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Confused about Kaffir Lime

I bought this in march and it was from a Nursery nearby not paying attention near the bottom of the plant, typical Kaffir Lime Trees have one kind-of root (dont know the name) but this one has multiple. Is there any explanations and do I need to fix anything ? Much appreciated for the help

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2020
    I think you’ve simply got a little cluster of plants rather than one single one. 
    It’ll make an attractive bushy plant. Id be very pleased with that. 😊 

    I think it could do with a a couple of centimeters more compost. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raiannurraiannur Posts: 4
    Thanks for the help :smile:
    would they all merge into one soon or?
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    The stems won't emerge into 1......
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    No ... you have a ‘multistemmed’ plant ... very ‘on trend’ at the moment ... and you’ll get much more foliage on it than on a single stemmed plant. 

    Do you plan to use the leaves for cooking? I had one but it died ... I think the kitchen was too cold for it when we had that really cold winter a few years ago. 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raiannurraiannur Posts: 4
    thank thank you very much your help is appreciated just one more question

    I got this for the leaves but I had some hope that they would flower and create some fruit would this be possible with a multi stemmed plant?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Given the right care a multistemmed plant can do everything that a single stemmed plant can do. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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