awesome info, thanks! Im trying to study( Boquila trifoliolata )but im having a hard time finding any recent info, do you know of any good sources for published recent studies?
While I prefer under ripe for my limeade, fully ripe limes have a really good flavor. I currently have 4 lemon trees and 3 blood orange trees started from seeds sitting in my bedroom under a grow lamp, anda batch of limes in the fridge, waiting to be used. They are super easy to start from seed, although a bit fiddly (you have to peel the seed coat for them to germinate, which is really slippery work). Just start them on wet paper towels in an old Chinese take out container, and keep them warm for a few days until they sprout. They make good container/Bonsai plants for us in TheFrozenCrapholeofHoth Ohio.
P.S. My biology instructor used to say that only a madman would try to figure out Citrus taxonomy. He stated, with some vehemence, that if Citrus species were people, they'd be the kind that would put their beer goggles on after one drink of PBR, regardless of what the other citrus had going on at the time.
Yes this is true. Yellow skin on the outside and a lime tinge to the Pulp on the inside. Limeade is amazing. Use 2 tablespoons of ginger beer plant juice, 2 cups sugar, 1&1/2 cups lime juice, Add enough water to make up to 10 l quantity. So very delicious
They harvested under ripe lime perhaps so that when the costumer bought it, it would eventually ripe. Sometime people bought it and stored it for a long time,,??
Good to know. Although I knew…so many different types of lemons and different types of limes so similar could they cross Polina to make a lem or a Limon? Did not know they are sweeter when ripe /over ripe…mmm looks good!
I remember hearing something about how lemons & limes are molecularly identical, but swapped. Turns out all atoms are either "right-sided" or "left-sided," like how if the mechanisms in our body that process water were flipped, they would apparently be more suited to processing arsenic. So, I don't know the details or how accurate this summary I've given is, but basically, a lime is just a left-handed lemon lol.
OMG I was just saying to my husband that the keylimes turned yellow and saying they must be bad! All the green literally speckled into yellow over about a week. But the key limes look and feel leathery now, so doesn't that mean they are, in fact, bad??? 🤔
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awesome info, thanks!
Im trying to study( Boquila trifoliolata )but im having a hard time finding any recent info, do you know of any good sources for published recent studies?
That’s so weird.. why they would make a law against selling sweet limes? Is Big Lemon trying to stifle competition? 😮
have always thought about this, good to finally have a definitive answer 😂
So what’s a key lime
It’s best when green. I don’t want no sweet lime I want a sour one
Is that a Bears or Mexican key lime or Thornless lime? I just want to get the right ones.
Thanks for clarifying 😊
Wow!
I can assure you this is true I found this out by forgetting I had a lime tree 😅
Isn’t that a lemon 😂😂😂😉
🤯
So what about in other languages where they use the same word for both 🥲
What about other varieties like key lime
While I prefer under ripe for my limeade, fully ripe limes have a really good flavor. I currently have 4 lemon trees and 3 blood orange trees started from seeds sitting in my bedroom under a grow lamp, anda batch of limes in the fridge, waiting to be used. They are super easy to start from seed, although a bit fiddly (you have to peel the seed coat for them to germinate, which is really slippery work). Just start them on wet paper towels in an old Chinese take out container, and keep them warm for a few days until they sprout. They make good container/Bonsai plants for us in
TheFrozenCrapholeofHothOhio.P.S. My biology instructor used to say that only a madman would try to figure out Citrus taxonomy. He stated, with some vehemence, that if Citrus species were people, they'd be the kind that would put their beer goggles on after one drink of PBR, regardless of what the other citrus had going on at the time.
What if the lime turns yellow in your fridge? 😅
So how would I go about getting a ripe lime? Do I have to grow my own?
“Big Lime” LOL
What's wrong with his face? Something seems different
Hahaha not Big Lime
I recently harvested my first (and only) lime green.. Now the plant is making dozens of flowers, I'll leave the coming limes until they are yellow!
Tree ripened limes and lemons are in a place of their own. My uncle sends me both from his tree. They are different from store bought very good.
Yes this is true. Yellow skin on the outside and a lime tinge to the Pulp on the inside. Limeade is amazing. Use 2 tablespoons of ginger beer plant juice,
2 cups sugar,
1&1/2 cups lime juice,
Add enough water to make up to 10 l quantity. So very delicious
It's weird, I was just wondering this the other day.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
I knew big lime was hiding something 😂
They harvested under ripe lime perhaps so that when the costumer bought it, it would eventually ripe. Sometime people bought it and stored it for a long time,,??
Hilarious…you had to buy a lemon🍋I saw the barcode tag.
I feel robbed
I always pick out limes that are partly yellow and not dark green 🙂
🤯🤯🤯
but why was this kind of hot😅🔥🔥
Who cuts lemons the long way!?!?
Good to know. Although I knew…so many different types of lemons and different types of limes so similar could they cross Polina to make a lem or a Limon? Did not know they are sweeter when ripe /over ripe…mmm looks good!
Bottled lime juice is probably made from ripe fruit. I think ripe produce generally gets processed
So where can we find “over ripe limes” I’m in Michigan and never saw an over ripe lime in our grocery stores😡
Oh is that why our home lime tree was supposed to be yellow
Hello
Have you ever had kalamansi? How does that compare to the ripe lime? 😮
I remember hearing something about how lemons & limes are molecularly identical, but swapped. Turns out all atoms are either "right-sided" or "left-sided," like how if the mechanisms in our body that process water were flipped, they would apparently be more suited to processing arsenic. So, I don't know the details or how accurate this summary I've given is, but basically, a lime is just a left-handed lemon lol.
I always thought it was weird that it was sooo hard to get juice from a lime! Now, I know! They weren't ready!!!!
"I did a little digging"….no I think you did a little picking. Lemons don't come from the ground 🤓
It's the lemon & lime all down the front of his shirt for me😂😂😊💕🥰
OMG I was just saying to my husband that the keylimes turned yellow and saying they must be bad! All the green literally speckled into yellow over about a week. But the key limes look and feel leathery now, so doesn't that mean they are, in fact, bad??? 🤔
I knew I was onto something when I worked at a restaurant as a high schooler 😂
My mouth is watering
We had lime trees as kids in the Caribbean and our limes never got yellow