My Edible Fruit Trees: Dwarf Lime Trees

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

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

Dwarf Tahitian Lime (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - love love love Tahitian limes, tart but not acidic and essential in my kitchen :)

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Finger Lime - Rainforest Pearl Dwarf (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - A dwarf grafted version of the Rainforest Pearl. Healthy, easy to grow, hasn't fruited yet - slow growing, but low maintenance. A native under-canopy fruit tree. Thorny and spindly but beautiful.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

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

Lime - Desert lime - citrus glauca

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

Sublime patio Lime

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)

Comments: -

We use limes a lot in cooking as well as drinks and cocktails.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question:

When do you prune fruit trees?

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

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 ^10/10

Comments: -

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

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 - Tahitian (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

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

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

Comments: -

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

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Growing: In the Ground

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