Story: In Trevor’s Garden – Picking Limes
Episode: 03
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
Air Date: 3rd September 2022

Trev is out in the garden picking some fresh produce, today the lovely Tahitian dwarf lime, we’ll soon see what Chef Brendan Pang turns it into!

• Lime trees are easy to grow, particularly this variant the dwarf version of the Tahitian lime known as sublime!
• This Tahitian lime is grown on its own rootstock and the desired effect is a tree without the vigor of a grafted variety that gets to a max of 1.5 m high x 1.5m wide, perfect for pots and small gardens.
• This tree is incredibly productive in all garden situations and can typically get 50 to 100 fruits per season and runs through the mid-winter well into spring.
• The Tahitian dwarf lime can be harvested green or allow them to ripen naturally and they will turn yellow which is their natural colour!
• A trick to success with these trees is to feed them with a specialist citrus fertilizer right before you harvest the fruit encouraging strong flowering.