Very nice pictures of your citrus Suzanne, I love it when others share photos. Do you know what variety of lemon your neighbor is growing? It is a beautiful tree with gorgeous lemons..

Thank you for sharing..

Nice trees Suzu! What varieties are they? I know you have a Meyer - what else? Before long, they will look like your neighbor's tree!! What do you have them potted in?

Laura, I have an undetermine type of lime. Got it at a garden center and know nothing about it. No label, other than the word "lime" on it. I wish it had more leaf production, but this is how it has been since I first acquired it. Maybe once I pick the limes, it will leaf out more. So just the three citrus plants total.

Jinnylea, I'm afraid I've never met this neighbor and I just took the photo from the street! Lemon envy, really, as I kept riding my bike under their tree, smelling the blossoms and wishing someday to have my own. I really don't think it is a Meyer, but I have no evidence of that though, either way. As my neighbors are all Japanese, I haven't conversed at length with many. I know if I asked what kind is it? they would probably just tell me it is a lemon tree! People do love fruiting trees here, especially mikan (tangerine), oranges, Japanese plums (apricot), yuzus, chestnuts, and persimmon trees. One neighbor has given me homemade yuzu preserves. Of course almost everything is grown in the ground here, whereas I have container plants.

Oops, here they are..They look nice,,,Thank you for sharing)

Nice!! I did break down and got a yuzu from Stan McKenzie. That along with a tiny finger lime should be arriving any day now. I cannot wait to experiment in the kitchen with those two! If I had to guess about that lime, I would say it is a Persian - the leaves and limes look a lot like mine, although many may look that way. It seems a very popular tree in nurseries. I have one like that - my first citrus ever. I threw away the tag, but I am certain now it is a Persian. As the tree grow more, you will be able to tell more, plus once you harvest the fruit, you should also be able to tell.

My Persian lime is seedless. I cut a fruit open a couple of days ago and not one seed. That is typical for them.

Nice trees! They look very healthy. You're not going to like this suggestion but you may want to sacrifice those limes to let your tree leaf out and grow more. People on this forum say you should have 40 leaves to every fruit... Although data says you can keep one fruit without stunting growth. Don't shoot the messenger, sorry lol!

Do you live in the country? Looks like you have a lot of space for Japan, how nice!

Thanks all for comments.

Hobby, I've fretted over that leaves to fruit ratio ever since I read it on here. But at $3 a lime here, I'm looking forward to these maturing, especially since the first two that came on it were delicious and juicy! I love guacamole and can't wait. I live on the seacoast where Tokyoites vacation. In the old days it was just big summer homes/estates but more recently, due to inheritance taxes, land has been selling in smaller and smaller lots, and you are right that ours is one of the larger lots, as we needed more parking. Built our western style home in 2014. My husband wanted a georgian style brick home! Most new homes have tiny lots with one car parking, The one luxury touch at every new home here (except ours) is an outdoor shower in the front yard as this is a now a surfing community! See pic below of our very first limes from that same little tree earlier this year.

Laura, notice mine have seeds, so what do you think? Can a persian have seeds?

Devsense, I'm hopeful that one day I can put these in the ground so they can really grow. If I could manage more trees, I surely would want a fruiting yuzu although my husband wants a chestnut (marron glace - candied chestnut deserts- is popular here in season). I did not know there was just a flowering yuzu without fruit.

Suzanne, I don't know about the seeds. Maybe someone else can give a more informed opinion. Mine have no seeds at all in spite of the many pollinating insects in my yard. I do suspect that it is possible. I think I heard Silica say that the term "seedless" can apply to having six or fewer seeds.

Suzanne, I wonder if yours is actually a lemon and you picked it before it turned yellow. Could that be? Maybe you should leave one on the plant after they appear ready to harves...perhaps it will yellow...just a thought.

I wonder too, it looks quite yellow inside for a lime. But if it tastes Limey then it must be!

I hear you suzu, I let my tiny bearss grow 3 limes over the past year and sacrificed growth... It was so worth it the limes were amazing!! But this season I have been taking off the fruit and it has really started to grow and bush out.

To help with identification, my lime has very few thorns and the fruit are quite round, compared to my Meyer lemons, if that helps. Also, just noticed in my diary that it came with 4 nearly ripe limes and has 4 limes again (seems like on the same lower branches)! It was just about $20, so I thought I couldn't go wrong as 4 limes at the store would have cost $12 anyway! So I guess it really is a lime tree, just don't know which variety Maybe the sparse amount of thorns is a clue? Husband says the writing is about giving it a lot of water and sunshine and says nothing about 'variety.'

Hmm none of my bearss or Persian limes have thorns... Wonder if it is a key lime?

I have no idea!! I guess as long as you are getting nice limes, it makes no difference though other than from an academic perspective ;-)

Anyone know where I can buy Puchimaru kumquat? Thank you

Being, I've never heard of that variety . You should begin a new thread so more people will see your question, otherwise it will be overlooked.

Nice pics. Looks like that lime label is written in Japanese. My wife can read some of that language. I'll try and get her to translate it (I stress the word "try"..)

Nice plants Suzu! That looks like a nice patio area to grow them. My Perian Lime took a long time to get going too. It seems to need more fertilizer like my Meyer Lemon does. Thanks for showing your pictures.

Cory

the top says "Lime" then the bottom says something like "place it in a place with lots of sun, keep the surface of the pot dry. make sure to sufficiently water...." rough translation. but there appear to be 3 points. 1. place in sunny spot. 2. allow top of soil to dry out before watering. 3. sufficiently water, something about 2 minutes or something. .. I used google translate.

Puchimaru Kumquat ( sweeter like Meiwa but seedless) was mentioned by devsense(6A-GTA, ON, Canada) in the earlier post. I was hoping she may have some insight where I could buy one.