Description

These taste buds let your brain know when something is sour

Citrus hystrix, called the kaffir lime or makrut lime is a citrus fruit native to tropical Southeast Asia and southern China.

Its fruit and leaves are used in Southeast Asian cuisine and its essential oil is used in perfumery. Its rind and crushed leaves emit an intense citrus fragrance.

“Kaffir” is thought to ultimately derive from the Arabic kafir, meaning infidel, though the mechanism by which it came to be applied to the lime is uncertain. Following the takeover of the Swahili coast, Muslims used the term to refer to the non-Muslim indigenous Africans, who were increasingly abducted for the Indian Ocean slave trade, which reached a height in the fifteenth and sixteenth century

FERTILIZING
For each completed year of growth till 5 years, 20 kg Farm Yard Manure, 100 g urea, and 1 kg Superphosphate be applied per plant in two equal split doses in June and December every year. Fifth-year onwards application of 40 kg FYM, 400 g N + 200 g P + 400 g K per plant in two split doses in June-July and September-October be applied. In addition, 150 g N be applied per plant 15 days after fruit set. Manures and fertilizers are applied in a circular trench 20-30 cm deep about a meter wide around the periphery of the tree. Manures are thoroughly mixed with soil, and the tree irrigated profusely.

HARVESTING
Lemons are ready to pick as soon as they are yellow or yellow-green in appearance and firm. The fruit will be 2 to 3 inches in size. It’s better to wait until they are the right size and not worry so much about color than to wait for them to be completely yellow. Lemons that are ready to be picked also have a slightly glossy appearance. Lemon picking is better too early than too late. If lemons are greenish-yellow, they will more than likely ripen off of the tree. If they are squishy, you’ve waited too long.

Additional information

Plant Age	1 year, 3 months

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Shiping & Delivery

Door Step Delivery

All orders are delivered door-to-door free of charge. Our courier services reach all most all parts of India, however, in rare cases, if the parcel service is not available in one’s area, the customer has to collect the package from the nearest collection point of the delivery company.

Safe Packing

We give the utmost care and love while packing the plant for you, from the first step of taking the plant until the package reaches your doorstep.

Cash On Delivery

We do not accept cash on delivery for plants, since it will take at least 15 days to reach the plants back to the nursery once the customer rejects to take the order. Because of the delay, the plant may be permanently damaged or completely lost. We accept cash on deliveries for seeds, grow pots, fertilizers, soil etc..

Refund Policy

No refund is allowed. However, the fault is from our end such as defective / wrong / missing products or damage caused during shipment, please do let us know at the earliest. You can write to us at care@greensofkerala.com or call us on +91 9746 999 125. We suggest taking a video / picture of unboxing the parcel, this will smoothen the replacement process and also helps us to understand the various kinds of damages caused by our courier vendors.

If the receiver is not ready to accept the delivery or absent at the time of delivery, leads to no refund policy.