I'm not sure what you're saying in your first sentence, tbuck. Are you telling us that you have planted the Mexican lime in the ground after you harvested the limes? I don't understand what you mean by, "it's 11th in the ground, 5 in a large container". Can you provide photos of your tree? Please provide an overall photo, a photo of where the new growth is coming from the trunk (so we can help to decide if this is coming from below or above the graft line), and some closer up photos of the dead growth. It could be due to several things, from transplant shock, Wood Pocket, etc. And, you say you are in Coronado, as in Coronado Island, San Diego? If so, your climate should be just fine for citrus of course. Lastly, I don't know what Jojoba stakes are.

Patty S.