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We made airlayers of 'Brewster' lychee at different seasons with and without indole butyric acid (IBA) at 3,000 ppm. Airlayers with mature terminal leaves and 5000 ppm IBA were superior to those with inmature leaves. Rooting was 80, 91.6, 100 and 91.6% for June, August, September and November, respectively. Air layers treated with IBA were superior in all cases with double the rooting. Roots per airlayer were 3 or less without IBA and between 5 and 8 for IBA treatments. We also made cuttings at different maturities with or without IBA and during different seasons. The best results were in August with subterminal cuttings with IBA. There was 100% success with 8 roots per cutting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]