Growing a Lime Tree | EVERYTHING You Need To Know

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Wondering how to grow a lime tree in a pot or in the ground?. WOnder no more, in this video I give you everything you need to know about growing your own lime tree.
Lime tree Growing tips:
Sun: Full sun
Winter protection: Protect small plants from frost. Cold hardy to low 20F, (-1,-5c)
Growth structure: Naturally a bush. It can be pruned anyway you want.
Pollination: Self-fertile
Flowering/fruiting: It flowers in the spring, fruits ripen by fall.
Root system: Tap root with some fibrous roots
Watering: Follow our 50% rule for container plants (Link below).
Deep water older plants.
Fertilization: Anything works, no special fertilizer needed.
Personal growing tips: Watch video to find out :)
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@billiamc1969 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your advice...I have 2 lemon and 2 lime trees in containers here in Baltimore for the first time...the trees gave a small crop of delicious fruit...I grew up in SoCal so citrus is in my blood...the trees will be moved indoors soon and I am arming myself with as much information as possible to keep my beautiful trees alive through the winter.

@mandocool 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving us background information about the tree, that’s really helpful in my current situation

@kingcobra3883 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome information. Great video. Thank you .

@mistyn380 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos they’re very informative. Thanks for sharing with us!

@solomon6675 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks very much 😀

@justinpillay8719 Жыл бұрын

Ty for ur videos

@rememberberries4277 Жыл бұрын

I just started to grow about 19 seeds. Wish me luck! Hopefully by the time I can buy my own house I can plant them and have a whole garden of like trees.

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

that's awesome

@wardm4 5 күн бұрын

My mind is blown. I just got a key lime and the person I bought it from told me totally different information.

@debwoowoo Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information. I live in Las Vegas and it’s pretty hot out here. 🤞🏼🍋 hope my line and lemon trees do well.

@pn3940 8 күн бұрын

my lime tree is in container. If it gets lower than 30F several days in a row, I cover it up and pull closer to the house. If several days in the low 20, I bring it inside. If I left it outside in low 20 several days, covered it up, the branches still die back and come back from the roots in the spring.

@madelinedelacruz5949 Жыл бұрын

Thank you…

@user-ez9ex8hx6v 6 ай бұрын

Ok thanks

@down-to-earth-mystery-school 5 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias, I am renting a home with in group limone trees, learning how to care for them🍋

@groovybuddha667 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice, I bought a lime tree/bush from home Depot in southern New Mexico because I do bonsai and want to turn it into a bonsai. For the first month the tree did nothing. Until I realized it was double packed in plastic containers and had poor drainage. I improved the drainage then fertilized with a Japanese fish fertilizer and I've seen an explosion of flowers and new growth. I hope the flowers will turn into limes.

@gracewright7938 5 ай бұрын

I have enough to share with my neighbors.

@scottholmes8374 Жыл бұрын

Here New Zealand at the moment the supermarkets limes are $50 per kg so I decided I'm not going to prune my two lime trees ever again they can grow as big as they want to lol

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

that's expensive. I assume they have to import them from out of the country. I would be growing them in mass quantities inside a greenhouse if I could get $50 per kilo.

@scottholmes8374 Жыл бұрын

@@qctropicals yeah at the moment they are imported but even a couple of mouths ago even the New Zealand limes were $40 kg I just picked around 40 of one of my 🌲 tree and gave them to My neighbors who works in a avocado orchard

@angielife7615 7 ай бұрын

Hello .. i like your video. My lime tree is about 3 years old and its a short bush. Can i still prune it?.

@user-ez9ex8hx6v 6 ай бұрын

Got that

@user-ez9ex8hx6v 6 ай бұрын

Watched

@sofiamiliaressis5403 Жыл бұрын

👍

@salvitex Жыл бұрын

I live in Houston, Tx. Do you think it’s possible to grow western red cedars or coastal redwoods in the south? I’ve tried growing some but have died, perhaps from overwatering causing root rot. I’ve learned so much from your videos. Thank you so much, I wish you the best.

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

unfortunately I don't have experience growing cedar

@KhanhNguyen-hg4er Жыл бұрын

Really like your video, thank you! I just bought a Persian Lime, Improved Mayer Lemon and Thornless Key Lime trees from Costco and all three trees are in ONE pot. Should I split them and plant into different pots or plant them into one bigger container. Your expertise is greatly appreciated, thank you. Ken

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

is this a cocktail tree? all 3 varieties grafted onto a single trunk?

@Sam3344 Жыл бұрын

No they have them multiple trees in one 12” pot. I just got an improved meyer and Persian in one pot

@ajay1052 Жыл бұрын

Alan, if I start citrus in a larger pot like a half wine barrel is that okay or should I start in a smaller pot and keep up potting over time?

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

always up-pot in increments and only when your plant needs it.

@MargieVelasquez-rk4jg 5 ай бұрын

Its mid January now and I have a 2 year old lemon tree in the ground and it has a lot of flower I mean a lot . So I’m in south Texas. Is it normal even though it’s been cold and will I get limes ? I have gotten very little amounts before like 5-9 off them.

@qctropicals 5 ай бұрын

Nothing in this world is normal anymore and yes you will get limes unless you get a hard freeze before winter is over.

@magaleevargas6477 4 ай бұрын

I’m in zone 8b have flowers and small limes dropping. Any tips?

