Wind breaks should be provided on the sides from which high winds are expected. Plants suitable for providing wind breaks are seedlings of mango, jamun, eucalyptus, mulberry, shisham etc.  Live thorny hedge preferably of 'Karonda' (Caricas carandas) or other locally available plant should be provided around the field in order to protect the young trees from animals etc

Dos in Litchi

• Wind breaks should be provided on the sides from which high winds are expected. Plants suitable for providing wind breaks are seedlings of mango, jamun, eucalyptus, mulberry, shisham etc.  Live thorny hedge preferably of 'Karonda' (Caricas carandas) or other locally available plant should be provided around the field in order to protect the young trees from animals etc.

• Good Quality air layered nursery plants purchased from government nurseries or government approved nurseries should be planted. Normally 10 m x 10 m spacing will be provided with a density of 100 plants per ha. Bombai and Muzzafarpur varieties which grow in to huge trees may also be planted at this density but good pruning will be needed. China and Elachi can be comfortably planted at 124 plants per Ha. High density planting and pruning or thinning of plants is the most modern technology.
• Life saving irrigation is needed for young plants at least in first 2 years during winter and summer. Irrigation of the young trees should be done by basin system. During dry season irrigation schedule will be 30 times during 1^st year, 20 times during 2^nd to 4^th year and 10 times from 5^th year onwards.
• Litchi requires light pruning. As the fruits are borne on the growth of the previous year, the common practice is breaking off a meter or so of a branch along with the bunch of the fruits at the time of harvesting.

• Litchi trees need regular watering and therefore it is essential that enough water must be available from the flowering stage until after the February/March flush following the harvest.
• Because the edible portion of the litchi fruit has a water content of 86 %, the availability of water remains important during the development period.
• A water shortage will delay development of the fruit and adversely affect the size, mass and quality of the litchi.
• Irrigation must continue after harvesting to ensure that a normal growth flush occurs during February/March, just before the beginning of the dormant period.
• During dormancy (April to July) irrigation should be reduced, but the tree should not suffer drought.
• Young trees that are not producing yet are irrigated throughout the year.
• Producers normally stop irrigating the trees during the coldest months of the year (June and July) so that they can have a proper dormant period. In areas where it is never very cold, irrigation should stop to force the trees into dormancy.

Don'ts in Litchi

• Closer planting should not be done.
• Do not fertilized newly-transplanted trees too soon. Fertilizer should only be applied about 1 year after transplanting.
• The harvesting of fruit should not be delay because fruit quality affected.
• Harvesting of individual fruit should not be done because rotting in fruits occurred.