dghays,

You have a lot of longans. They look great! Unfortunately I have to plant all my tropicals in pots. I'm impressed that you're 13 and doing great on tropicals...LOL. I'd love to see more pics.

Kristy

I was 13 in 1975 at least.

The pepperseed white longans have red branches? I have a pepperseed silver, but am thinking it's not the same thing.

kubi411, its actually a 'Poke' plant behind the pepperseed white making it look like it has red branches, sorry about that. I never heard of pepperseed silver, where did you get it? Mine was from Excalibur, Richard Wilson introduced it to Florida if I remember right, from Vietnam.

Gary

dghays ,

LOL...I think I mixed you with daryian 9. He is only 13...lol. Sorry about that. Did you get any fruit from your grafted longan yet?

I bought it at a flea market. The seller said it was from Vietnam also. i'm thinking it's probably the same variety, just a name confusion

I've only tasted Kohala and Biew Kiew but the fruit is very good. If I had better access, I could see eating alot of them. I've seen huge trees here (CA) covered in fruit. They are fairly cold hardy, though my Biew Kiew did die two winters ago. Mostly from my own ignorance. I will eventually replace it with another BK or maybe Diamond River.

congrats on the beautiful trees (and yard), enjoy the fruit,
-Ethan

Thanks all for the comments. My See Chompoo and Kohala produced their first crops last year. I cut over half off of each fruit panicle to make the remaining fruit grow larger. I've tasted those two and Biew Kiew, and they all tasted great, I find them superior to lychees. They freeze and dry extremely well, since I have a chest freezer, eventually I can have them for an extended period. My Chompoo is just starting another growth flush, it should be 9' tall or more by the end of the year, woohoo!

ch3rri, all are air layered plants except the chuliangs.

kubi, I understand the pepperseed has a small fruit, but at least it's supposed to have a very small seed. I'll try it for a few years to evaluate, and remove if it doesn't pan out.

Ethan, sorry to hear about your BK, if you have another opportunity, I'd try that same var, its supposed to be about the best.

Gary

Gary, how did your longans fare in this winter's cold? I had some limb splitting at the top of my 9' Kohala, but other than that the tree made it o.k. My smaller Biew Kiew and See Chompoo came through o.k. too.

Best regards,
Dan

My longans got severely beat up, I'm still waiting to see where they sprout from, if at all. Glad yours came out ok. I believe when some of my plants get cold damage, ambrosia beetles or some other pest worsens the situation. I won't know much until we get some warm temps for a while to spur them vegetatively.

Gary

I do see at least one starting to repop, in addition to rose apple and various other plants. They were just waiting for some warmth, and this weekend should provide a good dose.

Gary

I'm glad to hear that Gary. 2 weeks ago I cut the top 12" off of 1/2 of my 8-9' Kohala longan because of freeze damage. I checked today and didn't see any signs of new growth. My butchered mangos are starting to send out new, tiny, green shoots.

During this winter's nasty cold snap, I wrapped my small (2-4') Biew Kiew and Sri Chompoo longans in heavy blankets and they came through the cold with NO injury. I wonder if the heavy blankets are of some benefit versus thinner frost cloth.

This is what I think died in my yard because of the cold:
5' Christmas tree palms (Adonidia merrillii), 3 Carpentaria acuminata palms (10' each), an 8' Rosigold mango, Jamaican cherry (Muntingia calabura), 2' African Oil Palm, 9' Black Sapote, 5' Song of India, and a couple of other small plants. My Areca palms (12' tall clumps) "survived" with 80% of the clumps lost. Most of my bromeliads, mangos and some agaves got their butts kicked, but are still alive.
I'm glad that spring has sprung. This Winter can kiss my butt. ; )

No longan damage here at all. In fact, the blooming is quite prolific. I just hope it turn onto a great crop. Individual blossoms have not opened as of yet. I am looking forward to a Kohala seedling which is flowering for the first time. Probably won't be as good as Kohala....but maybe I'll get lucky and it will be worth 12 years it has taken to fruit.

Dear all ,,
i got a longan biew kiew small tree ,,
but lately all leaves dried out and then they all fell ,,,
is there anything i can do ,, the same happened to a small lychee tree ,, but the lychee leaves turn to be half brown and half green !! ,,
Thanks, Amr

It depends on what caused the leaf drop. The first thing to consider is drought stress. When and how often do you water. Where are you growing and what is the soil like...especially with regard to moisture retention?

Harry

Thanks Harry for your attention ,,

Regarding the soil ,, its peat moss potted ,, and i water regularly ,, but before the leaves dries out the plant suffered a long journey from the states to Egypt ,,
Now i need to make anything to revive it before the heat burn it ,, it reaches above 100 fahrenheit here in the summer ,,
And whenever i scratch the stem to check it it turns to be green ,, but not all the stem ,,

Amr