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The above post reminded me that I have thought about buying a kaffir lime tree--
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No. Sorry. This is a really unique flavour. As Nan mentioned, it just cannot be duplicate. I can
send you some seeds if I can find a fruit. A friend in Miami sent these fruits to me but in some foray into distant Chinatown, I may find some.
Are you feeling very horiticultural??
send you some seeds if I can find a fruit. A friend in Miami sent these fruits to me but in some foray into distant Chinatown, I may find some.
Are you feeling very horiticultural??
That's it exactly, they suck the life out and weaken the plant, making it
subject to other critters and diseases. I had a problem with some shrubs which had scale and finally dug them up and got rid of them. When I replaced with different shrubs, over a year later, the scales returned. The nurseryman said the scales were probably in the soil as well. There are various treatments for getting rid of them, some toxic, some not. I'm told the systemic treatments work best, especially for my situation since it will go to work on the soil around the plant as well and help eliminate the lil buggers. That's my next step.
subject to other critters and diseases. I had a problem with some shrubs which had scale and finally dug them up and got rid of them. When I replaced with different shrubs, over a year later, the scales returned. The nurseryman said the scales were probably in the soil as well. There are various treatments for getting rid of them, some toxic, some not. I'm told the systemic treatments work best, especially for my situation since it will go to work on the soil around the plant as well and help eliminate the lil buggers. That's my next step.
In fact, why don't I send you some kaffir lime leaves? If you have never encountered them,
you will be pleasantly amazed. I have to make it, again, to Chinatown, but let me know.
They have them 'fresh', that is, not dried, and they would last through the mail if they didn't freeze.
I could send a heater with them.
you will be pleasantly amazed. I have to make it, again, to Chinatown, but let me know.
They have them 'fresh', that is, not dried, and they would last through the mail if they didn't freeze.
I could send a heater with them.
No No. You use these leaves for cooking. You must be sure that what you are using systemically is
not toxic. And it's almost certain that it will be if it's systemic.
I sit in the sun ( given the 3 days that we get winter sun here, I really have to be ready) and pick off the scuz with my fingernail. Then I wash the whole of the leaf and stem with detergent. It survives for several months. But why not pernamently?! I am careful not to get any of the scuz dropping onto the soil but I'm sure it gets there ahead of me.
It is discouraging.
not toxic. And it's almost certain that it will be if it's systemic.
I sit in the sun ( given the 3 days that we get winter sun here, I really have to be ready) and pick off the scuz with my fingernail. Then I wash the whole of the leaf and stem with detergent. It survives for several months. But why not pernamently?! I am careful not to get any of the scuz dropping onto the soil but I'm sure it gets there ahead of me.
It is discouraging.
marg, you're a gem! i've never had fresh leaves to use, only dried, and can imagine
how bright they'd be 'alive'. i may as well use some dried maple leaves for all the flavor these ones have (maybe they're too old). anyhow, if you're up to sending seeds/leaves i'd be very grateful indeed. i am feeling horticultural, this happens to me in the dead of winter (you can probably relate). i do have the makings of a lemon tree in a pot, but in this climate i don't expect to see a lemon from it in my lifetime! still, it's green, and that's what i like.
hmmm, for payback maybe i could send you some wild leeks this spring smileys/smile.gif
how bright they'd be 'alive'. i may as well use some dried maple leaves for all the flavor these ones have (maybe they're too old). anyhow, if you're up to sending seeds/leaves i'd be very grateful indeed. i am feeling horticultural, this happens to me in the dead of winter (you can probably relate). i do have the makings of a lemon tree in a pot, but in this climate i don't expect to see a lemon from it in my lifetime! still, it's green, and that's what i like.
hmmm, for payback maybe i could send you some wild leeks this spring smileys/smile.gif
With the kaffirs, I just put them down the sides of a glass with paper towel holding them in place.
I didn't prick them. Same with the lemons, although the lemons have not quite taken flight yet. They've been in for only a couple of days.
I'm sorry I didn't know earlier that you wanted seeds. I could have sent you some from the second batch I bought. Too late now though. They're in frozen compost.
I didn't prick them. Same with the lemons, although the lemons have not quite taken flight yet. They've been in for only a couple of days.
I'm sorry I didn't know earlier that you wanted seeds. I could have sent you some from the second batch I bought. Too late now though. They're in frozen compost.