WOULD LYCHEE GROW ok IN A 55 GALLON gARBAGE CAN -- eDIBLE/medicinal PARTS

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  1. Francis Eric

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    I will get the question of the medicinal uses out of the way.
    any uses other then the fruit -- like seeds of leaves ?

    This is a lychee tree
    http://www.bluechameleon.org/Forum Pics 2005/- Lychee tree.jpg

    i AM WONERING if lychess would grow, and fruit in a 55 garbage pail.
    i READ THAT GROWERS keep the tree's small like 10 feet high -- they
    don't get much biger then 15 feet high



    Out of luck I was looking for a picture, and noticed this web site
    just 1 picture here --- A bonsai
    http://www.ktsilk.com/gallery/Specialty Trees/Lychee Tree.JPG

    Next link is the web site with many bonsai tree's
    I know of grafting,
    but Im not sure of grafted dwarf lychee's

    http://www.ktsilk.com/gallery/default.asp?f=Specialty Trees

    I just came accrossed this --- (
    but I want to see if any one has info about this
    --- also my post is half way done)
    I also read this
    that some one said TO A ILLINOIS PERSON (LIKE ME)
    to get some seeds dry for a day, and put in sterile soil, and then
    buy some root stock.

    http://www.bananas.org/f8/potted-tropical-fruit-trees-4432.html

    I quote

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    When lychee's in season, buy some fruit and save the seeds. Wash them
    well, dry them for 24 hours, and plant them in sterile soil in 4"
    pots. They sprout in a couple of weeks, depending on how warm is the
    environment. A plastic cover would help keep the humidity high, but
    do not keep it wet. Lychee does need a warm environment to fruit,
    though. They may even need to be pollinated. When your seedlings are
    pencil sized in diameter, buy some scion wood to graft to it from the
    CRFG or some nurseries in FL to improve your fruiting chances.
    Sometimes, I've seen them(grafted) in Home Depot in FL and CA. Who
    knows, they may have them in south TX.

    For now, I will be propagating Dwarf Ambarella from seed (if I can
    survive the importing protocols with the USDA.) This plant can bloom
    in 9 months from transplanting at 14-inches high. The fruit tastes a
    little like mango and a little like pineapple. The fruit size can be
    as large as twice the size of large plums and has a shape like plums.
    They have one 3/4" spiny seed. Since this plant grows to 6-feet, in-
    ground, it is probably very ideal for potted plant. Logee's Nursery
    sells them."
    -___________________________
    In Illinois 40 miles west of chicago --
    hot, and humid Aurora --- which lychess like
     

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