Red lime first taste

[gnappi]

I now have three red lime trees, two are rather small at less than two feet each, one is still in a pot, over five feet tall and producing many fruit.

Some are dropping prematurely, currently they have a bit more than a hint of yellow / orange color skin  and the inside is pale / light orange colored. I expect the worst and accept the best when it comes to fruit I have not tried before and I was surprised that such juvenile undeveloped fruits had such a nicely distinctive flavor.

Definitely more on the (less than sweet) orange flavored side with a hint of limey bitterness. The more green than orange skin was inedible... so far. Overall if the flavor develops as I hope it will I see a great many uses for these fruits in the future. I plan on giving one of my little trees to a friend who is just starting to plant out a nice large lot.

[brian]

I noticed my red limes get significantly sweeter the longer they sit on the tree.  The best ones I've had are ones I didn't notice were there at first and picked a month later than the rest.

[TooFarNorth]

  I've only had one red lime, that I picked up at one of the expos. Well i kinda had one. I cut it up in the kitchen and brought to my wife to taste while I went back to the kitchen to clean up the cutting board and knife. When I got back to the living room, my wife was looking up with juice dripping from her chin and an ' Oliver Twist' expression on her face.. "Please sir, may I have more". So I didn't actually get to taste it, but I will take her word for it, that it was good. I do have a small seedling tree growing, so maybe one of these days, I'll get to try one.

TFN

[bsbullie]

  I've only had one red lime, that I picked up at one of the expos. Well i kinda had one. I cut it up in the kitchen and brought to my wife to taste while I went back to the kitchen to clean up the cutting board and knife. When I got back to the living room, my wife was looking up with juice dripping from her chin and an ' Oliver Twist' expression on her face.. "Please sir, may I have more". So I didn't actually get to taste it, but I will take her word for it, that it was good. I do have a small seedling tree growing, so maybe one of these days, I'll get to try one.

TFN

Not sure it will come true to seed.

[horseshoe_bayou]

have your red lime trees continued to produce well? I need some citrus in my yard but potted calamondins seem to be the only thing to produce.

[brian]

Mine has been consistently unhealthy since I got it, for no obvious reason.  I dont think my one container red lime is enough sample size to be meaningful though

[countryboy1981]

My tree is growing very well.  2 years ago I got a lot of fruit, last year I got none, I don't think it even flowered, this year it flowered and fruit has set but do not know how many will hold.  It is a good fruit.

[Millet]

Sounds like the Red Lime tree might be an alternate bearing variety.

[horseshoe_bayou]

I need to find a citrus that will produce for me in south Florida, zone 10b. I try getting those cheap 1 gallon pots they sell at lowes but nothing has worked. except for calamondin.

[brian]

I don't know much about growing in Florida.  Is 10b on the cold side?  Or the warm side?

[horseshoe_bayou]

on the warm side, near the east coast of Palm beach county in west palm beach, Fl.