Lime Pips

I was kinda hoping it would be before then :D

 

Pete, take no notice of Nik, he's having trouble with his citrus at the moment, ie..Orange !!! :D and do not despair ...even if you have to wait longer than anticipatd for fruit, the leaves may be useful in Thai cookery ! (depending on the variety of course !! :eek: )

 

Dont think its the type they use in Thai cookery ML, is that the one known as kaffir lime?
Anyway I'm not into Thai food I'm afraid. :D

 

Yes Pete, it is the Kaffir Lime for Thai ...well now you just need to sit back and wait :D

 

Time costs nothing. :D

 

It's definitely a long wait though, pete.

I bought t'other half a lime tree four years ago and it was probably three years old then. Two years ago he had three limes and this past year none. It's about 5ft tall now and no sign of flowers yet. His is a Bearrs.

I fear I may have just a long a wait with my Ruby grapefruit which has one bud on it and is about three years old. I wouldn't bother but it's difficult to get grapefruit here and I love it.

 

Dont give up, at least you have better growing conditions than me.
I once had great sucsess with a clementine planted in the greenhouse border, but then it became too big and had to go.
Pot grown is a problem for me.

 

Talking of the Kaffir Lime, can it be grown in the UK? 'Er Indoors would love a supply of fresh lime leaves, her Thai curries are the best this side of the bamboo curtain, and I would earn loads of brownie points.
Since it is only the leaves we are after it shouldn't be impossible, should it?

Nik

 

I would think its quite easy Nik, as you say if you only want leaves.
Think it might need a warmish place for the winter though, a bit warmer than other citrus perhaps.

 

Oooooh!!!! They have them here.

http://www.davids-exoticplants.co.uk/rarecitrustrees.htm

Nik

 

Mona, Orange, the ISP, the citrus from hell, has been very well behaved for a few days now. So I have high hopes, even though they are French.

Nik

Psst. Have you been anywhere nice? No of course not. You had to force yourselves to enjoy the sun, sangria, and................, and at your dinner table.

 

Its a bit pricey Nik.

 

Avaocados can be grown easily if three cocktail sticks are inserted into the broad end and the placed over water so the end just touches the water, like a Hyacinth. Keep bottom in water until roots and then a shoot appears. Pinch out tip when abou 6" tall and transplant


Norman