Lime Hell is back again
Oct 9th 2012, 8:06 am
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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?
Oct 9th 2012, 8:15 am
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Re: Lime Hell is back again
with no limes on it 
Can I still trade you tomatoes for my limeless lime tree? 
Oct 9th 2012, 8:51 am
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Oct 9th 2012, 8:56 am
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Oct 9th 2012, 8:50 pm
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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.
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.
Oct 9th 2012, 9:36 pm
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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!
Oct 10th 2012, 12:56 am
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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
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
Oct 10th 2012, 3:46 am
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Re: Lime Hell is back again
Oct 10th 2012, 4:50 am
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Oct 10th 2012, 4:51 am
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Re: Lime Hell is back again
We're getting about 15-20 limes a year off of our smallish lime tree
Oct 10th 2012, 11:22 am
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Re: Lime Hell is back again
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.
It doesn't need a cross-pollinator.
