Limequat from seed to flower ~2 years!

[vnomonee]

In 2022 I bought some limequats from SayWeee. Tossed a few seeds in pots. Killed most of them from root rot. Today I notice that my remaining plant is flowering. Key limes are also known to flower from seed pretty quickly as well as the kumquat in its lineage.

[brian]

Very nice! 

I have a grafted one, it's nice to have an off-season lime.  I am trying to graft it onto flying dragon to keep a small one.  I think mine is Lakeland but I have had Eustis and they are similar

[vnomonee]

Good idea grafting it to keep it smaller. This one wants to grow as a spindly bush. I haven't pruned it though because I didn't want to cut a potential flowering branch, glad I didn't. I am also growing Mandarinquat again, will put into 5-1-1 mix or graft to an existing potted established rootstock. Hope it inherits the kumquat faster flowering vs waiting as long as a mandarin

[Zardiw]

You can grow Key Lime from seed?......and they will produce?

Z

[vnomonee]

you sure can, all seed grown citrus will eventually produce given enough time
depending on the variety some will come true from seed (a clone of the mother plant) others will not, meyer lemon is a good example

You can grow Key Lime from seed?......and they will produce?

Z

[W.]

Key lime is one of the quickest citrus to fruit from seed. Three years is the often cited, but that varies wildly based on climate and other conditions. I did not fruit Key lime in three years from seed, though I did get a couple of flowers after four years, which I considered a triumph considering it was grown in a container. The tree was too small to hold fruit, and I did not want it expending the energy flowering.

Key lime is true to seed and can be kept small when grown from seed, both of which are qualities not shared by all citrus. So, if you are willing to wait for it to mature or cannot source a quality grafted or cutting-grown tree, Key lime is a citrus you can grow from seed successfully.