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How to Grow Lime: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

A small thorny citrus picked green for juice and zest; grown in a container and kept above freezing in winter.

Lime

Citrus aurantiifolia

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

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Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (113)

Powdery MildewLate BlightBacterial CankerSclerotinia RotBlack RotBlack SpotCitrus MelanoseCrown GallSouthern BlightSooty MoldAnthracnoseDamping-offRoot-lesion NematodeGray MoldBacterial SpotCrown GummosisStem PittingWart DiseaseSmudgeAspergillus RotScaly BarkArtist's Conk Heart RotBlack Leaf MoldFlyspeckScabFreckleWitches' BroomArmillaria Root RotFalse Yellow SpotWhisker MoldCalyx End RotBoron DeficiencyGummosis of FruitScale Skin DisorderViroid DiseaseExocortisPotassium DeficiencyHuanglongbingConcave GumGummosisStem PittingPsorosisDothiorella GummosisNatsudaidai DwarfNavel Orange Infectious MottlingFusarium WiltFusarium RotFusarium Stem-end RotVein EnationMagnesium DeficiencyManganese DeficiencyManganese ToxicityMosaic DiseaseMolybdenum DeficiencyZinc DeficiencyCircular Sooty SpotRound Leaf SpotAnomalous Growth DisorderSmall Black SpeckTrunk RotGraft Union DisorderSunscaldDark BlotchBlossom End Ripe RotBlossom End RotBlossom End BrowningTwig BlightBranch GummosisCitrus NematodeShoot BlightPlant-parasitic NematodesGummosisWatery RotSatsuma DwarfGray Felt FungusBacterial Fever BlightWhite MoldWhite Root RotWhite Felt FungusWhite Round Leaf SpotAlgal Leaf SpotStony Fruit DisorderPink RotViolet Root RotGreen MoldGreen Spot DisorderBacterial RotAnthina Root RotBrown Felt Sooty SpotPetiole DiseaseMesophyll CollapseTiger Stripe DisorderFruit CrackingBacterial Brown SpotBrown Spot Defoliation DisorderBrown Felt FungusBrown Root RotBrown RotElephant SkinRed Pustule DiseasePink DiseaseSilver SkinCopper DeficiencyBlue MoldBlue-green MoldYellowing and Leaf Drop DisorderYellow Leaf SpotYellow Mottle LeafBlack WartBlack MoldAlternaria Black SpotBlack Twig BlightBlack Ball Rot

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Keep a growing history for Lime

Type the plant name, add the planting date, and take photos as it grows. Next season you will have your own dates for sowing, flowering, and harvest instead of a generic calendar.

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