why do new fruits fall off lime tree?

Lime tree makes lots of flowers, then just as green fruit part develops, it falls off.

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#1 Comment By Heather On 03/11/2012 @ 8:53 pm

This sounds like you have a pollination problem. Something is keeping pollinators from getting to the plant and the fruit falls off because they cannot produce seeds.

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