Bearss Lime Tree
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we're showing you our very first fruit tree that was planted here on the farm. It's a dwarf Bearss lime tree. At just under 3 years old it's producing an abundance of very juicy limes that we've been harvesting off the tree since March!
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Hey Ricardo! I'm glad you found this episode useful and really happy to have you as a subscriber! Good luck with that baby tree of yours. Pretty soon it will be giving you some wonderful fruit!
That’s the first kinds tree I planted... bears lime... on my Phoenix urban micro ranch.
Great choice for your first tree. It's a great lime variety for us here in the Phoenix area. Do you have any other fruit trees?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm glad to hear ... just the one tree for now ... I’d like to add a grapefruit, an acerola cherry, moringa, and neem ... and several others, but that might be enough for my situation
@@OfftoShambala great choices. That's a good blend of edible and medicinal trees.
Really helpful video, mine are just starting to fruit!!!!! It's so exciting 🙌
Woohoo!! You're really going to love those limes. It's by far our favorite variety!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Really insightful video thank you
Our Bearss Lime Tree has been in the ground for 4 yrs. in AZ. It’s late March and the tree has clusters of 15 or more limes on several branch ends. Will they all turn into mature limes or should we thin down the clusters?
Hey there Joan. Wow, sounds like you have one happy tree there! It really depends on how much fruit winds up fully setting. Generally speaking you can usually leave lime trees nearly alone and they tend to be ok. The fruit is small enough it's not usually an issue. However, you can wait until the fruit are about quarter size and decide if you need to thin a bit. You may find larger fruit if you do!
firstly, your Bearss lime tree looks great.
I live in Las vegas and recently bought a Bearss lime tree. i'm guessing it to be a year and a half or so old. It is currently 91 degrees and my tree leaves are drooping very badly. I water it daily with about a gallon of water. it is in a 10 gallon pot. I notice your leaves have zero droop in the same temp as mine. any tip would be helpful!!
Hey Mussh. It's pretty common for these guys to struggle in higher temps. We usually see some leaf curl during the days when it's over 100 degrees. That's with an in-ground tree. Trees in pots tend to struggle even more because they don't have deep roots they can draw water from when they're pushing so much water out of their leaves. It's probably a mixture of heat and water that's causing the leaves to droop, but I can't be sure. Too much watering can also cause that and it's easy to over-water potted trees. We have a few trees in pots and we water them 3X/week this time of year. The only way to know for sure would be to buy a soil moisture meter and test it.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks for the quick response. before I water, the soil is dry about 2 inches down. I get minor run off. I am starting to think it is the direct sunlight. even though it is only about 100 now, that sun blasts down. im going to invest in some type of retractable shade.
@@musshwins412 It can definitely use some partial shade, especially in the afternoon. Our tree here is up against our West wall which affords a little protection late in the afternoon and nearly all of our potted trees are situated so they have afternoon shade.
Hi...I got a great tip from someone at my local nursery. I had several plants and trees in large pots that were struggling in 100 + heat. They told me to take a water house and soak for a few minutes. Soak so much that water even comes out the bottom of your pot and you will even see air bubbles on the top of your soil popping. This is not done daily but when it starts to look a little dry I do it again. ☮️💕
Is this a true dwarf Bearrs or is it a semi-dwarf Bearrs? I've got a 3-year old semi-dwarf Bearrs that looks about the same size as yours, but I've heard semi-dwarfs get even larger and if so I'm looking for a true dwarf due to lack of space in my yard. I realize this is 4 years later, but if possible thanks for any info you can provide. If yours is a semi-dwarf then I'll keep mine, but if yours is a true dwarf then I'm on the quest to buy a true dwarf because 6-7 feet x 5 feet (or possibly 8' x 5') is the very max I can fit in my tiny yard.
You're asking a great question and I can't say for certain. It was labeled as a dwarf which is why we planted it back in that corner, but it grows more like a mix between dwarf and semi-dwarf. It tops out around 10-12' or so and doesn't seem to get much higher, but it also pushes out about the same width which is much more semi-dwarf than dwarf.
Omg, your lime is insane! I hope mind gets there at some point. I have a dwarf bearss lime too but mine gets wind (in San Francisco) and its not too warm here. Last year I saw flowers and fruits starting but the fruit never matured. It turned black and fell off. Any suggestions? I was thinking of putting some stakes and a tarp to block some wind. Also, now I see mine has ants too. Any advice on how to deal with those?
