My Edible Fruit Trees: Lime Trees WA

Lime - Sweet Lime

Comments: - Sweet? - yes. Lime? - no. 
Not my kind of lime but it was worth checking out. Has been removed.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers little and often during warm weather, alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets in winter

Lime - Sunrise

Comments: - pretty certain it's on Trifoliata rootstock - which is not so great for our WA sands. Needs alkalinity management therefore. Still waiting fot fruit from ours.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - West Indian Seedling

Comments: - Only planted 2weeks ago. This is a picture of our previous tree. A very heavy bearer of lovely limes. They are seedy but as we juice them it doesn't matter. I am interested to see if it will be able to handle this cooler climate.

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Lime - Rangpur ^4/10

Comments: - Removed - I didn't like the fruit because it was too sour and acidic and had no "lime" flavour. The tree was horribly thorny also. Heavy fruiter. 
(picture taken after pruning when removing - to show fruit only)

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced acid lovers fertiliser alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often

Lime - Tahitian

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - Tahitian

Comments: - Got so big it split so attacked it with the chainsaw. Has  produced 100s of limes

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Cutting) ^7/10

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Lime - West Indian Seedling (Grafted) ^7/10

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Dwarf Jonathon and Granny Smith Apples, Washington Navel Orange, dwarf Mandarine, Black Passionfruit x 3, Big Boppa Passionfruit, Banana Passionfruit, Raspberries x 3 so far, immature Chokeberry, Eureka Lemon, Native Finger Lime, Doughnut Peach, Red Papay

Australian Round Lime

Lime - Tahitian

Lime - Kaffir (Grafted) ^3/10

Comments: -

Fourth Kaffir lime that I've grown. I gave away my third one that I was growing in Canberra as it would have been a hassle with Quarantine bringing it over.

Planted: 2013

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Lime - Tahitian

Comments: -

Lots of lovely fruits.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lime - Kaffir ^7/10

Comments: -

Purchased in 2008 to replace our original Kaffir lime which wasn't going very well. The first time I've seen Kaffir limes for sale in a nursery which were fruiting when for sale

Update 2012 continues to fruit well- love the aroma from the the rind on this fruit.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release

Pest Control:

White oil in spring and autumn during growth flushes

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

lime - sublime (Seedling)

Comments: -

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 (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - For cooking

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lime - Tahitian

Lime - Kaffir

Australian Round Lime

Finger Lime - Emma (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

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

Comments: -

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

Comments: -

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

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^3/10

Comments: -

Feeding - see lemon - meyer. 

Aug 2010: is recovering well from being transplanted, at last. Will be removing flowers this season though - it's not ready for fruit yet.

Fruiting Months August

Planted: 2007

Height 1 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

Fertiliser or Organics Used: See lemon meyer

Pest Control:

See Lemon - meyer

Organic Status:Partially Organic