Cultivar : Muzaffarpur, Dehra Dun, Calcutta, Rose Scented, Khatti, Seedless.

Time of Planting:August to September.

Soil:Loamy Soil

Propagation:Air layering during rainy season.

Planting Material:Layers of 15 months

Planting Distance:Prepare pit of 1m x 1m x 1m size at a spacing of 10m X 10m.
Plant Protection:
(i) To control bats and birds during fruit ripening, the tree should be covered with bird proof nets.
(ii) Leaf curl or “Erinose” caused by the mite should be controlled by spraying Kelthane 1.5ml or dimethoate 2ml/lit of water.
(iii) Fruit cracking: Spray 2, 4, 5-T or NAA at 35-100 ppm.

Pruning:Remove the dead or diseased branches and damaged shoots or crossed limbs. Skipping of old branches is desirable to promote new growth.

Mulching : Dry leaves or rice straw are used as soil mulch.

Manure and Fertilizer:
For bearing Tree:
Urea: 110g.
Super Phosphate: 250g
Sulphate of Potash: 125g.
Oil Cake: 2 kg.
Bone Meal: 2 kg.
Wood ash: 4 kg.

Cropping : Litchi bears fruits 5 to 6 years after planting.
Flowering time is from February-March and the harvesting time is May-June.
Harvesting:Mature ripe fruits should be harvested with fruit stalks.
Yield:A healthy mature tree can yield a crop of 75 to 100 kg.

Benefit: cost ratio: 4.60 for bearing plants