Lychee, how to grow at home from a bone - the rules of planting and care. Exotic lychee fruit: where and how lychee grows, the use of fruits

Lychee fruit is a rare guest on our table, because lychee trees prefer a warmer climate. grow lychee on suburban area will not work, but create all the conditions to grow ornamental plant in a pot - worth a try.

Lychee fruits are tasty and fragrant, the leaves of this tree are green, and the crown is round and beautiful. Every summer resident would like to grow this tree on the site, but due to the harsh climate, the lychee will not bear fruit. It is quite possible to admire the beauty of this tree if you try to grow it from an ordinary bone.

How to choose a lychee bone for planting

Lychee is usually propagated by cuttings, the only way to get good harvest. But since the climate in our area is not suitable for the mass cultivation of cuttings, it is possible to plant and grow a small tree from seeds or seeds. To grow a lychee, you need to take a ripened fruit and extract a bone from it.

Fruits are easy to choose: they have a hard red skin and a pronounced aroma. The pulp is sweet and translucent. Each fruit has one seed from which lychee can be grown. After removing the seed from the fruit, it is advisable to plant it in a pot immediately, because the viability of the seed is small, only 3-5 days. But it is undesirable to withstand sowing material for so long, since it is not known whether it will be possible to grow litchi from such a seed at all.

How to grow lychee from seed

To grow this crop, the following conditions must be observed:

• The room should be warm and humid, like in the tropics.
• After removing the bone, do not store it for a long time in the open air.
• If you are going to plant litchi today, then it is advisable to open the fruit immediately before planting.

Growing rules:

• prepare a small container (for example, a pot for growing seedlings) with holes for drainage;
• pour a layer of fine expanded clay, then fresh soil for growing flowers;
• moisten the ground well so that excess water flows out through the drainage holes;
• you should not wash the bone before planting, deepen it into the ground by only 3 cm;
• maintain the temperature in the room at least 25 degrees, and the maximum allowable mark is 34-35 degrees;
• the humidity of the upper layer is constant, but within the normal range. Frequent and abundant watering is unacceptable;
• live seeds should germinate quickly, within 1-4 weeks. Some may need a little more time. As practice has shown, out of 3 planted lychee seeds, 2 seeds sprouted on the 5th week after planting, and the last one - 4 months later!
• when the first leaves appear, the pot must be placed so that direct sunlight does not fall on the plant;
• seedlings quickly stretch upwards, in 2-3 weeks they grow up to 20 cm, but then growth slows down and the adult house tree does not grow more than 30 cm in the first 2 years;
• during the first two years, a powerful root system develops, so the tree will need to be transplanted several times during this period into a more spacious container;
• Lychee grown at home does not tolerate drafts and direct sunlight. He does not like the soil to dry out, so you should always maintain moderate humidity;
• does not tolerate lychee and stagnation of liquid, therefore it is so important to make good drainage so that excess liquid flows into the sump.

Lychee - (lat. Litchi chinensis) a plant that belongs to the salind family. There are several other names for the fruit - "Chinese plum", "liji" or "fox". The plant was first grown in China. At the moment it is common in America, China, Africa, Japan.

The fruit is oval in shape. The peel is pimply, red. The flesh is white or cream. The fruit is 3 cm in diameter.

The leaves are narrow and elongated. The yield has been growing for 20 years. Fruit picking takes place from May to June.

IN South-East Asia grow fruits similar to lychee - longan. They are smaller in weight and size and ripen somewhat later. One tree gives about 300 grams of fruit. Experts say that canned longan has more benefits than lychee. At the same time, the plant is more cold-resistant, which allows it to be grown in middle lane Russia.

What are the benefits of fruit

Lychee is distinguished not only by its pleasant taste, but also by the fact that it is rich in useful substances. Lychee contains vitamins, potassium, proteins, phosphorus, iron and pectins. The fruit is rich in vitamin PP. The presented substance effectively fights against atherosclerosis.

Lychee is useful for the digestive tract. It normalizes digestion and metabolic processes. Since the fruit saturates quickly enough, it should be consumed before the main meals to avoid overeating. Lychee promotes faster production of gastric juice.

Lychee is a wonderful aphrodisiac. Its benefit lies in the fact that it normalizes the hormonal background.

Harmful properties of fruit

Agricultural technology

Growing from the bone

Knowing the features of agricultural technology, a fruit can be grown even from a seed. How to do it?

