Sowing calendar · Trees and shrubs
Lime
Citrus × latifolia · Limeira, Limero, Limettier, Limette, Limetta, lima
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- PlantMar–May
- FloweringMar–May
- HarvestSep–Mar
- Spacing
- 500 cm between rows · 400 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0 cm
- Harvest after
- First crop after ~3 years
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- tree
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Seed saving
- hard · keeps ~1 years
Notes
More cold-sensitive than lemon: fruit drops at 3–4 °C and frost damages the tree, so keep it to the Algarve, the coast or a sheltered sunny wall. Pick the limes green, full-sized and glossy.
Sources
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.