Lime.

Starting to re-access Lime in our farm. Had started a couple of lime previously, but did not develop much on it. We have a fruiting Limau Kapas / Nipis, Key lime in our farm. It is being over shadowed by rubber trees now. I had planted 3 Key lime from seeds in our nursery for almost 3 years. It's growing, but still no fruit. Have a local Lemon, grown from cutting, which had started to fruit early this year. All of them were not carefully cared for.

Local Lemon, started fruiting in December 2013.

Planning to re-access Lime as I feel am better equipped (knowledge) to deal with it.

Key Lime graft from a fruiting tree to a non fruiting tree.

Key Lime graft from a fruiting tree to a non fruiting tree. Another graft that 'took'.

Key Lime graft from a fruiting tree to a fruiting local Lemon tree.

Had recently acquired a marcotted Limau Kasturi, Calamondin Lime. Also some cuttings of unknown Lime/Orange from Thailand. Preparing these for propagation in our nursery. Tried some cuttings & grafting on the Kasturi.

Calamondin Lime grafted on to a non fruiting Key Lime rootstock. Already took & starting to flower.

Re-sprouting again. I used to plant a Key Lime from seed at this spot about 2 years back and I though it had died. Maybe it's my calling.

Had started to top- work via grafting, 1 Key Lime tree & the local Lemon tree to Key Lime. With their established roots, I hope that the Key Lime shall grow fast & I can propagate more of them at the nursery. A couple of the graft were successful. I shall get more scion from our farm and do more graft into these 2 trees.

Pruned off most of the tree, leaving those that were grafted and a bit more for more grafting.

The other 2 trees I shall reserve for the Calamondin Lime / Limau Kasturi. This shall takes a while as I only have a small 1 1/2 feet plant. As for the unknown cuttings, if these root, then shall have to wait till they fruit and figure out what are these.

Lime is a power house in terms of Vitamin C, one of the most important antioxidants in nature. For more health benefits of lime, click here.

There are plenty uses of lime in our country, hence I guess market is readily available, just that we need to be efficient in our production.