Hi bluepalm,

I am also new to Lychee tree growing, just plantd one 4 weeks ago, in full sun. My "Sweetheart" variety tree came from Pine Island Nursery and the label said plant in Full Sun.I live 2 hours south of Orlando.

I found this website www.hampshirefarms.com and under frequently asked questions this is a quote.

4. How many hours of sun are considered Full Sun and Part Sun?
   "Full Sun means plants need at least six hours of direct sunlight. Part Sun means plants need at least three hours of direct sunlight, with shade or filtered sunlight during the remainder of the day." (back)

Hope that helps. Mine gets full sun from 8am to 6pm and is full of new growth, I have watered it everyday for 4 weeks, and I will start watering it every other day for at least a month or two. Seems to love a lot of water. Of course we haven't had any rain lately. Once the rainy season starts, I will slack off on the watering.Someone recommended I shield the plant from wind, since when very young they are very sensitive to windy days. Also go to Lycheesonline.com, it is loaded with lychee information.

Nancy

I attached a photo of my Lychee Tree below.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1316477}}

Thanks for the information and picture Nancy! Why the fence around your lychee? Are you keeping critters away? I talked to someone at Pine Island Nursery today and was told that the amount of sun my Sweetheart has would yield fruit, just not as much as a lychee in full sun. I am going to move my Sweetheart into full sun tomorrow (and move 3 small Carpentaria acuminatas in the process)! I have a lot of large oaks on my property and I read that a fungus that attacks dead oak roots can attack the roots of lychees, so I hope that they do well at my place. Also, a nurseryman at Hopkins Tropicals told me once that "lychees and oaks don't get along," and he wasn't talking about the root fungus...he just said that lychees don't like to grow near live oaks.

You're very welcome! The reason I put the fence around my lychee tree was someone recommended I shield it from wind at least till the roots (air layered) are very sensitive to wind over 15 mph.So I put the fence and put up some plastic and window screening so that it gets fresh air circulation but gets wind protection at the same time. Also it will make it very easy to protect it from a few days of light frost come winter. I'll just throw a blanket over it.I am only going to keep it up till next spring, by then the tree should be more established.

I hope your trees do well also. I can't wait to get a few fruits of my tree, maybe next year. I also have several newly planted mango trees. Can't wait till they get big enough to set fruits either. Good luck with your trees. Here is a picture of one of my mango tree.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1316480}}

Hi Nancy. I posted a link to pictures of my fruit trees. I hope your mangos grow quickly!

Best regards,
BluePalm

http://www.wardmango.com

Hi bluepalm,

Thanks so much for the link to the pictures of your beautiful fruit trees,I really enjoyed looking at them. Love your lychee and mango trees, you have some really good varieties. I think you have less frost days where you live than I do, so yours should do really well.I have never tasted jaboticaba fruit before but heard from others that it's very good.Enjoy your trees...

Lychees and longans suppose to need at a least a couple hours of full sun to properly flower and fruit. It can fruit in shade but sparsely.