Wondering When my Persian Lime Tree Will Bear Fruit

A few months ago I purchased a lemon tree and Persian lime tree from a local nursery. Both are blooming and beginning to bear fruit. I planted the lemon tree in the ground, but decided to keep the lime tree in the pot. I’m glad I wasn’t in a hurry to put them both in the ground, because the lemon tree is not doing as well as the lime.

The Meyer lemon began budding almost as soon as it was planted. The tree itself is very small, so I expected no fruit from it. Surprisingly, some of the lemons are now getting to a good size, but many have already fallen off. I gave it a sunny spot, but failed to realize the amount of wind the tree would receive. The lime is more sheltered from the strong wind, on the south side of the house, and also gets a lot of sun.   From what I’ve read, this is more to it’s liking.  

Also, the lime tree (photo above), which was never removed from it’s original pot, began to grow like mad! It has doubled in size in the past few months, and is just now blooming. Because of the size, I have some hope of picking limes in the not too distant future.  Fingers crossed! I’m holding of putting it into the ground because it’s growing very well where it is.

Because I am not familiar with growing either types of fruit, I searched online for Persian Lime Tree Care and found an article at the Gardening Know How site.  In fact they have many articles with growing and care information.  That being said, I always get my gardening information from more than one source – especially when reading online.  In fact, this article “How Long Does it Take to Grow Limes?” at the Home Guides site, gives a lot more useful information.  It tells me that fruit is harvested twice a year; May-June and November-December.  This is the information I wanted to find.

Online articles can be written by experts, or by people who really have no idea what they are talking about.  Some people write online simply to make money and are not all that interested in truthfulness.  I prefer to find information on a blog written by someone with first hand experience.  In other words, someone who cares enough to share what they know to be true.

At the present time, I am not a lime growing expert, but I hope to become one by growing them myself.  As time goes on I will share MY first hand experience, but for now, I must count on others for solid information.

I’ll be sure to post about eating my first home-grown lemons and limes!