Re: lychee and cashew seedlings
Sigi - we don't have the luxury of choosing cultivars here - this lychee seed was saved from fruit purchased in a store in England.
Frank - this is the first one we have grown and it is in the ground - alkaline soil as we are on limestone/coral and not much feeding other than the odd casual handful of whatever granular fertilizer I happen to have. Never noticed any chlorosis - do you know the ph of your potting soil? I can check mine to compare. To the best of my memory, this plant flowered over a long period in about January/February, it was a while before fruit set, and we picked the fruit in June.
On another note - does anyone know if easy-peel satsumas/clementines would have been irradiated to extend their shelf life? The reason I ask is that I brought back seeds from store fruit bought in England. Normally citrus seed germinates quickly and without any problems. Of all the citrus seed I brought back from market fruit - not one has sprouted in the month it has been planted. Normally it is up in a week and so I am casting about to find the reason - are there hybrids with non-viable seed? But my suspicious mind suggests irradiation!
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