When is lychee ready to pick

I was shock too. Never seen a lychee that big before. It was almost double the size of the golf ball. You can see how big some of them are in the picture.

But of course they didn't send me all huge one. The flavor was so good. I got a tree too, now sending out new growth.

Hopefully I will get some fruit next year. I didn't get the tree from lycheesonline. I got it from Top Trop. I'll share picture later.

I was under the impression from the pics at PIN and Lycheesonline that the fruit was much more red. To my surprise too that the color was not fully red when I received them. But they are still sweet and full of flavor Most or all were chick tongue seeds. Thanks for posting those Sweetheart Lychee fruits. I have a young tree also, but have never seen or tasted the fruit yet I expected the fruits to be a little redder, like the pics on Pine Island. Color doesn't matter as long as it tastes good I'm glad you liked the taste and texture.

Can't wait till mine gives me some fruits. My daughter's co-worker brought some Lychees to work Miami she gave my daughter some, and she sent me a dozen she knows I love them she emailed me these pics. She's not sure what variety it was. They were excellent but the seeds were large No idea I think they are Brewster or Mauritius looking at the color and size. Very uniform sizes. They look so yummy. I can't wait to get some too. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw.

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Home Decor. Holiday Decor. Christmas Trees. Holiday Lighting. Gift Cards. Tropical Fruits. Will they continue to ripen, or should I just eat them now? Email Save Comment If there is a sudden rainfall after a prolonged dry period many of the fruit on the tree will split. Split fruit attract insects and birds and lead to collateral damage on adjacent fruits.

Ripe Stage This is the stage that we are all waiting for. With the advent of the summer rainy season around mid-May in Florida the fruits will begin to swell with juice and produce lots of sugars. Unlike many other tropical fruits, much of the size of a lychee is determined in the very last stage of development, just prior to its peak ripeness. An excellent indicator of ripeness in lychees is the flattening of the bumps on the surface of the skin , caused by the fruit swelling with juice and fructose fruit sugar - mmmmmm.

The dark red color almost purplish is a good indicator of maturity along with fruit size minimum of 25 mm in diameter. Lychee Growers. Plus we will notify you when the lychee fruit is ripe and ready to eat! Due to the introduction of earlier and later fruiting varieties, and the extensive production zones from tropical to temperate climates, the industry produces fruit from October in Far North Queensland to early April in Northern NSW. This gives the Australian industry a significant advantage over our competitors on world markets.

No other country can offer such a long line of supply of a quality-controlled fresh lychee product. This project has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited using the lychee industry levy and funds from the Australian Government. The lychee Litchi chinensis is a subtropical fruit. It is oval to round in shape and about the size of a walnut. Its thin, red bumpy skin is easily peeled to reveal a white, juicy, translucent ball of firm jelly-like flesh that surrounds a shiny brown seed.

Lychees are berries and are produced on tropical evergreen trees. The trees are attractive with shiny, leathery green leaves and long sprays of green, white or yellow flowers.

After a few months, the sprays of flowers become bunches of fruit.