Limes Are Juicy & Prolific But Are Tasteless

We moved to a property with a well established lime tree. The fruit are very juicy, thin skinned and very bountiful. The fruit quickly turn yellow & we pick them but they just don’t have any real taste. They’re like a very, very, very watered down lemon barley drink. Like if you had finished your lemon barley water and it was just ice melting in the bottom and you drank the melted ice water. This is what our limes taste like.

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#1 Comment By BushDoctor On 04/21/2020 @ 12:15 pm

Many times, this can be attributed to a lack of Sulfur in the soil.

Soil tests can confirm.

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