1. Separate the pulp from the bone.
2. Rinse the bone with water and place in a dense cloth moistened with water.
3. Put her in warm place for 7 days.
4. If the fabric dries out, it must be moistened again.
5. After 7 days, look at the size of the bone. If it has become larger, you can start landing.
6. Then a container is taken, filled with soil, the stone is planted 3 centimeters deep.
7. Watering is done as the soil dries up.

Cultivation by direct seeding

To grow lychees by direct seeding, you will need a flower. Soil can be used universal, which is suitable for all seedlings. There must be a hole at the bottom of the container to drain water.

When planting a bone, make sure that its blunt end is up - from here a sprout appears. Watering is done as it dries.

A sprout will appear in a few weeks. This means that it's time to move the plant to a warmer place. Watering, again, is done as the soil dries up - about a day later. Lychee is growing fast. It is recommended to spray its leaves with a spray bottle.

Growing by soaking in water

There is another method that allows you to grow lychee. To do this, the bone is dipped in a small amount of unboiled water. After a week, the bone will crack, and the root will come out of it. When it reaches a length of 1 cm, it will be possible to plant in the ground. A layer of soil is placed on top. Watering is required periodically.

How to care

To grow lychee, care must be taken to ensure that the roots of the tree receive required amount oxygen. To do this, loosen the soil. For irrigation, only well-settled water, aged at room temperature. Do not water the plant too often, otherwise the roots may rot. The leaves are sprayed with a spray bottle.

After the sprout stretches up to 10 centimeters, it is transplanted into a pot. bigger size. To give the lychee a neat shape, pruning is performed in the first 2 years. Top dressing occurs with the help of fertilizers for exotic plants.

Varieties

More than 100 plant varieties are distinguished. The fruits of all are edible. The most common varieties:

• muzaffarpur;
• rank;
• late seedles;
• phurbi;
• early large ed.

Small-seeded varieties are of great value. They need pollination. According to scientists, it is not possible to breed seedless trees.

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The fruit is oval in shape. The peel is pimply, red. The flesh is white or cream. The fruit is 3 cm in diameter.

The leaves are narrow and elongated. The yield has been growing for 20 years. Fruit picking takes place from May to June.

In Southeast Asia, fruits similar to lychee are grown - longan. They are smaller in weight and size and ripen somewhat later. One tree gives about 300 grams of fruit. Experts say that canned longan has more benefits than lychee. At the same time, the plant is more cold-resistant, which allows it to be grown in central Russia.

What are the benefits of fruit

Lychee is distinguished not only by its pleasant taste, but also by the fact that it is rich in useful substances. Lychee contains vitamins, potassium, proteins, phosphorus, iron and pectins. The fruit is rich in vitamin PP. The presented substance effectively fights against atherosclerosis.

Lychee is useful for the digestive tract. It normalizes digestion and metabolic processes. Since the fruit saturates quickly enough, it should be consumed before the main meals to avoid overeating. Lychee promotes faster production of gastric juice.

Lychee is a wonderful aphrodisiac. Its benefit lies in the fact that it normalizes the hormonal background.

Harmful properties of fruit

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Agricultural technology

Growing from the bone

Knowing the features of agricultural technology, a fruit can be grown even from a seed. How to do it?

1. Separate the pulp from the bone.
2. Rinse the bone with water and place in a dense cloth moistened with water.
3. Place it in a warm place for 7 days.
4. If the fabric dries out, it must be moistened again.
5. After 7 days, look at the size of the bone. If it has become larger, you can start landing.
6. Then a container is taken, filled with soil, the stone is planted 3 centimeters deep.
7. Watering is done as the soil dries up.

Cultivation by direct seeding

To grow lychee by direct seeding, you will need flower pot. Soil can be used universal, which is suitable for all seedlings. There must be a hole at the bottom of the container to drain water.

When planting a bone, make sure that its blunt end is up - from here a sprout appears. Watering is done as it dries.

A sprout will appear in a few weeks. This means that it's time to move the plant to a warmer place. Watering, again, is done as the soil dries up - about a day later. Lychee is growing fast. It is recommended to spray its leaves with a spray bottle.

Growing by soaking in water

There is another method that allows you to grow lychee. To do this, the bone is dipped in a small amount of unboiled water. After a week, the bone will crack, and the root will come out of it. When it reaches a length of 1 cm, it will be possible to plant in the ground. A layer of soil is placed on top. Watering is required periodically.

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How to care

To grow lychee, it is necessary to ensure that the roots of the tree receive the necessary amount of oxygen. To do this, loosen the soil. For irrigation, only well-settled water, kept at room temperature, is suitable. Do not water the plant too often, otherwise the roots may rot. The leaves are sprayed with a spray bottle.

After the sprout stretches to 10 centimeters, it is transplanted into a larger pot. To give the lychee a neat shape, pruning is performed in the first 2 years. Top dressing occurs with the help of fertilizers for exotic plants.

Varieties

More than 100 plant varieties are distinguished. The fruits of all are edible. The most common varieties:

• muzaffarpur;
• rank;
• late seedles;
• phurbi;
• early large ed.

Small-seeded varieties are of great value. They need pollination. According to scientists, it is not possible to breed seedless trees.

There are no serious pests or diseases in the fruit. In China, they are simply protected from flying dogs and birds.

In America, in the state of California, longan is grown. Sometimes fruit is cultivated even in places where it does not grow.

Features of cultivation in central Russia

Growing lychee in central Russia is quite difficult. The plant prefers a subtropical climate with dry, cool winters. The tree can grow up to 30 meters in height! Development is slow. At vegetative propagation fruiting can occur after 4 years. In seedlings, the appearance of fruits can be expected only after 8 years. The soil requires fertile, well-moistened.

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The first three years, seedlings develop extremely slowly. Overflow and drying of the soil should not be allowed. A drainage of 3-4 centimeters is required. Soils with a pH of 5.5 to 7.5 will be an excellent option. You will need mycorrhiza, while you can take an artificial one - it is sold in granules. Lychees are sensitive to the salt composition of the soil - this must also be taken into account. After warm winter you can not wait for the flowering of the plant.

After planting, young plants must be protected from cold for a couple of years. Methods such as smoking and covering with straw are suitable for this. Also, landings require protection from the wind. A dry wind will cause young trees to shed their leaves, and cracks may form on the fruits.

Though the best option loams will become soils for lychee, plants can exist in absolutely any soil. When seed propagation is recommended to plant the seeds immediately, otherwise they will lose their germination. The root system of seedlings is strong. When planting, the distance between trees should reach 6-16 meters.

The main part of the roots of the plant is located above the soil. At the same time, it is in symbiosis with mycorrhiza - soil fungi. Mycorrhiza perfectly absorbs nitrogen and nourishes the plant. In order for the lychee to develop well, you should take the soil from old plants and pour it on root system young.

The fruits do not tolerate transportation well. After collection, they can be stored for three days at room temperature. Fruit can be stored in refrigerated rooms for several months - the temperature should reach 1-7 degrees. In China, India and Vietnam, lychees are dried, and they can also be placed in bamboo stalks and stored there in a salted form. When dried, the peel of the fruit becomes hard, and inside is dried pulp and seeds - lychee nuts.

Lychee - useful and delicious fruit ideal for canning. His homeland is China. But, if you try, you can grow the presented exotic even in central Russia.

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In those already distant and forgotten Soviet times, probably most of us, except for pineapples and bananas, oranges and tangerines, about the existence of others exotic fruits didn't even suspect. Maybe they suspected and even read something, but, unfortunately, it was not possible to try, feast on, get to know these plants better.

Now times have changed. And even those who do not yet have the opportunity to go, for example, to Thailand, China or some other exotic country, can buy a cutting exotic plant at home or simply grow it from a seed. Where do you get the bone, you ask? Yes, in any decent supermarket or wholesale store! What is not there! Just buy, eat, and plant seeds))

And now I came across a new exotic lychee fruit for me. As soon as this fruit is not called! And lychee, and ligee, and fox, and Chinese plum. Apparently, it comes from China, which is why it is called the Chinese plum.

The lychee turned out to be a small oval, egg-shaped fruit with a pimply reddish skin. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I didn't even know what was inside it and how to clean it.

And it was very easy to clean. Under this dense peel, which easily separated, there was a juicy pulp, inside of which there was a rather large brown seed.

Oh, what a delicious pulp with a white tint! Very fragrant. with sweet and sour refreshing taste.

It tasted like Lydia grapes to me.

I read from sources that because of the unusual combination of white pulp and dark seed, the Chinese call this fruit "dragon's eye." Really very similar!)

Desserts, ice cream, liqueurs, various delicious drinks are made from lychee, added to puddings, etc. Eh, it's probably fun to make a liquor or some kind of drink from your own lychee harvest!)

And now, in order to fulfill my dream, I am already running to plant fresh seeds. Fortunately, I have plenty of them))

I sowed the seeds in wet peat in cups in early January. A month later, in one of the cups that was in the greenhouse, I found a growing stick without leaves. At the bottom of the glass there were already such decent roots.

The wand grew by leaps and bounds)

A day later, our sticks had very tender leaves.

Lychee one month after germination.

At first, lychee leaves are born reddish, and then turn green with a bronze tint.

Lychee at a month and a half.

Almost a year has passed. My lychee has grown.

Probably the plant is missing high humidity air and some other trace elements, as the tips of the leaves dry out and spots are found on some leaves. However, the new growths that he gives out do not crumble and this gives me hope that everything will be fine with him!

Victoria Didenko

15.04.2013

Galina

Thanks! You gave me hope that you can grow from the seed. I really liked the fruit, if it works out, I will also try to grow it from the bone, and then how it will turn out.

15.04.2013

Victoria

Galina, of course it will!
Just need to plant fresh bones. I have only 2 from a large pile of seeds and have grown. I'll update the pictures later. Now I don't have time for anything

02.02.2014

natasha

interesting and fruitful

02.02.2014

natasha

or from fructify and die

02.02.2014

cloud

Why will die? It's a tree! Apple and pear trees, after they give fruits, do not die!))
If only it would bear fruit!

07.02.2014

OLGA

I JUST DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE BONES SHOULD BE SOAKED? PLEASE TELL ME!

07.02.2014

Victoria

Olga, I did not soak the lychee bones. But if you have a desire and have a couple of seeds (or maybe more), then why not experiment ?!)

10.02.2014

Kira

Forgive me for the stupid question, but which end should the seeds be planted with?)))) Or is it not important? I’m sitting now, eating lychee with appetite, and I really wanted to sprout it))

10.02.2014

Victoria

Kira, sit down horizontally! Don't guess!)

13.02.2014

Svetlana

Plant with the blunt end up. Hold the bone beforehand either in a glass of water, or in a damp cloth for several days so that it swells. The tip of the spine may even appear. Begins to bear fruit at 8-10 years, if planted from the seed

27.02.2014

Ludmila

the root will still go down no matter how you plant it. Yesterday my son from Thailand brought me some dragon seeds, the sea landed some. I'm waiting for the results.

02.03.2014

Igor

My lychee sprouts sprouted, but when I removed the bag, the leaves began to dry overnight. How did you deal with it?

02.03.2014

Victoria

Igor, my lychee leaves did not wilt. I can advise you to put litchi under the package. And then, when he leaves, slowly teach for 5-10 minutes, increasing the time.

21.03.2014

Natalie

Oh, I’ve been growing lychee for a month too)) I first put the bones in a damp cloth for a week)) I put two and both sprouted, then in the ground on a barrel and a centimeter covered with ordinary earth and everything is fine, both grow)))

04.04.2014

I don't think it's so easy

07.08.2014

Gennady

planted 7 lychee seeds sprouted while 2 pieces seem to be about to sprout 3 ..

28.11.2014

Alexander

I planted 12 seeds and after 5 months they were already growing from 20 to 35 centimeters. They have large green leaves. But before planting them, I soaked them for two weeks in a plate with wet cotton wool, twisting a little water every day. And at the moment they have small fruits !!!

22.02.2015

kirya

need a bigger pot, that's all

23.03.2015

Dmitry

And I just stuffed the seeds mixed with tangerine into a pot with earth and put it on the battery and watered it every other day. A month later I was thinking about throwing it away, I already see a stick sticking out))) well, I’m on the window and water it every other day for 5 leaves)))

17.05.2015

Olga

In I then on Fresh air I will transplant the tree. The climate allows

21.07.2015

Oksana

A week ago I stuck a bone into a pot with a date palm (which I also grow from a seed). We left for the weekend, and when we returned, a 5 cm sprout was sticking out of the ground. I didn’t know what lychee looked like, so I was very happy to see your photos. pot, let it grow.

