Hirt's Key Lime Tree + Certificate - 6" Pot - NO Ship TX,FL,AZ,CA,LA,HI

This tree came in a perfect condition. No damage and the tree itself was pretty big to begin with. It took like a month for it to begin growing probably adapting but once it did oh my goodness it has been taking off. It’s beautiful and it’s exciting seeing what changes are to come. I hope it produces limes! I’m in the northwest forever of Washington state so it’s not as warm here but I have a lemon tree next to the key lime tree that has grown lemons and is making some now. Put them both in the brightest window of the house and I keep the house nice and room temp to slightly warm. It seems to help the trees! I will post and update again in a month or 2 with progress.

Plant came healthy with plenty of blossoms. It got a little shook during shipping and came unpotted. The root system is SO small, I hope that's not because it got damaged and severed. Would recommend transplanting and TLC ASAP once arriving.Update- all the leaves have fallen off but many blossoms continuing. This is pretty normal for the trauma it endured. I dont know how much I can reasonably expect from shipping a plant nationwide.

My new lime was shipped within a day of placing the order and arrived in the Charlotte, NC area two days later. The plant was very well packaged with tape over the pot so there was no soil mess to clean up. The soil was moist so there was one less thing to stress the plant during transport. I repotted this morning before heading out of town for the holiday. It’s under a large potted fig for shade until I see new growth. I didn’t see any pests, but placed the plant outside asap just in case.I read the lowest rated reviews before placing my order. I’ll add a few tips... Citrus don’t do well with a lot of soil above their roots and/or on the trunk. If your plant isn’t growing under optimal growing conditions, but not losing leaves either, carefully remove soil until you start seeing roots. Most citrus aren’t cold hardy so it’s not wise to have citrus grown in Ohio shipped on an unheated trailer in the middle of winter. If there are no shipping options to keep the poor plant warm and you can’t pick it up in person, wait til spring to place your order... Don’t rush to put your plant in direct sunlight. Ease into it. Start in shade or partial shade and work up to full sun. Plants don’t like hot roots. If using a pot, do what you can to provide shade to the pot/roots/trunk. You can group plants together so they shade each other or prune in a way that provides shade to roots and trunks. People like the tree appearance, but citrus grow better if you let them grow in their natural bush form. Indoor potted plants still need decent light to survive. If a sunny room isn’t available, get supplemental lighting. Spider mites were a problem every winter for my previous key lime. Neem oil and wiping the plant with a wet cloth takes care of that. Last, but not least, make sure your soil is a mixture that won’t hold too much moisture during cooler months to prevent rot issues. I’m not totally sure what killed my last lime, but I suspect wet soil combined with too little light did it in :(June 21, 2019 updateIt’s been about a month and the new lime has lost maybe 1 leaf. We had a decent amount of rain a few days ago so some new growth popped up. Just gave all the plants some boogie brew yesterday. Posting some photos of the new lime...

I have decades of experience growing citrus. I have a 4 1/2 foot tall Calamondin orange tree growing in a pot, that yields, literally, hundreds of oranges a year. I have a hearty Meyer lemon tree, also growing in a pot, that , last year, yielded 23 lemons the size of baseballs. So, had this tree had been a healthy one when I received it, I have no doubt that it would've done the same. What it did was nothing. I followed the directions that came with the tree, potting it accordingly, watered it as I should have, and had it on the patio where it got the same amount of sun as did the orange and lemon trees. It did not grow an inch! All summer long, it just sat there, slowly dropping the few leaves it had on it when received, ending up with nothing more than a twig. Run from this one folks.

The tree arrived quickly and well packaged and seems to be happy and healthy. After potting I noticed a lot of crosses branches and it seems to have been poorly pruned before shipping. There is also a second tree growing out of the root system and I am wondering if this is normal for a small young Lime tree or if I’ve got a well developed sucker trunk. I’ll have to do a little more research but in any event I’ve had to prune branches to keep them from crossing and making contact. I’ve also had some new growth die off. The main part(s) of the tree(s) seem to be doing well enough but I’m trying to figure out if I need to lop off half of this tree or not. I’m not a pro at this so determining which to cut off so the other will live stronger is something I wish the nursery would have done for me.

My 2 trees (I ordered a lemon and a lime) were packaged in the same box together. Wouldn't be a huge issue except they were packaged with their tops facing each other in a box that was falling apart stuffed to the brim with foam packing peanuts. By the time I received the box it was leaking dirt all over the place and I spent a good 20 minutes shaking the trees out and removing peanuts from them. This was especially fun with the lime tree which you may or may not know is thorny as all get out. No markings on the box to indicate a top side either which probably exacerbated the problems during shipment.I immediately repotted and started on citrus tree stakes. Within 3 days they were both brittle and brown. I tried inside, outside, direct light, moving from inside to outside halfway through the day, etc etc etc but to no avail. Both are dead and I fear no resuscitation in the future. I'm willing to concede my own lack of plant ability, however, I have another lemon tree from another company which is thriving so I'll be using them from now on.As an aside the lemon and lime plants are indeed bush sized but that's not a negative in my book.