Hoping for a nice lime harvest this year.

[hoodat]

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About 4 years ago I planted a kiefer lime (also know as kaffir lime or makrut). I planted it more for the leaves, which are an important ingredient in Southeast asian cooking, than for the fruit. From the second year it has produced 2 or three limes each year. Last year I had quite a few but this year, judging from the number of blossoms and new growth I may finally have a decent fruit harvest. Beyond cooking uses, it also has medicinal and cosmetic uses. The juice is used as a hair rinse to make hair both shiny and fragrant and as a skin tightener for the face to reduce wrinkles.


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#2 Today 1:43 pmso lucky
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E-mail PM Re: Hoping for a nice lime harvest this year.Hoodat, do those lime trees stay small? Like "bring it into the house in the winter" small? I've heard they are very fragrant. Or could one prune it to keep it small?

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#3 Today 3:26 pmhoodat
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View My Page Re: Hoping for a nice lime harvest this year.OOPSIE I meant this to go into the fruits and vegetables forum. Is there any way to "transplant" it?
Keifer lime is more shrubby than tree-like but if you want it small get the dwarf variety. It responds well to pruning if it still gets too big but you sacrifice fruit if you prune much. The fruit comes on the new growth.

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[hoodat]

Transplanted from the wrong forum to the right one.

 

[lesa]

Ah, to be in California! It must be time to update your tagline, Hoodat. You can't still be 80, can you? What are you planning on using them for? I can't picture you worried about hair rinse, or wrinkles...

 

[digitS']

We usually have limes in the fridge.

I use them in stir-fries and in marinades. I will even squeeze them over some steamed broccoli with a pat of butter on top.

Lime juice is preferable to lemon juice on fish, for me .

Steve

 

[hoodat]

Keifer limes are small, just a bit bigger than key limes and with the same taste; sour with a slightly bitter taste. The fragrance can't be duplicate in any other fruit. In Thailand they sprinkle some zest from the peel over a hot bowl of soup just before serving to bring out the fragrance. The peel looks as though it had a pebble finish. The leaves are used in the same way, more for the fragrance than the taste. It just isn't Tom Yum without the makrut leaf in it.

 

[hoodat]

Ah, to be in California! It must be time to update your tagline, Hoodat. You can't still be 80, can you? What are you planning on using them for? I can't picture you worried about hair rinse, or wrinkles...

I'll be 81 in May. I was rounding off when I made the tag line. The fruit is quite useful if you like Southeast Asian cooking. I also use them like regular limes but it takes 3 to equal the juice of one regular lime. The slightly bitter taste goes well with gin and tonic.
They keep my whiskers nice and shiny. I don't have enough hair left to worry about. (just kidding)

 

[bj taylor]

my lime is ready to burst into bloom. gosh, i love the scent. i didn't have fruit last year (my first year), but i'm hoping for a nice little crop this year.
i have to keep mine in a pot. do they like their roots snug (slightly rootbound), or do they need to be re-potted fairly often?

 

[MontyJ]

I love limes. I use a good many throughout the year while cooking. In my much younger days I used quite a few of them with some salt and a shot glass

 

[897tgigvib]

Hmmm...

Do you think Lime juice can be added to shampoo or conditioner?

 

[canesisters]

Don't see why not....
Wonder if it has the same effect as lemon juice??