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Has anyone any experience of growing lychees?

I have grown one from the stone. It's about 3 months old and seems to had stopped growing. Some of the leaves are going brown at the edges - it's not touching anyhthing, it sits on my table in the sun.

Any advice would be appreciated.

It sounds like too much water - that can turn the edges of the leaves brown. In the winter which is the rest period for lychee the soil should be allowed to go dust dry before watering and when the growth begins in spring you should feed it every week.

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WOW! I didn't nkow you could grow them in the UK...! COOL

I LOVE lychees. When is the best time to plant them?

Of 9 lychee stones planted in a bag of 'ericaceous' compost, 1 has sprouted.

It is c3½"/9cm high and has 2 coppery leaves. I think I read somewhere that they stay this height for quite a while.

I assume that the next stage is to pot the plant - using the compost.

At the moment, the bag and seedling are sitting in the sun lounge - I had the bag outside but was afraid of frosts.

Any comments/suggestions welcome.

Lesley

When you say 'dry as dust' is that from, say, now till March?

Thanks.

Feshie I have checked my information again and that is all it says - winter months. So I would go for December till February.

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does it have to be ericacious?