SWEET LIME – LOW ACIDITY & USEFUL FOR JUICING!!!
Botanical Name: Citrus limettiodes (a.k.a – Citrus x limon “Indian Lime”, “Palestine Lime”
Description: Produces medium to large sized rounded fruit. It turns orange-yellow when ripe. It has a mildly sweet, acidless flavour with few seeds and thin skin.
Ripens: From late summer into winter.
Height & Spread: 2m x 2 m (approximately 7 ft x 7 ft), mainly dependent on pruning practices.
General:
- A compact, slow growing twiggy shrub.
- It is a good bearer.
- It has thorny branches and large, shiny, cupped leaves.
- Suited to warmer areas, hence tolerant of very light frosts only.
- Produces fragrant white flowers in summer.
- Can be used as an ornamental shade tree in smaller gardens.
- Can be grown exceptionally well in containers/pots.
Care:
- Very well drained, light aerated soil is essential. Avoid clay soils.
- When planting in pots, ensure that adequate drainage is provided and use a good quality bark based potting soil with added river sand.
- Best fruit production is in full sun but tolerates semi-shade as well.
- Citrus are heavy feeders, so apply 6:1:5 or 20-20-20 fertilizer monthly, or use your choice of organic fertilizer option.
- They will also benefit from regular applications of magnesium sulphate (epsom salts) and iron chelates.
- Keep plants moist but be careful of over watering.
- Keep an eye out for aphids, scale. Mealy bugs and citris pslla (treat with any product containing imadacloprid).
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