Marinero
Nomad
Posts: 419
Registered: 11-4-2003
Location: Los Barriles, BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
Lemons (No, not bad cars!)
Ask for a lemon in Baja, get a lime. Does anyone know about growing your own lemons in Baja? Are the trees locally available or do you have to bring
them? Is importing trees legal?
So many questions just to get a lemon.....
Bill 
|
|
|
bajalou
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4459
Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
Member Is Offline
|
|
They are available at the nuseries in San Felipe. Probably would frown at you bringing one down - of course unless it's just a seed.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
|
|
bajajudy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6886
Registered: 10-4-2004
Location: San Jose del Cabo,BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
I have bought what was billed as a lemon tree twice and both times gotten those things that look like lemons but taste like lemons with soupy water in
them....YUCK.
So I am thankful for the key lime tree that was on our property and had given up on lemons until my motherinlaw brought me some seeds from a Meyer
lemon....will let you know if I ever get them to grow. As of today they have not come up.
Maybe Home Depot will have something! The little herb pots I bought have already come up.....FYI the picture shows just watering the little pots.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that you have to open up the seed packets hidden in the soil. I also added some more soil. BUT my thyme already
has little green leaves poking through the soil.
|
|
|
Marinero
Nomad
Posts: 419
Registered: 11-4-2003
Location: Los Barriles, BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
I know of several lemon trees in the Mulege area. I suspect they are illegal and I always confiscate a few nice juicy lemons as evidence..building a
case takes time..
[Edited on 11-3-2005 by Pompano] |
Y'know Pomp, sometimes you get tired of the same old olive in the Martini and REAL lemon peel is what you need.
Rightousness is on your side
Si estás buscando la person que cambiará su vida, échale una mirada en el espejo.
Fish logo from www.usafishing.com, used w/permission.
But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have..... |
|
|
MrBillM
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 21656
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Out and About
Member Is Offline
Mood: It's a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day
|
|
Illegal
Yes, importation is illegal, but worst case scenario is that the plant is simply confiscated. Best case, they don't even know you've got it. I've
brought down numerous trees and plants in the past, but that was in the days when Mordida solved all problems. The last time I brought down a couple
of Desert Bird of Paradise, I was told that I should not do it again, but was allowed to keep the plants. They Died.
A few years back, when being questioned at secondary, the agent asked what I had in a couple of big, black trash bags. I replied "Flores y Plantas".
They got all excited and started pulling the bags out when I said Artificial. The one guard looked inside and laughed. No Problema.
|
|
|
dono
Junior Nomad
Posts: 91
Registered: 9-11-2003
Location: Los Barriles B.C.S. Mex
Member Is Offline
|
|
Bill we live north of los barriles, we have a half acre garden lot, it grows lots of lemons of every type some 10" in diameter. form time to time we
get new shoots coming out of ground, i don't know if you can replant them but your welcome to try and all the lemons you want. Ask Mary at Baja
Properties where we live.----------------Don
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64857
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
You will need a graft to duplicate the fruit tree to produce the same quality fruit... You can graft more than one variety of citrus onto one tree!
You can find lots of gardening/tree growing web sites to tell you how to graft fruit trees, I bet.
|
|
|
tehag
Super Nomad
Posts: 1248
Registered: 1-8-2005
Member Is Offline
|
|
Lemons
Sounds like limon real. They are big and lumpy and juicy and very bland. If you buy a tree at a local nursery make sure it is not the real. Both kinds
of lemons do very well here in Loreto, as do limes, oranges, and grapefruit.
|
|
|
bajaden
Nomad
Posts: 496
Registered: 4-7-2005
Location: Ensenada
Member Is Offline
Mood: vicarious
|
|
Got a lemon tree in my orchard. Didn't plant it so I don't know where it came from. I've been told that there is a nursery in Santa Rosalia that has
lemon tree's. Haven't checked it out myself though.
At a feast of egos, everyone leave\'s hungry...
|
|
|
Al G
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2647
Registered: 12-19-2004
Location: Todos Santos/Full time for now...
Member Is Offline
Mood: Wondering what is next???
|
|
Now I see
For some reason I alway thought Limes were Lemons not ripe yet. I least I think I see?
OK so I'm not farmer Brown!
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
