Persian lime tree ?

kashif · 02-04-2009, 05:03 PM

recently i started growing citrus plants as a hobby , since i use persian limes a lot i wanted to plant a persian lime tree.
since persian limes dont have any seeds in them my question is how do you plant a persian lime tree ?

TomK · 02-04-2009, 07:21 PM

Easy & quick answer - buy a tree and plant it.

Otherwise, you take scion from a desired tree and graft it onto an appropriate rootstock. Graft heals and away you go growing a new Persian Lime tree.

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Caloosamusa · 02-04-2009, 07:34 PM

Go to a citrus nursery, purchase a grafted tree, root stock is important so do your homework first. Match soil type and disease presence in your area. For south Florida Grapefruit x trifolata does well. Try to stay away from rough lemon root stock. If central Florida try to get sour orange, while it is suseptible to trestiza, trestiza is only a problem in commercial groves where the root systems of the trees interlock allowing a complete spread of the disease through the grove. If not sour orange then get one on trestiza.

Or, you can simply start it as a cutting. make sure you mulch well so nematodes do not infest it, make sure to keep the mulch an inch or two from the trunk. Do not overwater!

If grafting do so when the bark is slipping and t Bud.

I Hope this helps.

buzzwinder · 02-04-2009, 08:52 PM

Thanks Tom, I was going to recommend The Citrus Growers, alot of help on that forum with citrus and great people same as here, happy to help and very knowledgable, There are members here from there and there from here,Joe Real,Millet, Patty, and Gina off the top of my head. When I started growing Bananas and a couple of citrus trees last year I found a wealth of experience on both of these sites, for which I will be forever greatful!!!

kashif · 02-05-2009, 05:27 AM

thanks Caloosamusa i'm going to start a cutting it looks more challenging

Caloosamusa · 02-05-2009, 08:53 AM

With cuttings a rooting hormone with fungicide included helps greatly.
You are welcome Kashif!

Patty in Wisc · 02-11-2009, 03:01 AM

Kashif, what is that pic of in your avatar?

kashif · 02-11-2009, 03:47 AM

the plant on my avatar is one of the mangotree's that grows in my yard

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