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Kaffir Lime Tree
I have a well-established one I use the leaves for in Thai cooking.
It's still in its pot (poor thing) and whilst it seems to be thriving I feel I should plant it. When would be the best time, please? - L |
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Kaffir Lime Tree
"Linda H" wrote in message ... I have a well-established one I use the leaves for in Thai cooking. It's still in its pot (poor thing) and whilst it seems to be thriving I feel I should plant it. When would be the best time, please? - L It depends on where you are but I would do it during dormancy before Spring growth, say early August, if your winter is benign you could probably get away with doing it now and give it a little feed. David |
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Kaffir Lime Tree
David Hare-Scott wrote:
It depends on where you are but I would do it during dormancy before Spring growth, say early August, if your winter is benign you could probably get away with doing it now and give it a little feed. David Hmm, we moved to here around the New Year (just in time to evacuate bushfires; which was um... fun, amidst stacked furniture & boxes with no idea what boxes the "precious" stuff was in!) So it's going to be our first winter here and it gets pretty cold in this semi-rural area. There are light snow sprinkles a couple of times through winter (on average) and I know some of my saved-from-the-last-place plants are going to hate it. I divided, gathered, took cuttings etc. for almost a year in preparation for selling our last house and for the move. Everything I have is in pots & I have the whole lot protected & huddled together like poor little refugees. (They seem to be doing exceptionally in this clustered environment actually.) Before they were on a large-ish house block size and now we've a couple of acres elbow room so I've been gradually moving the ones that look happy out to where might be their intended places. I'm currently gathering plants supposedly suited to the region as there is 'nothing' in the ground at the moment - 'cept for the delightful Cape Weed that came up wherever soiled was turned and that's everywhere- for the first three months the front half of our property has had that raped-by-construction building site barrenness. I haven't even put a single plant in the ground yet; maybe I'm too scared to! L |
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Kaffir Lime Tree
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Linda H wrote: I have a well-established one I use the leaves for in Thai cooking. It's still in its pot (poor thing) and whilst it seems to be thriving I feel I should plant it. When would be the best time, please? Now, unless you get frosts. Plant it somewhere out of the wind and in the sunshine. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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