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Nosari7Viper

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Is this 9 pound lime real?
« on: March 28, 2025, 04:50:32 AM »
This may be a stupid question, but Is this 9 pound lime real and if it is how, was it's parent plant's near some sort of Chernobyl incident or something and produced that,  because it look like it survived, adapted to radiation and mutated?: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1570008883/seeds-amazingly-huge-sweet-citrus?ref=shop_home_active_6&logging_key=4da3540fcde1a74c6da279d7319a5e7c0ef3a025%3A1570008883, I want to get 1 pack of seeds if it is. The store looks legit a lot of good reviews and some of the reviews have pictures of the seeds, but I'm still not sure if I should get the seeds or not.
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Re: Is this 9 pound lime real?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2025, 09:22:37 AM »
9 pound lemons are real. But they actually look like overly large lemons with a washed out yellow color. Those limes are very weird looking. A bit on the pricy side. Interesting that citrus like this is shipping from Canada. There are some large red flags in my opinion that and I would be very hesitant unless you really enjoy gambling.

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Re: Is this 9 pound lime real?
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2025, 10:16:41 AM »
Buy a grafted tree from a reputable nursery,

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Re: Is this 9 pound lime real?
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2025, 08:16:47 PM »
The thing with growing seeds like that from a random seller in Canada, or anywhere really where citrus don't grow naturally is it could be anything. You will wait years to see results and if it's not what was claimed you wasted time and can't even leave feedback. Pictures and reviews don't mean much unless there are results in the reviews and with many citrus plants looking similar there's no way of knowning those seedlings are the correct variety. To give a postive example, I've ordered makrut seeds which were easy enough to identify once the leaves grew out and were identical to what a makrut should be.

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Re: Is this 9 pound lime real?
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2025, 06:21:49 PM »
The thing with growing seeds like that from a random seller in Canada, or anywhere really where citrus don't grow naturally is it could be anything. You will wait years to see results and if it's not what was claimed you wasted time and can't even leave feedback. Pictures and reviews don't mean much unless there are results in the reviews and with many citrus plants looking similar there's no way of knowning those seedlings are the correct variety. To give a postive example, I've ordered makrut seeds which were easy enough to identify once the leaves grew out and were identical to what a makrut should be.

Sorry, but I can’t vouch for the guy cause we haven’t met yet. I’m sure us neighbours will meet soon when we celebrate the Stanley cup playoffs as we eat our poutine covered in maple syrop.

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Re: Is this 9 pound lime real?
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2025, 07:42:28 PM »
Hahha! I prefer gravy on my poutine 🙈 we call them disco fries in NJ