Lychee

[Brengirl]

I bought some lychee at the weekend and have just deseeded them. Apparently the seed germinates quickly and produce very attractive shrubs. They are not likely to bare fruit in this country but anything is possible. Gwan I challenge you. Keep me company in this experiment.

[sarraceniac]

I'll send you a baby lychee tree if you want Bren. Every year I try this. Every year I produce a few scrawny looking saplings. Every year I just get bored with them and throw them in the compost bin. I have 3 on the go at the moment. I can bear to part with 2 if anybody wants one. Although I'll keep one as usual until I sober up and realise that it is not very attractive.

[Brengirl]

Ah well. So anyother one bites the dust. You are so such a spoilsport

[sarraceniac]

I don't know. You may find it attractive, or think that I am growing it wrong but this one is 3 months old. I've tried one up to a year before I lost patience when it was just as scrawny.

[Brengirl]

[SIZE="2"]Well this is one I made earlier.

[sarraceniac]

Bet that isn't in the UK? apparently they had to breed a special variety to withstand the cold of Hawaii.

[Brengirl]

I don't believe it's one of ours for a minute. But, they do like a cold snap which encourages growth when the temperature rises. They like it warm but must be in the shade.

[Flummery]

I grew one many years ago. It did prodcue the most pathetic, straggly looking vine as Sarraceniac says. I got fed-up watering it in the end.

[Brengirl]

OK - If you two were disappointed I don't stand a chance. I am not into nurturing plants if the odds are stacked against it. Time is of the essence. I want it yesterday lol.

[sarraceniac]

Naw. It's just us north-easterners combining forces against furreners from the south-west. We're getting our own back for Alfred the Cake.

[Brengirl]

Naw. It's just us north-easterners combining forces against furreners from the south-west. We're getting our own back for Alfred the Cake.

But he knew a thing or two about daffodils