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I have a Tahitian Lime in pot for 4 years. Last year it had some blooms and they never fruited. How should I help this plant to fruiting again? I see other Tahitian limes next door, very small but with a lot of fruits in pots. I fertilize my one regularly with Yates citrus fertilizer and it does not have any pests.
Hi @Nabila,
Can you please link me to the exact product you're using to fertilise, as there are a few of them, and also let me know how regularly you apply that product? That will help us better understand whether it could be a lack of nutrients.
If your plant is producing adequate flowers but not turning into fruit, that's a good indication they are not being pollinated. Up on your balcony, there will be a limited number of bees and pollinators, though you state the one next door is fine. You could try hand pollinating by dabbing a flower on the other flowers.
However, if the flowers do pollinate and fruit begins to form and then falls off, that would be a different issue, possibly due to lack of nutrients.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
Hi, thank you Mitchell for your swift response. I have added the fertilizer photo here just now. First time when it flowered, fruits begin to form and fall off automatically all of them. This time there is no flower. But the plant looks healthy. I use the fertilizer twice in a month as per instructions.
Hi @Nabila,
During flowering and fruiting you should be applying two capfuls every 1-2 weeks. At all other times of the year, you should be applying one capful every 1-2 weeks. You might like to up your fertilising to every week, instead of every two weeks.
It sounds like you might be underfertilising. You could also try Osmocote citrus slow-release fertiliser, which lasts up to 6 months with one application.
Mitchell
Hold off on that slow-release then @Nabila.
How many hours of direct sunlight does the plant get each day?
Mitchell
