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Chortlepuss

Oct 8th 2012 8:06 pm

Lime Hell is back again

Over $15 a kilo in Woolies (lemons = $3 per kilo). I harvested my first tomato today but expect a bumper crop soon. How many limes to the tomato? Anyone with a lime tree wanna barter?:unsure:

elice_in_oz

Oct 8th 2012 8:15 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by Chortlepuss (Post 10321070)

Over $15 a kilo in Woolies (lemons = $3 per kilo). I harvested my first tomato today but expect a bumper crop soon. How many limes to the tomato? Anyone with a lime tree wanna barter?:unsure:

I've got a lime tree!:thumbsup: with no limes on it :sneaky: Can I still trade you tomatoes for my limeless lime tree? :p

GarryP

Oct 8th 2012 8:43 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by elice_in_oz (Post 10321092)

I've got a lime tree!:thumbsup: with no limes on it :sneaky: Can I still trade you tomatoes for my limeless lime tree? :p

I've just planted a lime AND a lemon tree - so no fruit on mine yet either. I was looking for a money tree to plant, but the nurseries seemed to be out of those ....

Beaverstate

Oct 8th 2012 8:51 pm

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Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10321135)

I've just planted a lime AND a lemon tree - so no fruit on mine yet either. I was looking for a money tree to plant, but the nurseries seemed to be out of those ....

Governments own all the money trees.:frown:

elice_in_oz

Oct 8th 2012 8:56 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10321135)

I've just planted a lime AND a lemon tree - so no fruit on mine yet either. I was looking for a money tree to plant, but the nurseries seemed to be out of those ....

And unfortunately, the coins I buried don't seem to be sprouting...:(

carolinephillips

Oct 9th 2012 8:50 am

Re: Lime Hell is back again

have a kaffir lime- anyone need leaves???

My tomatoes are only an inch high!! Going to be a while before anything happens with those, but I am getting a few strawberries now.

itigo

Oct 9th 2012 9:36 am

Re: Lime Hell is back again

I was heard to exclaim very loudly in Woolies when I saw the price of limes on Sunday. We have just been to Thailand for a week and had a huge bag in the fridge. I started to tell my husband we should have brought them back then realised where we live!

derab

Oct 9th 2012 12:56 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

Aren't Limes and Lemons communal trees?

don't you need more than one to get the pollination going for fruit?
I had a Lemon and a Lime tree at the last house and they were non producers until I got them some mates. then it was all on for young and old, I couldnt make the Gin and tonics quick enough :p

Chortlepuss

Oct 9th 2012 3:46 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by itigo (Post 10322526)

Them beagles woulda got u at the airport. We're trapped in lime limbo until the lime trees grow again.. Limes are the new tomatoes which were the old bananas:unsure:

GarryP

Oct 9th 2012 4:09 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by derab (Post 10322745)

Aren't Limes and Lemons communal trees?

I think they produce fruit better with a bit of cross fertilisation - but its not required.

Amazulu

Oct 9th 2012 4:50 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by carolinephillips (Post 10322436)

have a kaffir lime- anyone need leaves???

I bet this tree has a different name in the RSA

Amazulu

Oct 9th 2012 4:51 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by Chortlepuss (Post 10321070)

Over $15 a kilo in Woolies (lemons = $3 per kilo). I harvested my first tomato today but expect a bumper crop soon. How many limes to the tomato? Anyone with a lime tree wanna barter?:unsure:

We're getting about 15-20 limes a year off of our smallish lime tree

lesleys

Oct 9th 2012 11:22 pm

Re: Lime Hell is back again

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 10322916)

We're getting about 15-20 limes a year off of our smallish lime tree

We had dozens of Tahitian limes, from a 5 year old tree, this year and they keep for months in a poly bag in the fridge. A few fruit appear during the year so never really run out. There are 1000s of baby limes for next year.
It doesn't need a cross-pollinator.

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