Hey Eshita! Lime trees can be a little finicky, especially when it comes to extreme temps (hot or cold, but especially cold). The wind may be a factor, but only if it's occurring during either fruit pollination or fruit set (by knocking off flowers). Once it has pollinated fruit on it you should be in pretty good shape. It may not hurt to try protecting from the wind during those key times, but otherwise you should be ok in that regard. Ants don't generally cause too many problems, but they may be a sign of other issues such as aphids or some other damage to the tree, trunk or leaves (such as scale). Usually they will take some of the flower's nectar, but as long as bees are also present you should still see some pollination. There's some evidence that ants could actually help with pollination as they're moving around in the flowers, but that's not the main way they are pollinated. Either way, it sounds like the issue may be pollination based on what you're describing with the fruit you saw on the tree. Those were probably just unpollinated fruit that will never make it to maturity. Oh and if you get a freeze during pollination that can cause issues also. In this case you may want to cover the tree, but only when it's below freezing. Sorry for the long answer, but we want to see your tree produce some AMAZING limes!!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you so much for the detailed response. All of those things make sense. You are right, looks like my fruit was unpollinated I guess and that's why it never matured. Hoping for better luck this year. Please feel free to share any advice on pollination, I do get some bees in my yard because i have some lavender
@@eshashah17 we'll be sure to cover pollination once the trees start flowering. The biggest issue you might be facing is cold snaps during the flowering/pollination stage. Cold keeps the bees in and around the hive and can damage the flowers. The lavender can help with attracting the bees, but they need to be flowering when your citrus is doing the same. You can also hand pollinate with a q-tip going from one flower to another. It's a bit tedious, but it does work!
it is a lack of potassium and slight phosphorus. To get new amazing growth, use epsom salts ! tablespoon in your water, water well and you'll see new green growth everywhere. But the fruit dropping is a lack of potassium
@@eshashah17 try adding a bottlebrush bush (Callistemon). We have a handful of “Little John” variety in the backyard and they are bee magnets. Will definitely draw in the pollinators.
Hi, may i know if you got them in a 5 gallon pot or 15 gallon pot? How far tall they reached now? I have a small yard and preferring a dwarf one. The ones i am seeing in the nurseries here in AZ are semi-dwarf variety and can reach 10-15 foot, couldnt find any smaller than that
This tree was in a small 2.5 gallon pot when we planted it. They are semi-dwarf, but it's pretty easy to keep them contained to a smaller size with pruning as they do not grow tremendously fast.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm good to know!!! Do you grow thornless mexican lime on your farm? Any opinion about it?
@@tejaswirao9655 we have note tried that particular variety out, so I wouldn't be able to comment on that one.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm oh okay.. thank you 👍
I would love to know how to help my tree survive from putting it in the ground to getting it to set fruit
Hey Evelyn. We have a lot of resources for you here on TH-cam showing everything we do, from planting to irrigating and fertilizing. Check out our playlist section and that should help point you in the right direction. What kind of trees are you going to grow? Citrus?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yes, I have a persian lime tree. I used to have a dwarf key lime in a pot but the heat annihilated it :(. But thank you I will look through all your videos :) and hope my new tree will live a happy fulfilling life
My bearss lime isn't growing leaf ends slightly yellow with green veins. I have fertilized but nothing changing. It's not growing at all. The dancy tangerine next to it is doing awesome. Any thoughts?
Hmm, this is a tough one. This time of year is when you should be seeing some of your best growth. It's usually easiest to answer if we can see what the tree looks like. Send us over a pic via email, FB or Insta. Our email is on the About tab here on TH-cam.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you so much, will do
@@backdraft57 got the email and just sent over a response. Fingers crossed, we'll figure this one out!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks bud, you guys are awesome
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Duane! The lime tree finally took off this spring! Growing great now and actually has two limes on it.
Does this tree have thorns?
Hey there Holly. It does have thorns, but they're not as bad as some other citrus trees.
Is this tree a dwarf or semi-dwarf?
Hey Juan. It's a dwarf variety believe it or not!
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how do u feed your citrus trees?
Hey Ehsan. That's a great question. We use raw chicken manure mixed into the woodchips and then watered in. This is usually done 3 times a year in February, May and September.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Raw chicken manure and compost is enough?
@@EhsanFarsy Yes, that's all we've used for our citrus trees for the last couple of years with very good results.