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| Kaffir lime - Citrus Trees - Canada |
So I've just noticed our kaffir lime has started to flower/fruit. To think here in Canada it flowers in march/april is quite different (but I could be tricking myself). The strange thing was, I think this was by accident. A while back I brought a few Meyers from our hot sunroom
( 25c+ ) into our greenhouse ( 13c ) during the winter and almost instantly they started to flower. This same situation/reaction happened with my Star ruby grapefruit. Now after moving our kaffir lime from the greenhouse into the sunroom there was an instant flowering. So I cant be positive of all varieties of citrus but it seems like they are like other species of plants where cold weather signals them to fruit, almost in a dash to save it genes. This is great for growers in canada with stubborn trees that are harder to flower ( To bad this wont work with bananas tho). Try setting your plant out side for a minute ( not directly on the cold ground or in snow ) this might stimulate that tricky tree. Please feel free to comment if this scenario works for you or what trees/plants you have found this trick works with.
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| The kaffir only gets half light but still fruits |
We also noticed a friendly new predator spider the other day, while we've seen one like him that's all black with white stripes, this one was much larger with almost a blueish white on the stripes, not sure if its just more mature but I've never seen one this size before.
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| Natural pest prevention |
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| Attack spider |
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