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Vergelijk een bijna pitloze Bearss met het kleinere aromatische Key-limetype.
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SeedStepsYour vegetable garden, one step at a time.My gardenVergelijk een bijna pitloze Bearss met het kleinere aromatische Key-limetype.
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Acidic, juicy, with a citrus aroma. Green shop colour does not mean the ripe skin always stays green.
Warm, light summer position; container growing and protected winter conditions in the Netherlands.
Bearss in a patio tub: Choose a sturdy pot with drainage holes. Plant without burying the root collar. Let the pot base drain freely. Water according to compost moisture and season.
Warm container growing for Key lime: Choose a light winter position before buying. Bring the pot inside before damaging cold. Check moisture and leaves for pests. Gradually readjust the plant to outdoor light in spring.
A citrus pot brings scent, green leaves and fruit close to the terrace, but also needs a place for winter. Before buying, decide where the plant can stay in light, frost-free conditions. A heavy pot without a practical moving route can become a problem in autumn. Choose a container with drainage and do not leave the rootball in a trapped layer of water.
Observe the plant while moving and overwintering it. Water requirements change with temperature, light and growth. Check the potting compost rather than blindly continuing the summer watering routine. Feeding also belongs with active growth and the instructions for the chosen product. More fertiliser does not make a cool, dark winter position suitable.
Taste citrus in the way you intend to use it. Juice, acidity and scent matter with lemons and limes; kumquats, by contrast, are valued for their skin. A calamondin is not a small, sweet mandarin. Even ripe fruits may be distinctly acidic. Colour alone does not tell the whole story, and flowering and ripening need not fall neatly within one summer harvest period in a Dutch container.
Bearss: Large, normally seedless; yellow when fully ripe.
Checked on 2026-10-12. This guide was originally written using the listed sources. Growing advice from other countries is not a local weather forecast.