My Edibles: Dwarf Lime Trees

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian ^10/10

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Always blooming

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

Planted: 2011

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

A few Scale bugs but nothing to alarm me just yet.  Hand picked off and have not seen again yet. 3/30/12 

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

contact spray when gall beetles are about to emerge

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

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This tree is struggling, it keeps getting cut back hard to remove gall wasps and it has not had a chance to grow very much.  Gets scale and suffers from neglect. I will have to give it more attention if I want it to thrive, I wish I had bought a tree on trifoliata as the dwarf is too slow.

Planted: 2008

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

get spray occasionally with pest oil, I need to give this tree more attention

Comments

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^8/10

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

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

Dwarf Lime - Kaffir

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Love cooking with lime leaves.  Nice and small.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manure, dynamic lifter for fruit

Pest Control:

Add tomato dust for eaten leaves.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Comments: -

Good size, don't need too many limes.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manure and dynamic lifter for fruit

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Leaves looked eaten and I was told to sprinkle tomato dust.  Worked well.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

How long before a dwarf fruits?

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian ^8/10

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great little dwarf lime. second year now and has fruit growing (gave one lime first year).

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

hand pick grasshoppers, dust for beetle larvae.

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus

When I Fertilise: Yearly, Winter, Spring

Comments

Waiting to shape back yard then planting in the citrus section

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

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Growing strongly from the time it was planted. Should see first fruit next season.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

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

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Comments: - Growing slwoly but will fruit when it is big enough as I have another Tahitian lime on normal rootstock in a different place

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: NOt required

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Just purchased my dwarf Tahitian lime tree few weeks ago. Its in a pot (38cm diameter & 35cm height). Potting mix is Richgrow rose and citris potting mix, fertilise with bit of blood and bond and fruit and citris premium fertiliser, and a dash of potash. I use Tee Tree Mulch but leave about 2 inches unmulched around the trunk of the tree.The nursery advice to water twice a day here in Brisbane, so I have been doing that so far.

It looks healthy and doing well. It gets full sun till about 2 - 3pm each day, after which it gets partial sun. Height of tree from soil line upwards is about 54cm. I have a Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree (64cm tall) and an Emperor Mandarin (74cm tall, not the dwarf varity), both purchased around the same time as the Dwarf Tahitian Lime tree and also in the same type of pots, potting mix and fertiliser as the Lime tree and so far all seem healthy.

If anyone has any advice as to how to keep my little tree healthy or if I have been doing something wrong, it would be much appreciated.  Anyone can tell me when these trees may start fruiting?

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

So far just I just remove pests by hand when spotted

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^10/10

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months November

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

confidor on new growth; vaseline around trunk;

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Lime - Mexican or Key Lime

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This Mexican Lime tree was always struggling and it didn't survive the drought. I wonder if it wasn't warm enough in winter here even though I planted it next to a stone wall to try and give it more warmth.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Where can we get Key Limes from?

I got the Mexican Lime from Turner's Nursery at Rochedale 2-3 years ago. They're hard to find - I'd been keeping my eye out for one for several years.

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^6/10

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Also another citrus which gives me grief with the shrivelling up of leaves and diseases.  Had a few fruit this year, very nice limes.

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Planted: 1997

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter for citrus trees

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

white oil

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

? about pruning, when and how much.

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

Happily growing in a big pot

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian ^10/10

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Produced many more fruit than I expected, very delicious fruit for drinks, cooking and just eating!

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2008

Height 150 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 12 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

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Planted Autumn 2009