@qctropicals 4 ай бұрын

too cold for fruits friend

@rjbartlett7579 Жыл бұрын

Hi: I'm in Napa, CA and have three Bearss limes, a Cara Cara, one other orange tree, and a Rangpur lime all in pots. Ages range from three to five years old. However, only the Rangpur gives decent fruit. One of the Bearss gives nothing while the other two give terrible fruit. Worse yet, they have thick skins and seeds (Bearss are supposed to be seedless, right?). I got good green and sweet fruit only in the first year. I do not believe this to be from greening either. Could they have cross-pollinated? I'm totally at a loss to explain this phenomenon. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

I have a video coming out on this topic.

@rjbartlett7579 Жыл бұрын

@@qctropicals Many thanks. I'll be looking for it.

@twhitaker1765 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your information. I have never seen yellow limes. Question. Does the taste of the limes change from the green to the yellow lime? If so, how? First time owning a lime tree. Thank you.

@qctropicals 2 ай бұрын

not as sour when yellow

@twhitaker1765 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@pn3940 7 күн бұрын

citrus normally flower or not during the freeze, right? Unless, it's a late freeze into March, by which, if there are any fruits, they would be only just developed and dropped off by the freeze. I have never seen fully developed citrus fruits remained from previous year.

@pn3940 7 күн бұрын

they normally start blooming after the freeze/or when they felt the warm weather coming.

@albertj65 7 ай бұрын

What is the best fertilizer for the lime tree??

@mustafacengizergun6603 3 ай бұрын

15-15-15 is the best balanced fertilizer for citrus tress.

@MS-fx5yf Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a citrus that I have had the hardest time with. It’s at my parents’ place on Catalina Island. I’ve been battling chlorosis with this poor thing for about 12 years (ever since it was put into the ground). It’s a key lime. It appears to be a magnesium deficiency, and I wouldn’t be surprised, since the soil here is quite calcarious. The soil PH is between 7 and 8, and the water is quite hard here as well. I’ve tried sulfur prills, adding peat to the soil, adding orchid bark as a deep mulch, and iron sulfate, all only with short-term gains/results. I just tried to dig it up to pot it, yesterday, since it’s not all that large, but found 2 - 1” roots about a foot deep in the soil and decided to leave it for now. Any suggestions? If it were mine - I would have dug it up anyways, but since there is some sentimental value, I’m not sure what to do. It’s sad to see it barely survive, and not really thrive. It does put out fruit, by the way, though not much, and all of the leaves are at least half yellow.

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

geez buddy, it seems you tried every possible way to kill this poor plant. Please do the following: 1- stop adding junk to the soil unless it's water. 2-Do not dig up further, you literally caused more damage than good. Your plant will now take about a year to recover from the damage you caused.3- send me a few pics to info@queencreektropicals.com along with as much info as you can such as: watering schedule, sun exposure, etc ,etc. I'll assess and make a vid about it.

@MS-fx5yf Жыл бұрын

To kill it? Um… I think maybe you misunderstood. It is when I make the changes to the soil/add supplements that the tree does well, but the good changes the tree shows are short lived, since I’m not here often to maintain it. The tree does poorly, and looks terrible if I do as you recommend by only watering it… which is why I was going to pull it.

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

@@MS-fx5yf 95% of issues with citrus plants can be fixed with proper water and/or sun light. Regardless of what you do at this point, your tree needs time to recover. This process will take over a year easily. Unfortunately, there is no magical juice to add to the soil to bring your tree back faster. All you need at this point is time and patience. I have citrus growing is clay 8.4 ph no issues. Also using hard city water. Citrus trees have deep roots, if they don't get deep water, they won't grow. They also do not grow in the shade. Gardening is simple, please stop adding all kinds of stuff to the soil as all you're doing is stressing the tree even more.

@aus9994 Жыл бұрын

I live in Sydney, have few lemon trees for five years, but never have fruits only leaves, why? Please give some advice, thanks 🙏

@qctropicals Жыл бұрын

I'll make a video about it

@aus9994 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, that's big help for me!!

@user-vs5kk2rn6f 8 ай бұрын

I live in Central Texas. My tree flowers twice a year! Is that normal? It is flowering right now and I have tiny limes again all over! Even more than I did in the spring.

@qctropicals 8 ай бұрын

normally once a year but trees will react to the ambient temperatures around them. So that's probably why you have 2 crops.

@user-vs5kk2rn6f 8 ай бұрын

@@qctropicals Thank you! I have had it three years. I usually bring it inside when the cold weather hits and it's so traumatic for it it will drops leaves so I am so glad to find your video!!! Thank you!

@revenant-xix 2 ай бұрын

I’m in the desert. Gets about 120 degrees in the summer. If I planted it, will it get sun burned still? If so, how should I go about protecting it.

@qctropicals 2 ай бұрын

geez, I'm in the desert homie

@revenant-xix 2 ай бұрын

So I should be good then… water it daily?

@qctropicals 2 ай бұрын

@@revenant-xix no one can tell you how often to water homie, check the video

@luismarquez8065 2 ай бұрын

Hi I have a lime tree in Florida for about 8 years but now in getting some kind of fungus and stop growing limes I think part of the tree is dying. Can you help me please. Thanks

@qctropicals 2 ай бұрын

prune dead stuff and give it full sun.