Grow Juicy Lychees in Your Home- Here’s How

Lychees are a tropical delight, popular for their delicate, fragrant sweetness & juicy texture. Lychees can now be cultivated at home with proper care

Not every lychee variety will thrive in India, so it is important to pick the right one, like Bengal, China, and No Mai Tze

Choose the right variety

Lychee trees love basking in the sun! Six to eight hours is ideal for these sun lovers. — ideally six to eight hours a day

Find a sunny spot

A loamy and well-drained, moist mix would work wonders. Be extra careful with waterlogging. A big no to clay-heavy soil.

Prepare the soil

Try to keep the soil evenly moist without letting it get soggy. And when things heat up, be sure to give your tree a bit of extra water

Water with care

Regularly trimming dead or diseased branches and shedding away overcrowded growth improves airflow around the tree

Prune regularly

When the fruits wear the bright red hat, you know it’s time to enjoy what you sowed!

Harvest when ripe