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Posted by emmaline Victoria (My Page) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 6:34
Hi there! My poor tahitian lime just can seem to make babies. I've had it a couple years, it's in a pot (about 40cm? seems big enough as it's not an enormous plant--a 2-3 feet high with sparse leaves), and every time it flowers, the little baby limes drop off... It's manages lots of flowers, but never a single lime-ette. It's very sad as I'd love to eat it's wee babies! Any sugestions?
And also--I've just re-joined after a few years out of the loop, and the only way I could register was to find a valid US zip code to enter, even though I live in Oz. Apparently 3144 is just not considered a postcode by garden web central... That kind of sucks... |
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Err, that post below... It's 'lime', not 'line' EOM :-(
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| Sorry 'bout that mates... |
RE: tahitian line
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 9:30
| It also sucks that you can't edit subject lines or posts in this forum! But that aside - the problem could be moisture- and/or feed-related. How often do you water and fertilise? Potted citrus need both, and regularly. Not to mention tons of light. I used to fertilise potted citrus, on average, every three weeks. The watering they require leeches the goodness out of the soil pretty quickly. Best also to avoid the commercial citrus food, designed for trees in the ground. Dynamic Lifter is great for potted citrus. The tree also doesn't sound very big for one a couple of years old, perhaps another indication of a lack of nutrition. The pot size sounds fine. Citrus are usually best started in smaller pots, increasing the size as the tree matures. Too big a pot too early can cause problems. |
More on Tahitian limes
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| My potted cumquat did the same with its first flush of flowers in early summer. I think it might have simply dried out. It now has tiny fruit that I'm hoping won't drop off if I keep watering and fertilising it. I wonder if yours is getting enough sustained warmth? I know that Tahitian limes are more cold-tolerant than other limes, but great fluctuations in weather might be affecting the fruiting. |
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