Lemon or Lime Tree, and what type

I'm planning to buy a lemon or Lime tree as a house warming present. 

 

Any suggestion which most people prefer and also what type of lemons. There's so many different types. What's one that's easy to look after and produces heaps?

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lal-au0
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google bush lemon. 

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go-tazz
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Lemon or Lime Tree, and what type

there are heaps of hybrids n stuff but the fancier the more water and tlc they need.

 

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@lal-au0 wrote:

google bush lemon. 


Oooo, they look ugly.

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Tahitian lime with a bottle of gin.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Tahitian lime with a bottle of gin.


Burke said it only fruits 1 month of the year. 

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yes they do.

 

but i rather have a tree that actually makes some fruits than a fancy variety that never fruits cos its too frikkin dry and hot here.

 

they were popular many years ago for a darn good reason. nowadays its not pretty enough a fruit.

 

i know you like to salivate over women unachievable to you. go ahead and do the same buying a tree. get a fancy variety that will never fruit or which you will have to water every day (with rain water of course cos citrus trees dont like tap water).

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i have googled alot too.depending on the pages they say very different things.

 

i think it comes down to chosing something suited to the climate.

 

living in SA means that i need something tough. the tougher the better. the juiciest fruits are worth nothing if the tree never sets fruit cos its unhappy cos its too hot or/and dry.

 

they will sell you ANYTHING in bunnings in order to make money.

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they sold me a turkish brown fig that is supposed to make fruits twice a year.

 

not happening.

 

they sold elder trees in bunning with a label saying 'pick and eat' .

elderberries are poisonous when not boiled (into jam). i know. i ate them raw when i was a child. never been so sick in my life.

 

it comes down to a choice.

 

if you breed things you need to select what you breed for.

 

the colour, taste, hardiness but you cant have it all.

 

if you  chose a superior taste you need to be prepared to work for it (really hard work, getting the right soil, only using rain water, fertilise etc.) or you go for the easy robust thing.

 

its your choice.

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