DIZON EXOTIC FRUIT TREES

Lychee is a sturdy tree that could be used for reforestation of the Cordillera region and other highlands like Mt. Banahaw. It is resistant to pest and disease. When planted from seed, lychee produces 70% male that will never bear fruits. If grown from temperature countries, it will not bear fruits in the tropics even if it happens to be female. Plant tropical varieties and see to it that your planting materials come from a reliable source that has a mother tree of tropical lychee.

Breakthrough in lychee fruiting

The Philippine Star, Sunday, March 12, 1995

BREAKTHROUGHS

Lychee can thrive in the country, as shown by the lychee tree planted inside Central Luzon State University (CLSU) campus in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija which is heavy with fruits

The Philippine Star, Agriculture, Sunday, May 25, 1997

Lychee always produces flushes or new shoots. In Thailand and China, 4 to 5 months before expected flowering, the tree is treated with growth regulator called cultar. This makes the tree produce flowers instead of shoots. But cultar is a very expensive chemical here in the Philippines which cost P5,000 per liter compared to the price in Thailand which is only lass than P500.

Another method of inducing flowering is by cincturing the branches 4 months before flowering time. Flowering of lychee should coincide with cool temperature months. 26 degrees and below that influences the female flowering or fruit setting.

Floriferous Lychee

Manila Bulletin, Agriculture, Thursday, March 9, 2000

Tips on Lychee Growing

Manila Bulletin, Agriculture, Thursday, March 9, 2000

Lychee can now be grown in RP

Manila Bulletin, May 26, 1992

Of the total flower produced in Wildlife, Q.C. and CLSU, only 40% has fruit set while in Cavite State University and Tagaytay, 60% developed and almost 100% in the Cordillera region where the weather is subtropical. There are now successful lychee growers in the Cordillera region but they are very few due to lack of planting materials and technical know-how.