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Mysterious seed in my Coke….

Question:

If you want to keep the lime plant alive, ship it to Florida for the winter.  (Or you could TAKE it to Florida for the winter … <g) When I get my real true heated greenhouse, I plan to try raising some citrus here in Wyoming.  Until then, I’d be delighted if I could just raise fresh tomatoes and lettuce! — Sylvia Steiger RN BS http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SylviaRN/quilting.htm Cheyenne WY, USDA zone 5a, Sunset zone 1a http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SylviaRN/land.htm Home of the Wyoming Wind Festival, January 1-December 31

Response:

Thanks….. very helpful as usual.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Obligatory psychic plant identification is bad enough, now you’re expecting psychic seed identification too? Beware of rash conclusions. Ask your grocer if what you are buying is seedless limes. He would be the one who would know. We don’t even know your grocer. Tell us, what was the seed you had in your mouth? The seed of discontent? Sometimes even sterile garden hybrids slip up and produce an occasional seed or two. If it WAS a lime seed, you would grow the plant like any other citrus. So – there I was, sitting at the supper table, happily drinking my Coke with a lime chunk in it – and I notice something floating in it.  I thought it was a juicy bit from the lime, but it was a little harder in the mouth…. It turns out that it was a seed!  I have been on the lookout for lime seeds for a long time and I’ve come to the conclusion that the type of lime that we get in our grocery store have been bred to not have seeds.  Is this true? If so, what was in my Coke?  In any case, I planted it and it’s growing… how can I keep this plant alive?  (I’m in Zone 5 in southern Ontario.) Thanks for your help. Steve

Response:

So – there I was, sitting at the supper table, happily drinking my Coke with a lime chunk in it – and I notice something floating in it.  I thought it was a juicy bit from the lime, but it was a little harder in the mouth…. It turns out that it was a seed!  I have been on the lookout for lime seeds for a long time and I’ve come to the conclusion that the type of lime that we get in our grocery store have been bred to not have seeds.  Is this true? If so, what was in my Coke?  In any case, I planted it and it’s growing… how can I keep this plant alive?  (I’m in Zone 5 in southern Ontario.) Thanks for your help. Steve

Response:

Obligatory psychic plant identification is bad enough, now you’re expecting psychic seed identification too? Beware of rash conclusions. Ask your grocer if what you are buying is seedless limes. He would be the one who would know. We don’t even know your grocer. Tell us, what was the seed you had in your mouth? The seed of discontent? Sometimes even sterile garden hybrids slip up and produce an occasional seed or two. If it WAS a lime seed, you would grow the plant like any other citrus.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – So – there I was, sitting at the supper table, happily drinking my Coke with a lime chunk in it – and I notice something floating in it.  I thought it was a juicy bit from the lime, but it was a little harder in the mouth…. It turns out that it was a seed!  I have been on the lookout for lime seeds for a long time and I’ve come to the conclusion that the type of lime that we get in our grocery store have been bred to not have seeds.  Is this true? If so, what was in my Coke?  In any case, I planted it and it’s growing… how can I keep this plant alive?  (I’m in Zone 5 in southern Ontario.) Thanks for your help. Steve

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