My Edibles: Lime Trees WA

lime - sublime (Seedling)

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A dwarf style lime grown with the hope that it will fruit whilst adding interest to an area close to the house (where plants cannot be put in the ground due to an extended slab). Something is making it very sick, and it lost all its leaves. I added coffee (for nutrient not pH) and the sticks are now covered in healthy looking little leaves. I have sprayed to prevent futher infection, as of Oct 2010 it is bushing up nicely. Now in Jan 2011 it is a solid green bush without any sign of disease. Hopefully next year it will make some limes! By April 2011 I've got a few flowers - but I don't think I'll get any limes as I've not seen a bee for ages. (developers seem to be knocking down trees where wild bees are ... I do need to get my own!)

A decent prune in August 2011 and thinning of the fruit means that I've got about 6 fruit growing to maturity. The plant gets little attention, but seems happy enough over winter.

An attack of scale in November 2011 caused me to resort to chemical relief. Another massive prune to keep the plant compact. In Jan 2012 - now scale free I've set this sublime free into the garden

May 2012 - this little plant just won't quit. I am seriously considering moving the mandarin and adding more sublimes to make a hedge. They are tough, attractive, and minimal maintenace. The only issue is that the fruit are small and hard to peel ... but that is fine for curries, stir fries, marmalade etc.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

home made sprays (oil dish-washing liquid) to supress the major leaf minor infestation - there doesn't seem to be any leaf minor anymore but I think the infection was so bad that almost all the leaves fell off. The new leaves appear healthy.

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Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Lime - Tahitian

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I'm not really sure where this came from (it traveled between rental properties as a friend's mascot), or even if it is a tahitian lime! Unfortunately it never set fruit prior to 2010 and I've not yet had a fruit reach picking stage. This could be because it has been dug up and re-planted roughly every 6 months until now. I've piled about 100 litres of sheep poo around it - I'm hoping this will leach into the soil and improve things a bit ... there are some flower buds so maybe the poo is doing the trick!

This plant suffered badly summer with only a small amount of watering - many of the branches were burnt off. I've sinced discovered that WA citrus need approximately 6 litres of water per day per square metre of canopy and the orange has responded very well to an almost 7-fold increase in water! There are now many new shoots. I've also errected a screen of cardboard boxes around the plant to provide additional shade. Ugly - but it is working.

Hopefully next summer the Jujube will provide some additional shade!

Plant was 'transplanted' in June 2011. I dug the plant up, removed the pale WA sand and replaced with a better quality soil, and re-planted the tree. It seems to have coped with the ordeal OK.

Jan 2012 - it is hard to imagine this is the same plant that struggled last summer. A bit more food and water and it is growing like a champ and covered in fruit. No cardboard this year - just sugarcane mulch.

May 2012 - already more fruit than I can eat, thankfully friends at work are happy to consume the extra limes. Water and food clearly appreciated!

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

ladybugs

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

actual tahitian limes are quite hardy and don't need huge soil improvement. They will establish as long as the rootball settles in. Should be flowering now at that size

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - For cooking

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Finger Lime - Grafted (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

tasted one and loved it, bush food :)

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Tahitian

Lime - Kaffir

Australian Round Lime

Finger Lime - Emma (Cutting) ^10/10

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i love the idea of growing food trees that are so everyday in culinary use, that are native. Such an exciting fruit, sure to impress with fantastic taste as well as appearance. Got a small sub tropical rainforest going and want to use as many natives as possible- (hard with quarantine laws as WA doesn't have rainforests). want to landscape with food plants, eat all of the garden.

Height 0.15 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

nope. will be organic, natural and biological control all the way

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

still v small and in pot. Shold I plant this in a native soil mix (low phosphorous) with lots compost?

