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Growing a Productive Persian Lime Tree Indoors and Out

A gardener shares success with a 10-year-old Persian lime tree that has fruited since age two, yielding 50+ limes some years. The tree spends winters in the basement (from November) and moves outside after frost into mostly sun. It's fertilized twice a year and has been repotted twice. The limes are large and juicy!

This story encourages others to try growing citrus in containers.

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