Pruning a Thornless Mexican Lime Tree in Phoenix!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Welcome back to The Green Yard! We have had a crazy winter with lots of rain and very cold temperatures. In fact, this is the coldest winter in at least the last four years. Thankfully spring is approaching and all of our our plants are beginning to push out new growth and flowers!
Our Thornless Mexican Key Lime tree has been an amazing addition to The Green Yard. This winter it thrived with no cold or frost protection. It has grown well above twelve feet tall and produced over sixty limes in it's second year in the ground. After doing minimal pruning the last two years it is time to do a drastic spring prune and shape the tree how I want it to grow. In this video I talk and prune three main areas of concern, the suckers growing out of the lower trunk, the middle for better airflow and the top of the tree so I can reach all of the fruit. Subscribe and follow for more great Phoenix plant content!
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I'm in the same situation I have a Thornley Mexican lime tree getting a little tall for me to harvest , I pruned it last spring and it grew 3 feet lol, how did it work out for you?
Hello @APOSTLESDOCTRINEPHOENIX, thank you for watching and commenting! They grow pretty quick here in the Phoenix area. This video was from last spring and my tree is over 15 feet tall again so I will probably be trimming it again this spring. The pruning went very well and the tree seemed to enjoy having a prune, which is nice. I was able to harvest daily limes off the tree from around April to October.
Man I wish I would have watched before I pruned mine I mean I didn’t mess up too much. Mine is doing really well. Question how many times should I water this
Hello @cjumilla1, thank you for watching and commenting! I'm so glad to hear that your tree is doing so well! The Mexican Lime trees are pretty resilient in my experiences so I think your tree will recover nicely. In the winter, I will deep soak the tree once a month. In the summer I water once every two weeks if it's under 110 degrees or every week if above 110 degrees. I also have heavy mulch around my trees, which helps to reduce how often I have to water. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
Isn’t a Mexican lime also a key lime? I’m pretty shocked that yours is doing so well because I think they are one of the most cold sensitive in the citrus family. That’s awesome!
Hi, thank you for watching and commenting! Yes, the Mexican Lime Tree is a Key Lime tree, which is the most cold sensitive of the citrus varieties. I am beyond happy with how well this tree is doing and the fact that I do not have to cover or protect it in winter and it just keeps growing and fruiting. Even this last winter, which was one of the coldest we've had in awhile, it did really well.
How often do you water it?
Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! I typically deep water the tree once every two weeks. During our extreme heat this summer I had to water once a week starting at the end of June and I will continue to do so until the end of September. In the winter I typically will water once a month. I also have the tree under heavy mulch (about 8 inches), which allows the soil to hold more moisture and me to water less. I hope this helps and let me know if you have any other questions.
I have an orange tree that I’m pretty sure is dead. It still has fruit from the fall, but the branches and leaves are all brown and dead. If I cut it back will it regrow? Any tips you can share would be great. I’m also in the Phoenix area, a few cities to the east. Thank you!
Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! One of the best ways to determine if a citrus tree is dead or not is the scratch test. You take your fingernail and scratch off the first layer of bark. If under the bark is green, that means that the tree is still alive. If it is brown then that part of the tree is probably dead. I would definitely recommend cutting back any dead branches (once you've done the scratch test) to allow for new growth now that we are having warmer weather. I hope this helps and if you have any other questions let me know.
I bought the same tree, but its been two weeks in the ground and the leaves turning alittle yellow. I water it about 3 to 4 days apart. Any suggestions?
Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! That is awesome that you bought the same tree! For the soil that I have in The Green Yard, 3 to 4 days apart is too much water for the tree. I'm not sure if this is the same case for you but I have found that typically yellow leaves on citrus trees means they are being over watered. I would try to push your watering back to once every week and see what happens. It is also getting hotter though so keep that in mind as well. Hopefully this helps and definitely keep me updated as to your progress.
🍋 Hi there,
May I ask if Mexican Lime/Keylime fruits turn Yellow when ripen?
I have a photo of the Lime I want yo buy/grow, pp including specialist at nursery told me they are Meyer Lemon (very doubtful), Keylime
I would like to ask you to take a look at my photo and help me identify it but unable to upload it here
Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! My Mexican Lime/Keylime fruits are not yellow when they are ripe. When they turn yellow they are actually too old and have a different flavor to them. Sometimes they hide in the leaves and I don't pick them in time and they do turn yellow. They are very small, about the size of a golf ball when they are ripe and still green. Meyer Lemons I know are much bigger than a golf ball and they do turn yellow when ripe. Hopefully this helps, I know there are a lot of different varieties of Citrus trees out there. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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