Re: key limes in CA
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: key limes in CA
- From: M* H*
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:28:24 -0700
Hi Sarah--
I live up in Ukiah and keep two varieties of citrus trees in pots on my
patio. In cold weather, I put those little Christmas lights in them and it
seems to be all the frost protection they need. We have enough summer heat
to ripen fruit though the fruit actually is ripe in late fall/early winter.
I'm not sure about your climate--you probably have less frost and less heat.
There are several sources for Citrus trees on the Web, but a good place to
start is the Rare Fruit Growers site. I don't have the URL here, but it
should turn up easily in a search.
Madelin
At 03:05 PM 06/15/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>Hello - I just got a request from a client to plant a key lime in a pot in
>North Berkeley/Kensington, California. This doesn't seem like a reasonable
>request to me, because our climate is so different from the Florida Keys.
But
>then someone told me that they have seen key limes being grown in this area,
>so maybe I am wrong. Does anyone out there have any words of widsom
regarding
>key limes in Northern California - Would they fruit? Do they need special
>soil? Are there dwarf varieties? Are they hard to find?
>
>Thank you very much - I love this list! -- Sarah
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