Like Kumquats, there are different varieties of limequats. From my experience, my limequats were very juicy. You can use the juice like limes or eat them whole like Kumquats.

However Limequat skins are not sweet like those of Kumquat and I love the citrus burst of sweet n sour in a kumquat

I have several limequats. They are more like a key lime. The juice is just as sour but as dev said, the peel is not as sweet. Dave, if you can eat those whole you must have some strong tooth enamel ;)

Hi Laura do you have any pics of your limequat tree varieties? I just picked one up last weekend. (There was a 20% discount so of course I couldn't resist :).)

My tree doesn't have any information on the label it just says limequat and I didn't realise there was more than one variety. I will have to call them and find out which one I have.

Dave that fruit in your hand looks very cute like a teeny tiny lemon. The baby one I have has a few fruit on it. I took most of them off but kept two so I can eventually taste the fruit. Here is a pic of the fruit I removed (almost teardrop shape and the rind smells like an orange as opposed to a lime), along with some baby yuzu I also removed (smells amazing)

Salty, mine look exactly like Dave’s. I think they’re Lakeland limequats. They are juicy but I (unlike Dave ;) do not eat them out of hand although I’m sure they would be refreshing. I’ve used them for key lime pies and any other times when I need a lime. They are more like bushes...mine have lost some leaves this winter, but should be fine once they go outside.

From the shape of the fruit if I do have limequat its a taveres. From the smell of the fruit I may have a mandarinquat. Either way I am happy and eventually I will get the other one.

Patti what did you decide?

I'm not sure how well a limequat is going to do outside in zone 8b in the ground. It might be safer to go with kumquat if you want to plant it in your yard.

I read the results from one field trial... their limequat didn't survive in Savannah, GA. That's the same climate zone as you. Their kumquat did survive, with only a little bit of die-back.

I think I'll get a kumquat. I like to eat them right off the tree, and I always liked their sweet skin. And I do want to plant it in the ground. But I might get a limequat to put into a pot.

A lot of it depends on your climate - if your weather gets progressively and predictably colder as you approach winter and progressively and steadily warmer as you approach summer with minimal volatility a limequat COULD work - kumquat (and yuzu) dormancy is induced by progressively cooler temperatures and once the plant is dormant it takes progressively warmer temperatures, not a single warm spike, to break dormancy. If your frosts are just as likely to happen after an 80 degree day as they are a 40 degree day, then just about any citrus that isn't fully hardy to your zone is very risky.

Even though it's a kumquat hybrid, limes have less cold tolerance than other citrus, which is why limequat is not as cold hardy as other hybrids like Calamondin or Mandarinquat (Calamandarin). They all grow well in pots though.

It may be able to survive in the ground with a little bit of protection during the Winter.

I have a young Tavares Limequat from Harris that is producing a few fruit, but they are still inmature so I can't give a review on taste/juice/quality or production just yet. The fruits are oblong in shape.. I also had ordered a Lakeland Limequat but it was in poor shape with chopped up short branches when it arrived and it never grew. I sent Harris pictures and they said they would replace it, but seven months later still no replacement. . The tree ended up in citrus heaven..