Post #326995 by The Gnomon on Tue, Aug 21, 2007 7:54 AM

On 2007-08-20 10:25, pablus wrote:

Get to know Koka Nut.
He has about a billion on his tree right now.

OK only 123 million but... a lot.

That jerk.
I've had my key lime tree 2 years longer and it hasn't given me one lime yet.

The "Lime Cubes" work pretty good, btw and lasted for me a few months.
They worked ok in a pinch for sure and were better than the bottled stuff.

Have you compared the pH of the soils around your trees? Here's an excerpt from the Mexican lime link inside the link in my preceding post:

Soil

The oolitic limestone of the Florida Keys seems perfectly acceptable to the Mexican lime. The tree grows reasonably well in a variety of other soils. In sandy locations on the Florida mainland, best growth is achieved by the periodic addition of lime to raise the pH. Other-wise there will be a lighter crop of fruits; they will be larger than normal with thicker peel and less juice.

Maybe his soil has the right pH and yours does not.