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Kaffir Lime Seeds (Citrus Hystrix) 10+ seeds Makrut เมล็ดมะกรูด

£5.49 GBP
£5.49 GBP
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After many disappointments I have finally found a reliable source of viable Kaffir Lime seeds - see my own healthy seedlings in picture 2. 

Please find for sale 10+ Kaffir Lime seeds (Citrus Hystrix) - grow your own tasty fruit but also for the fresh leaves which are a (very expensive) important ingredient in Thai cooking especially. 

PLEASE NOTE: All orders before 8pm (Mon-Fri) will be dispatched same day

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In the UK, Kaffir limes are grown in the same way as other citrus fruits - lemons etc. They are grown as pot specimens that spend their summers on a sunny patio or similar space but are brought indoors to greenhouses or conservatories for winter. They can be easily trained and clipped to whatever shape required, for example as a standard.
I used to have difficulties overwintering these, thinking that they required as much light and warmth as possible. Monty Don on Gardener's World loves his Citrus plants and he has showed me a technique that really works - he simply puts them in a cool dim unheated shed and allows them to go dormant over the winter period - this certainly works.

Germination Guide - 2 methods:
1) Tissue method
Soak the seeds in water for a day
Wrap the seeds in some kitchen roll
Moisten the kitchen roll with water mixed 4:1 with some Hydrogen Peroxide 3% solution (cheap online and very useful for germinating a wide reange of seeds and it prevents infection and promotes germination)
Remove and pot up seeds as they germinate.
2) Traditional Method:
  • Soak the seeds in tepid water for one day.
  • As Citrus seeds are very prone to "damping off", if you have access to do a little Hydrogen Peroxide 3% this sterilises the water and promotes germination
  • Prepare a seed tray filled with moist (but not wet) seed compost, lightly firmed down
  • Ideally a mix of  50% regular compost, 50% vermiculite  
  • No need to use ericaceous compost for germination
  • Sow seeds circa 2cm deep evenly space and gently cover
  • Keep surface moist but not wet  - best to water from the bottom by having seeds tray inside a waterproof container.
  • Keep at room temperature in a light place but out of direct sunlight
  • Seedlings should appear in around 30 days. 
  • Pot on to individual pots once several sets of leaves

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