How To Grow Lychee At Home: A 5-Step Guide

Lychees are a much-loved fruit in Southeast Asia and are gaining popularity worldwide. If you've ever purchased fresh lychees, you might have felt the urge to plant those appealing seeds and see the outcome. Keep reading to learn more about germinating lychee seeds and cultivating lychee from seed.

How To Grow Lychee From Seed

Lychee fruits have one seed each that you can plant to grow more lychee fruits. Follow the steps below to successfully grow lychee from seed.

Save the seed

Enjoy your lychee fruit, then save the large, brown seed inside! Choose fully ripe lychees with a reddish-purple skin for the best chance of successful germination.

Soak the seed for three days

To prepare the seed, soak it in warm water for three days, changing the water daily for freshness. Gently rinse and pat the seed dry with paper towels. When the seed starts to crack, it's ready to plant. Start by soaking the seed in a small bowl of warm water for three days, replacing the water daily. This will help encourage germination.

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Plant the lychee seedling

Find a tall container with drainage holes, fill it with slightly acidic potting soil, and bury the lychee seed about an inch deep. Create a subtropical environment by keeping the pot in a warm room without direct sunlight for your growing lychee plant. Shade is beneficial during the initial growth stages.

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Water and relocate your plant

Lychee trees require more water compared to typical houseplants. Water them every other day, monitoring the soil's moisture level. Once you notice green lychee leaves emerging from the soil, gradually shift your pot to a spot with more direct sunlight.

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Watch your plant’s growth

Lychee trees can reach up to ten feet tall, so prune by cutting top branches and leaves to control growth. Repot your plant in a larger container after the first year. As it grows, it will require more sunlight, thriving outdoors in direct sunlight. Lychee plants, native to tropical regions, flourish in hardiness zones ten and eleven.

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