Time: May 2026
Destination: Hainan, China
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China’s Most Remarkable Lychee Orchard in Hainan: A Smart Harvest Even During Drought
“Hainan lychee is one of China’s most famous tropical fruits — sweet, juicy, and filled with the sunshine of the South China Sea.”
A Smart Harvest from the Lychee Orchard using Cocoly.
Lychee trees depend heavily on water and balanced nutrition. But in early 2026, Hainan experienced one of its harshest droughts in recent years.
According to the local agricultural department, rainfall since March dropped by nearly 70% compared with normal years.
Temperatures stayed above 37°C for long periods, weakening tree growth and reducing fruit quality across many orchards.
Farmers worked day and night, adding more water and more fertilizer, but many still struggled with fruit drop, slow coloring, and poor sweetness.
But in the middle of this extreme drought, Ms Chen’s orchard became something very different.
While many orchards were losing fruit, her lychees were already turning bright red. The branches were heavy with healthy fruit.
Why? Because modern farming is no longer just about “applying fertilizer.” It is about using Smart Fertilizer.
Smart Nutrition Makes the Difference
Walking into Ms Chen’s orchard, the difference could be seen immediately. The lychee trees using Cocoly Granular Water-Soluble Fertilizer were strong and upright, with thick green leaves and dense fruit clusters.
Meanwhile, nearby orchards using traditional NPK showed weaker trees, uneven fruit growth, and delayed coloring.
Under the same weather conditions, the results were completely different.
Traditional NPK often release nutrients slowly and unevenly, making it difficult for crops to absorb enough nutrition during extreme weather.
In 2013, Cocoly created the category of Granular Water-Soluble Fertilizer — combining the convenience of granular fertilizer with the fast absorption of water-soluble technology. Now simply referred to as Smart Fertilizer.
The nutrients are fully water-soluble and can be quickly absorbed by lychee roots, improving nutrient efficiency by 2–3 times compared with traditional NPK fertilizers.
This means the trees can still receive stable nutrition even under drought stress.
Smart Resistance for Extreme Weather
Drought is not only a water problem — it is also a stress problem for crops.
Cocoly specially adds its patented formula, PAS, to help improve soil conditions, protect roots, and activate plant vitality.
The formula helps roots stay stronger during high temperatures and improves the tree’s resistance against drought stress.
That is why Ms Chen’s orchard maintained stable fruit growth while many nearby orchards struggled.
Smart Quality Creates Better Market Value
The difference was not only in yield, but also in fruit quality.
The orchard using Orchard plants denser fruit clusters with more even coloring.
The lychees using Cocoly developed brighter color, higher sweetness, and better market quality.
With the Cocoly Smart Fertilizer program, the orchard was harvested at least seven days earlier.
“I’ve grown lychees for many years, but I’ve never seen such a severe drought. I thought production would decrease badly this year. But Cocoly gave me a huge surprise.”
A good harvest during a drought is not luck. It is the result of Smart Fertilizer.
From smart nutrition and smart absorption to smart resistance and smart quality, Cocoly continues to redefine modern fertilizer.
In 2013, Cocoly created Granular Water-Soluble Fertilizer.
Now abbreviated: Smart Fertilizer.