30.12.2015

At home, it will not bear fruit) unless of course .. you need to cross in short!)

05.01.2016

Natalia

Lychee grows well in a container as houseplant, it bears fruit well at home.
I was promised so

06.02.2016

oksana

They sent all the leaves, a young shoot began to dry, which I accidentally ate a vatunula to do, and take it and grow, I’m glad I don’t want to lose it.

09.01.2017

Svetlana

Today, 01/09/2017 at 21.00, I put 14 LYCHI seeds in a container under a damp cloth and put them in a warm place, let's see when they germinate. I hope that I want to give everything to my friends.

10.01.2017

Sergei

According to sources, it bears fruit after 20 years.

16.01.2017

17.01.2017

Victoria

Christina, the lychee is gone, my plant has disappeared. Started to wither and finally bent. I read that mycorrhiza lives on the roots of lychee - a soil fungus that forms nodules. These nodules improve the nutrition of the lychee. And in order for the nodules to grow faster, you need to add soil from under adult litchi. And where can we get them?))) that's the end of the story))

18.01.2017

Gulya

It is necessary to water once a month with yeast, sweet water .. Then everything will be fine! This applies to all tropical plants...

18.01.2017

Victoria

Gulya interesting advice! Thanks!

29.01.2017

NINA EVTINA

FROM FRESH FRUIT FROM JANUARY 4, LYCHEE SEEDS GROWN ON JANUARY 29, 2017 WITH RED LEAVES.

06.02.2017

Elena

Gulya, what is the proportion of yeast and sugar with water? My monstera began to wither, the leaves turn yellow. I do not know what to do?

16.02.2017

Hope

I also planted this lychee plant, advise how many years it needs to grow before fruiting if it grows indoors

19.02.2017

galina

urgently, if I accidentally ate a bone, what will happen to me?

19.02.2017

cloud

Galina, nothing will happen .. the body will physiologically deal with this bone and bring it out. It won't grow, don't be afraid

02.03.2017

Nadia

I just threw a bone into the pot and it sprouted somewhere in a month, maybe less. didn't do anything to him. I water once a week along with the flower as I did before. growing

06.02.2019

Svetlana

Lychee will not bear fruit at home, longan has similar fruits and when good care can rejoice in the harvest. A tropical tree needs a long daylight hours and sufficient air humidity. To do this, you need to use the backlight and a humidifier in the dry season.

How to grow lychee from seed

Lychee is a fruit that is often found fresh on the shelves. It is a small rounded fruit covered with a dense pink skin. Inside it is a white juicy pulp and a large bone. By planting a seed in the ground and following all the recommendations for care, you can grow lychees indoors.

How to grow lychee

For cultivation, take seeds from fresh fruits. In canned or dried lychee, the seed is not viable.

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Lychee fruits

The process of seed germination is simple, and most importantly, it does not take much time. However, for its implementation, certain step-by-step actions are required:

• • Pour loose earth into a pot, you can use the usual purchased one.

• • Plant the stone in the substrate to a depth of 1-2 cm.

• • It is better to plant vertically, so it will be easier for the sprout to come out of the ground, since the seed coat remains on the cotyledons.

• • The pot must be covered with a bag and kept constantly moist.

• • The temperature of the content should be at least +25 ° C, so it is best to plant a stone in the summer.

If all conditions are met, seedlings will appear no later than in 2 weeks. At first, the above-ground part will quickly stretch. Then the development of the root system will begin, and if the plant is initially planted in a small glass, it will have to be transplanted.

Growing lychee at home

Despite the fact that the lychee is a native of exotic countries, it is also grown in the room.

To grow a plant, the following conditions are met:

• • For a pot with a plant, they choose the brightest place, and in winter they organize lighting.

• • Necessary all year round maintain a high temperature, in the region of +25 ° С. In winter, it should not fall below +18 ° C.

• • For the full development of the lychee is supported high humidity air. Therefore, it is often sprayed from a sprayer, especially in winter.

For growing lychee, take a spacious pot, preferably ceramic or clay, so that the roots do not overheat.

A young plant is periodically pruned to form beautiful crown. With this technique, you can get a beautiful tree in a few years.

The lychee plant is grown from a stone extracted from a fresh fruit. The growing process consists of only a few steps. It can be mastered by a beginner florist. The grown plant will feel great on the windowsill and, with careful care, will bloom and tie several fruits.