My Edibles: Lime Trees QLD

Finger Lime - Collette (Grafted)

Comments: -

Fantastic tasting fruit that is reminiscent of Kaffir lime/Key lime cross - love it!  Bought tree already bearing fruit (tree about 30cm height), and a few weeks ago started flowering again  - can see tiny little Limes forming, YAY!

Finger limes indiginous to area where I live, (grow on Tamborine Mt.), so should grow well.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed, Seasol, Blood/bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None yet

Finger Lime - Ricks Red (Grafted)

Planted: 2012

Pollination: No

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

Comments: -

Love all things lime ! 

Planted: 2010

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure and Citrus feed

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Manually squish some of Swallow-tail Butterfly caterpillars if they get a bit excessive (they seem to prefer this lime to the other citrus). Nil other problems. 

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Plant sets fruit, and they get to 5-10 cent coin size then drop. Any solutions, or is the tree too young? It can get a bit windy, could that be the problem?

Lime - Kaffir (Grafted)

Comments: - Use it in Thai style cooking - gorgeous aroma and taste!  I use mainly the leaves, but the zest of the fruit is good too.  Tough plant - I have on occassion forgotten to water plant and it will loose all leaves.  After having a drink, they all re-grow. (Not done deliberately, but keeps a cap on sooty mould and tree barely needs a prune!)

Planted: 2005

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed and coffee grinds.

Pest Control:

I must use white oil spray every couple of months and occassionally ant bait,as the little critters help overrun the poor tree with scale and the sooty mould gets out of hand. I'm thinking of finally planting poor little tree out to see if that helps.

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Comments: -

This tree has been planted six years ago, but nearly died two years ago. It developped some sort of white rot that consumed most of the wood. I cut it right back and cleaned as well as I could. It started growing again from the base. No flowers or fruits, but it is looking OK.

Planted: 2006

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

not needed

Organic Status:Organic

West Indian Lime (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Heavy fruiting, good flavour. On rough orange rootstock. Have grafted mekrut (kaffir) lime and joppa orange on but these grafts are quite recent and yet to fruit.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December

Planted: 2005

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 50 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Pick off citrus shield bug and caterpillars, spray for lea miner occasionally.

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Kaffir (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - Makrut lime. Regular feed and water. Fruit always drops.  Appears to be a poor scion selection, growth very irregular.

Fruiting Months August, September, October, November, December

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 10% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: organic oil for citrus leaf miner, lime spray for white citrus louse 

Australian Blood Lime (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

New CSIRO developed native lime cross. Here's their spiel:

'Australian Blood' (also known as 'Australian Red Centre') is a hybrid between an acid mandarin and a native finger lime. It has blood-red rind, flesh and juice.

It is a nice plant. More prolific than the ordinary finger lime. Very weeping habit. Tons of round fruit which start off like a stumpy black finger lime and fill out to a round red fruit. Taste is very good - particularly in salads or chopped into 'wheels' and put into drinks. Skin is edible and sweet! 

Fruiting Months January, February, March, August, September, October

Planted: 2011

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Organic Link

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

desert lime

Comments: -

I used to work somewhere where this grew wild, and I used the refreshing  fruit for cooking. The crushed leaves are gorgeous too. The other fruit that grew there I have not found for sale anywhere- currant bush Carissa ovata. It has sweet fruit like dates.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

West Indian Lime

Comments: -

Flowers well, only a few fruit so far but it is still young. The other lime took 3 years to fruit well.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Comments: -

Extremely thorny. Flowers after rain. I have three- one is a new ricks red, one is a wild type, I am not sure what the other is. All flower well but no fruit yet.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - Tahitian

Comments: -

Now flowering and fruiting continuously after three years, covered in limes  (only a few fruit as a two year old). Seems to need the most fertiliser of any of my citrus.

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and chook manure, kelp and fish emulsion

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Lime - Tahitian

Comments: -

Easy to grow;

Beautiful perfumed flowers;

Fruits easily and quickly. Most of the fruit drops off (sting bugs? or too much fertilizer? Tring less blood and bone and giving some potash to encourage fruiting (it gets a lot of flowers!)

Planted: 2007

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood and bone; manure

Pest Control: Only problem: citrus stink bug. They denude branches and suck the sap from developing fruit causing fruit drop. Once I see them, I flick to the ground (with a stick) and stamp on them to kill them.

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Tahitian ^5/10

Comments: - I need this for my fish and chips Hahaha .

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Spring

Lime - Kaffir (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Only had it for about 6 months and it's covered in fruit

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic at planting

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none, just pick off any bugs we find

Organic Status:Certified

Lime - Kaffir (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

Update 09-Dec-2011: Got a few fruits. Not quite sure what to do with them. They are very fragrant. Will use them in Thai preparations. New pic attached.

We use it for making Thai preparations. It has just recently flowered and is now forming fruits.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Lime - Tahitian (Seedling)

Comments: - Planted in September 2011 at around 60cm high. Seems to be going well but has only been in the ground a few weeks. Will update in the future once it is established and fruiting!

Planted: 2011

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Finger Lime - Emma ^9/10

Comments: -

Prickly but interesting looking plant. First flowers about two months ago and I have two fruit growing which is exciting! To bad I have no idea how to tell when they are ready to pick :)

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Finger Lime - Ricks Red ^9/10

Comments: -

I love this interesting fruit. Plant has flowered twice in the last six months. No fruit set the first time but I am hopefull this time. I leave this tree alone because the thorns are leathal!

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Finger Lime - Grafted (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

the Rainforest pearl is a very spikey tree. In a suburban block it is  just not good, too much of a hazzard. On a rural block it would be good, as it is low maintanance, but just not for me. Had to dig it up, and it now lives in the great orchard in the sky.

This one is actually the Rainforest Pearl variety.

In ground around 1 year and has exploded. outperforming quick growing lilly pillys. fruited (10 full sized fruit) within 1 year of planting with little special care.

Very thorny plant and not conventionally pretty. Great green colour though. fruits from central mass, so can afford to trim the lower and errant growths so I dont get jagged.

*Second year of fruiting now, and is holding over 100 pinkie finger sized fruit. Colour has changed to dark purple/black this year from a light purple/red colour last season...

*Ended up getting about 300 fruits from this tree this year (2010-11 crop).

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 300 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Organic Xstra

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Only gets a few spiders and caterpillars in its dense mass of thorns. They dont seem to do any real damage, so I think if they can survive in there, good luck to them! I do hand catch the odd grasshopper from it and feed them to the neighbour's chooks

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Lime - Kaffir (Seedling) ^6/10

Planted: 2011

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Planted: 2009

Height 1.8 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse

Organic Status:Organic

Advanced Lime - Kaffir (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

good for cooking and drinks

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2008 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Pest Control:

nil

Organic Status:Organic

Finger Lime - Grafted

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Lime - Tahitian

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Advanced Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

fruit almost seedless and branches thornless

Planted: 2006

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: citrus food

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

why did almost all the tiny fruit fall off this year?

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

We use the fruit daily in meals,drinks,practically everything

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2004

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

It regretably needs something natural if possible

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Any suggestions for fruit fly?This wonderful tree just nevers stops fruiting although it has fruit fly

Lime - Kaffir (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

It adds so much to a curry

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2005

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2010 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

only white oil for aphids

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Should I prune this tree even though it doesn't grow much?

Lime - Tahitian (Seedling) ^9/10

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lime - Kaffir (Seedling)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic