Ever since growing up here in Hawaii we had a huge Lychee tree behind of my house. My grandma said my grandpa when buying the house began to grow the Lychee seed over 50 years ago. Over the years the Lychee tree has grown to be really big and a nuisance in a way because it attracts a lot of birds and ugly weeds to grow around it. So recently we at to trim the tree a bit so we can contain its growth and pick the lychee when the tree bears its fruit.
Lychee originated was from China and first came to Hawaii in 1873. Most of the trees in Hawaii are not sold commercially but are planted in neighborhoods and yards of people. Lychee is normally grown from sea level to 2000 ft. The Lychee tree grows with its bright green leaves that distinguish the tree as well as bearing the fruits between May and August. The tree may grow 40-50 feet high. When the lychee branch is ready to flower a fruit it begins with a flower looking stalk and when it bears a fruit it begins with a slimy red shell, small delicious fruit with a black seed.
To ensure a healthy Lychee tree experts say that it grows best in a moist, wet environment with at least 80 inches of rain like here in Hilo. The birds like I mentioned before are nuisances to the Lychee tree because they tend to pick and eat on the newly ripe lychee and tend to spread the seeds to other areas where they germinate and grow.
If you all see a Lychee tree when it bears fruit in the summer, go and try this delicious fruit.
Lychee originated was from China and first came to Hawaii in 1873. Most of the trees in Hawaii are not sold commercially but are planted in neighborhoods and yards of people. Lychee is normally grown from sea level to 2000 ft. The Lychee tree grows with its bright green leaves that distinguish the tree as well as bearing the fruits between May and August. The tree may grow 40-50 feet high. When the lychee branch is ready to flower a fruit it begins with a flower looking stalk and when it bears a fruit it begins with a slimy red shell, small delicious fruit with a black seed.
To ensure a healthy Lychee tree experts say that it grows best in a moist, wet environment with at least 80 inches of rain like here in Hilo. The birds like I mentioned before are nuisances to the Lychee tree because they tend to pick and eat on the newly ripe lychee and tend to spread the seeds to other areas where they germinate and grow.
If you all see a Lychee tree when it bears fruit in the summer, go and try this delicious fruit.
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