Australian Round Lime

Finger Lime - Sunshine Yellow (Grafted) ^9/10

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bush food, great in fruit punches

Lime - Tahitian

Planted: 2008

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - Kaffir (Cutting) ^7/10

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beautiful looking tree, can provide shade to ther things, and indispensible in cooking

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Kaffir

Planted: 2006

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Rangur Lime

Comments: -

ok its in the ground at my new house, not como, but I may as well enter the competition :)

Fruiting Months July and August

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Question: Research indicates this is an awesome citrus. Anyone growing one in Australia

Lime - Tahitian

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I took this from a cramped space in my dad's new house and transplanted into a pot as a 1.2m tree in winter 2009. Repotted in large pot Dec22 09. Growth flush by January. Ants moved in by Jan 15, I added coffee grounds and numerous soakings to try move them on. Canopy was not looking happy in winter, but strong spring flush. Tip pruned for shape and removal of weaker limbs leaving some early flowers.

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Finger Lime - Sunshine Yellow

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I nearly lost this plant summer 2008-09. Installed new drippers, I think it was dry then drenched, Lost canopy but when water was managed got lots of water shoots. In 2009 Spring I pruned for growth in original canopy and now looking ok. I gradually chopped back the water shoots. Some trunk damage evident, but here's hoping for a healthy tree. First Flower, Nov 2009, didn't hang around. Repotted and relocated Dec 22 2009 - canopy happy again and water shoots removed, but trunk damage still evident. Centre of canopy a little crowded, so pruned before spring 2010

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Finger Lime - Sunshine Yellow (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Lime - Australian Red Center

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'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.  CSIRO developed.

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Lime - Kaffir

Comments: -

Growing well.  Very sunny aspect but getting plenty of water.

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring

Lime - Kaffir (Grafted) ^3/10

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The rind of the kaffir lime is commonly used in Lao and Thai curry paste, adding an aromatic, astringent flavor. Its hourglass-shaped leaves (comprising the leaf blade plus a flattened, leaf-like leaf-stalk or petiole) are also widely used in Thai and Lao cuisine (for dishes such as tom yum), and Cambodian cuisine (for the base paste known as "Krueng"). The leaves are also popular in Indonesian cuisine (especially Balinese and Javanese), for foods such as sayur asam - literally sour vegetables, and are also used along with Indonesian bay leaf for chicken and fish. They are also found in Malaysian and Burmese cuisines.

The leaves can be used fresh or dried, and can be stored frozen.

The juice and rinds of the kaffir lime are used in traditional Indonesian medicine; for this reason the fruit is sometimes referred to in Indonesia as jeruk obat - literally "medicine citrus". The oil from the rind also has strong insecticidal properties. The juice is generally regarded as too acidic to use in food preparation, but finds use as a cleanser for clothing and hair, mainly in Thailand.

The zest of the fruit is widely used in creole cuisine and to impart flavor to "arranged" rums in the R%uFFFDunion island and Madagascar.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Non Required

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Tahitian

Planted: 2005

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol

Lime - West Indian Lime: dwarf (Seedling)

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Dwarf variety of lime. Still in its nursery pot because I have now bought a new apple tree which is going in the spot I had reserved for my lime. I will probably put it in a 50 ltr pot as my lemon is doing very well in its pot. 

Decided to plant my lime in its original place between my Granny smith and a Pinkabelle tree. It is now doing so great with 10cm of new growth and it looks so much healthier now.

Height 0.35 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seafeed / Dynamic Lifter: citrus

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - West Indian

Comments: -

Even as a little tree gave three small fruit in 2008-09. Potted up Dec 22 09. Was slightly rootbound. Didn't stop a few small fruit noticed late Jan 10

Fruiting Months January and February

Planted: 2009

Height 110 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot

Comments

Only just found out that West Indian, Key and Mexican Limes are all the same tree

Lime - Tahitian

Comments: - Got so big it split so attacked it with the chainsaw-slowly recovering. Has been my best producing tree-100s of limes over the years

Finger Lime - Cutting Grown

Lime - Tahitian ^10/10

Comments: -

well established lime tree, very healthy fruiting all year round.

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

Height 3.5 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

aphids - soap water, high pressure water or remove sections

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - West Indian

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Comments

Growing very nicely, Quite a few small limes growing now. Very heavy flowerer. Most limes fell off because too many, Good sign for years ahead

Lime - Kaffir

Lime - Tahitian

Australian Round Lime (Grafted) ^5/10

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This has not really fruited yet so we are waiting to see what it does this year as it has plenty of flowers.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic