and turn to fruits that fail to develop to maturity. They just fall off from the tree. The tips of the leaves turn brown. I watered the tree more and it produced more leaves this August but the other leaves still turn brown at their tips. The tree was planted to the ground 5 years ago and was never pruned. 3 years ago the young tree produced 3 red tree-ripened fruits and were so sweet. After that year, once the fruits are 2 mm in size, they fall off. Do you have some advice? By the way, this and last year's weather were okay for my fruiting trees in Los Angeles. Thank you.
I harvested a lot of fruits from my mandarin, atemoya, cherimoya, orange, calamansi, pomelo and fig trees. My lychee tree is the only one with a problem.
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Do you know what variety of lychee tree you have?
@@Pepesplants Sorry I didn't know Pepe. I wasn't aware that there's different varieties of lychees until I saw and instructional video recently. My dad bought the lychee tree for me from an Asian owned/operated orchard. The young tree had a ripening fruit and it was like a novelty. I only know canned lychees in syrup whick i bought don't not oftenly because I also like other fruits.
@@addisondelrosario2043 Lychees require very specific environmental conditions. Each variety is different in bearing consistently. Sweetheart, Maritius and Brewster are easier to vrow and get consistent yields. Emperor is a variety with large fruit but is ver inconsistent in fruiting. Will do a more detailed video in the future. Thanks for your comments and visit to my channel.
@@PepesplantsHello again Pepe. I attempted air layering in 5 branches of my tree for the first time. Flowers blossomed from the rest of the branches mid April. I fertilized the tree with KPhos and little Mg SO4 before hand. I adjusted the amount of water I was putting into it and it seemed that the browning of the leaf tip has been prevented in the unaffected leaves. Seeing your video again was a refresher. 😊
Hi Pepe, may I ask what state and zone you are in? I just recently bought a sweetheart lychee early Sept 2018. She is doing okay, but am not sure how to care for her this upcoming winter. I am in Southern Ca, zone 10. Thank you
Zone 10b. Here in Florida we are going into the cooler drier season. This is a time of rest for the lychee trees. They will benefit from some cool weather. Cooler weather stimulates flowering later in the summer. Don't prune the trees in the fall and winter. Prune your lychee tree every year in the summer right after you harvest the fruit. They benefit from lots of organic mulch and compost. Avoid synthetic fertilizer, provide young trees with wind protection and keep the soil moist. Full sun too. This is what I do in Florida. Should be similar in your area of the country. All the best and thanks for visiting. :-)
Thank you so much for replying. I found your website and will be reading up on other trees as well. I mulched my sweetheart with dried sugarcane leaves and fruit peels. Since it likes cool weather, I assume I should not put her in the green house. Thank you again.
Sir,how many years before lychee bear fruit.is it by seeds or grafting.pls reply i want to know..
Seeds are not recommended. They take possibly 8-12 years. Grafted or air layered trees after one season if enough chill hours 45 Degrees F. That being said, the care, watering, sunlight, pruning etc will have to be done correctly.
I have a lychee tree about some 10 years and it not bearing what can do i am Jamaica 🇯🇲 please advise me thanks help
Lychee trees need chill hours and it nay be to hot in Jamaica. They need between 100 and 200 hours of standard chilling (32° - 45° F). Cool winters with low rainfall are ideal for lychees.
It is also likely to be a seed tree. It takes between 10 to 15 years to start production.
@@marceloferreira3424 That could be the case but rare for nurseries to grow them or offer seedlings. Most nurseries would sell an air layered or grafted tree for that reason. No one wants to wait 10-15 years to see if the fruit is good.
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for sure!
Hi sir, can the longan tree be grown in San Jose 95128, California? Thank you so much for a great video. Stay safe and be healthy!
The longan is less fussy climate-wise than the lychee. Even so, young trees should be protected from cold and hot, dry winds. Hardened-off mature trees can withstand temperatures as low as 22 deg F for short periods of time.
Are you selling your trees ?
Ur cuts are all excellent but in my opinion better to put some fungicide on the cuts after u make the cut
Yes, i agree. Many times with lychee and other trees I will neglect that step. Never had a problem actually. I do notice it is very helpful with Soursop trees however. Thanks for your comment and for visiting my channel.
I have heard that lychee will not produce fruit if they are not grafted. I guess that must not be true. Thank you
Most lychee trees are propagated by air layering. That method makes a clone of the tree from a branch of various lengths. Grafting is also used but less commonly. Both methods produce mature trees of fruiting age. A seedling can eventually mature into a tree that may produce fruit. The time to fruit can be very lengthy. It could be ten or more years of waiting and then discover an amazing new variety or end up a waste of time. Growing a seedling for fruit is like rolling the dice and waiting for the prize. Seedlings are grown so that they could be grafted on to them. It is more practical to propagate lychee trees from air layers for this reason. Hope that explains it a bit better. You can watch my air layering videos here on my channel. I have a few of them.
What are signs that a longon tree is going to flowers
Longans bloom in South Florida from February or March through early May, and fruit harvest season is from the middle of July to early September, peaking in August. Hope that helps.
Size of pot plz?????
20 Gal
do you sell lychee trees 1 gal ?
No lychees right now sorry.
What kind of fertilizer do you put on Lychee tree???
The rule of thumb for fast growth is "once a month" applications of a balanced fertilizer during spring and summer.
Avoid synthetic fertilizer. Use an organic fertilizer combination like a 10-10-10 or similar balanced combination. You can usually find a close match by mixing other NPK ratios.
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The only reason I give a thumb down is because Pepe is not making more awesome video for us to watch
Very soon. LOL. Thanks for the thumbs down!
Have you had fruit on those trees yet..?
Yes, some are flowering and fruiting faster than others. Usually within a year or less.
OK
You titled it as prun and dwarf container longan tree. However, you're pruning it to be grown as a big tree when it's transplant to ground. Its very misleading.
By pruning this way on a regular basis the lychee tree will be maintained quite small. (Dwarf). Sorry for any confusion. No intent here to mislead anyone.
DON'T LIKE IT: CAN'T HAVE MUCH FRUIT, IF DONE THAT WAY;
This is simply a way to train young trees, keep them small and healthy. I will cover more details in a future video.
I want to be able to eat the fruits not see them from a distance. 😃
I'm i the only one cringing at this mass cutting exercise?
I think you pruned too much at a time.
OK! We all have opinions. The tree is growing great and also nice and compact. :-)
Sir your vedio is too long
Okay did you watch the whole thing? Maybe not? Thanks for the advice.
Pepe...do you have heart...or rock...?...you trim too much...can't watch whole video...my heart hurts...Please...
You should watch the video of the trees when I planted them. You will see some pretty nice healthy trees because of that pruning. :-)