My Edible Fruit Trees: Lime Trees VIC

Dwarf Kaffir Lime (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Dwarf Lime - Kaffir

Comments: -

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

Finger Lime

finger lime

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Finger Lime - Red Champagne

Comments: - I love finger limes hoping for fruit soon.

Planted: 2016

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Grafted lemon and lime

Kaffir Lime

Comments: -

Had it in a pot before but it started not to do well so i planted into the ground.  It also did not do well.  After researching i found that it had iron deficiency and after feeding iron chelate, it become very healthy and even flowered and fruited.  I use the leaves (dont use the fruit at all) in Thai and Asian dishes such as tom yam soup and curries and rendangs.

So far this is the only citrus that is thriving in my garden. It is slow-growing and more than enough to meet the needs of my family.

I hardly water it eversince it was well-established and only water during hot summer days.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.9 metres

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, Citrus Dynamic Lifter

Pest Control: Occasionally I get aphids on the young juicy leaves but usually easy to deal with at the early stages of infestations. Just got to get my eyes peeled during spring new growth.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Kaffir Lime

Pollination: Self Pollination

Key lime

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Lime - Australian Red Centre/Blood (CSIRO mandarindx native lime)

Lime - citrus aurantifolia Sublime

Lime - Desert lime - citrus glauca

Lime- Mexican/West Indian (Seedling)

Qty: 2

Lime- Tahitian (Grafted)

Ogeechee Lime

Comments: -

Ogeechee Lime - Nyssa ogeche

North American Tulepo Tree that produces edible fruits that can be used as a substitue for limes. Seeds were easy to germinate. It is a large tree that grows along river banks so it might not be suitable for most gardens.

The fruit is produced in small clusters of 2 - 3, it is up to 4 centimeters long, has a thick, juicy, very acidic flesh and contains a single seed.It can also be used to make a refreshing drink.

Planted: 2017

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Tahitian Lime

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tahitian Lime

Comments: -

The poor thing struggled in its first couple of years, but is coming along very well now.

No sign of flowers in the previous years, but it has been setting itself up and will hopefully fruit this year, 2009/2010.

Most of our winds come from the North - hot in summer and cold in winter - and if I build up some shelter then it will never get any sun.  I'm thinking some light shadecloth might be the answer as a windbreak.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 2% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus food, chelated iron, chook poo,

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Pest Control:

No pests annoying it, thankfully.

Organic Status:Organic

Tahitian Lime (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Planted: 2002

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Vietnamese seedless lime (Cutting) ^5/10

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

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2011 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

Advanced Lime - Kaffir ^10/10

Comments: -

Thai cooking, e.g. Tom Yum Goong. Both leaves and zest add nice flavours

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

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 5% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Australian Round Lime ^10/10

Comments: -

I was going through a 'lime phase' and saw this little beauty at the nursery. I didn't know what this variety is but from the description, it seem to be ok for Melbourne weather. I put this tree into the ground next to my backyard fence. So far it has grown another half a feet and has given me heaps of flowers but only 1 fruit. This isn't a surprise as it is only the first year in the ground. 

I dug quiet a large hole and placed lots of manure and compost/potting mix in the hole. The plant was slightly mounted and I placed lots of mulching around the plant (making sure none actually touches the trunk).I have sprinkled trace mineral around the drip lines and watered it with iron chelate twice in the last 1 year. The plant seem to be happy with this and isn't affected by the hot summer or cold winter.

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manure and slow release fertiliser

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: Pest oil was used to control leaf miners. I picked off any catapillers by hand.

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Australian Round Lime

Australian Round Lime (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Attractive habit

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Australian Round Lime

Australian Round Lime ^8/10

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian ^10/10

Comments: -

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 (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

I purchased a full size Tahitain before realising there were dwarf varieties available. I wanted to plant them in pots so I purchased this one. This tree is now in 50L plastic pot and doing well, not as good as the ones in the ground but is growing strong.

So far, the tree has not given me any fruit. Just strong leaves and branch growth. It is a relativly small tree so it won't be a while before I see some fruit. I think the strong wind we experienced last year destroyed all the flowers on the tree and stripe some of the leaves off the branch. This year's winter has been great, no strong wind and a couple of warm days.

Update (after winter): Lots of flower buds and new leaves. I gave the plants some more sheep manure and citrus fertilise with a good watering of iron Chelate. I also put some rusting nails into the soil to give the plants a constant but slow supply of irons for green leaves.

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manure and citrus fertiliswer

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: I had to spray pestoil because my plants were attacked by leaf miners! I tried to kill as many by hand as possible but it's hard when I have so many citrus plants to look after.

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

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