Litchi, how to grow a house from a stone - the rules of planting and care

Few people are familiar with the sweetish fruits of litchi, how to grow houses from the stone this exotic tree is known even fewer people. Experienced gardeners were convinced in practice that, given certain agrotechnical measures, the task is not difficult.

Litchi fruit - growing at home

Tropical, fruit-tree lychee is the plant that can grow at home on the windowsill. In natural conditions in the garden trees can grow up to 25-30 meters, at home - the height reaches a maximum size of 2.5 meters, but more often even to such parameters it does not hold out. This allows him to take up a little space, growing up indoors.

To grow lychee from the bone at home, seeds from fruits bought in the store, observing certain rules, can be used to ensure their absolute germination. The conditions necessary for seed germination are as follows:

1. A warm room with humid air, reminiscent of the rainy season in the tropics.
2. Constantly, but moderately moistened soil.
3. After planting the stone, the temperature of the air in the room should not be below 25-30 ° C.
4. Until the first leaves appear, keep the pot in a dark place, then provide enough light, but exclude direct sunlight.

Lychee - growing at home from the stone

Having studied the information on how to propagate lychee, and how to grow houses from the bones of a tree, prepare the necessary conditions and get the right containers, soil and fertilizers. Prepare the bone extracted from the fetus for planting, to do this, wrap it with a damp cloth from the fabric, leaving in this form for a week, periodically sprinkling with water to maintain moisture.

To plant a swollen seed, take a pot or container that has drainage holes, lay a layer of expanded clay on the bottom, fill with nutrient, loose soil (with the addition of peat). It is safer to plant several seeds at once, by deepening them by 1.5-2 cm, filling with water until the soil gets completely wet and excess moisture leaks out through the drainage . To create the greenhouse effect, tighten the container with film, providing the lychee with the necessary growing conditions (heat and humidity), wait for emergence after 15-20 days.

How to grow a litchi seed?

To increase the chances of growing a tree from a bone, you should read a few tips on how to germinate lychee seeds:

1. Before you drop the swollen seed into the ground, lightly cut it, so the sprout will be easier to break through.
2. Do not go too far.
3. Immediately after planting, use soft, warm water for irrigation.
4. A small pot or container, covered with a film, place in a dark, warm place, preferably near the heater.
5. Daily check the condition of the soil, if necessary, moisten, avoiding both drying out and stagnant water.
6. After the appearance of the first stem, remove the film and move the container to a slightly shaded place.
7. When 3-5 leaves appear, transplant the plant into a more voluminous pot, set it on the window sill, without exposing it to hot sunlight on the tree, water moderately.

Which side to put a litchi bone?

Having conceived to grow an exotic tree in a house, having bought a fruit in the store and taking out a seed from it, you need to know how to properly plant a litchi seed in the ground. Before growing lychee houses from the stone, make sure that the fruit chosen for its extraction is completely ripe, has a red skin and strong aroma, only in this case one can count on success. The seed should be a saturated brown color and have a rounded shape. It is best to plant the litchi bone horizontally, since from the blunt end, both the roots and the stem of the plant can simultaneously break through.

What will grow from a litchi bone?

Some enthusiastic gardeners, having bought exotic fruit in supermarkets, try to grow small decorative plants from them in a dwelling. Having completed the necessary agrotechnical methods, it is possible to grow the lychee's home tree from the bones. Growing lychee from seeds, it is necessary to be patient, the process is slow, during the first six months the grown seedling will only release 2-3 leaves.

Litchi can also be called Chinese cherry , Chinese plum, Chinese grapes. From a seed planted at home, a beautiful, ornamental plant grows, evergreen with glossy, pointed, long leaves, with a neat rounded crown that must be formed in the first year of life. The tree has a powerful root system, so it should be transplanted three times to a larger container before the age of three.

Can fruit lice from the stone?

Lychee trees are best fruited, planted vegetatively from the cuttings, they carry the genetic characteristics of this species. Fecundation of lychee, planted from the bone to achieve more difficult, but if you provide the plant with high humidity in the room and a high temperature, that is, create almost tropical conditions, there is a possibility of the appearance of fruits.

It is not necessary to conduct a rigid pruning of the crown, it will eliminate the appearance of flower panicles, pruning is carried out only at the first stages of development. The litchi tree needs cross-pollination. To form and develop flower buds, you need to provide a small seasonal temperature fluctuation (moisture and heat in summer, the relative decrease in temperature - in winter). Fruiting can occur at 6-10 years of plant life.