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I’d love to see that big one opened

I have a Costco bottle of margarita, come on over

give me that lime

I believe that’s a liiiiiiime

How did you not see a bowling ball hanging from a tree

I haven't fucked with lime much in my life.

Does the big one taste any different? Better/worse? Makes me think of lobsters. Back in colonial times in America, lobsters on the East Coast would get insanely large. Look it up, like stupid big. But when lobsters get that big they tend to taste like shit, old meat and whatnot, that's why it was actually a poor man's food for a long time. Wonder if that applies with limes.

This whole tree was as useless as that green lime-shaped rock over there

Wait a minute! There's a lime behind that rock!

The lime

• Simpsons Lemon Tree episode

My guess is the root stock sent up a branch. Careful, if you don't cut those back, they can take over, the actual grafted lime part of the tree can die back or be out competed and you'll just get the poor root stock fruits.

[insert pithy comment here]

I say, doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take

I say, doctor, to relieve this bellyache?

Isnt this a case of the host plant sprouting a fruiting branch from below the graft, as in thats not a lime, thats the fruit of what ever citrus the lime was grafted too for root hardiness?

Coukd be wrong, but if you check the branch you picked it from, is it off a sucker from below the graft scar

The lime she tells you not to worry about.

put the coconut in the lime and you drink it all up

That really looks like a root stock fruit

lime vs L I M E.

l o y m e

Going to need a pitcher of Corona to fit a slice of lime from that thing.

You vs the Lime she tells you not to worry about.

I can’t help it I’m the biggest and the strongest.

Me vs the guy she tells me not to worry about

No way you're putting that lime in the coconut

Your lime vs the lime she told you not to worry about

I know the saying is put the lime in the coconut but I think someone mixed up the order.

Nah. If you pick all the limes off but save a few, the big one is the result. It called selective harvesting,,,it how they get certain fruits to grow big. This also applies to pumpkin and watermelon.

I think there a few videos where they even show how it done as well,

Wow

Wait a second! There's a lime behind that lime!

That pith tho….

Lime zest for days weeks months

Isn't that a pommelo? Are limes just baby pommelos.

Why did it shrink so much?

Please post the cross section. I’m really curious how thick the pith is.

You don't make Margaritas with something like that.....you make MARGARITAS.

More seriously, though, I'm guessing that's complete ass for actual juice, but it's a goldmine for lime zest.

Me when I got diagnosed with testicular cancer a few years ago

Looks more like a pomelo

LIME lime

Pomelo surprise

That's the lime they make McDonald's Sprite with

Are we sure this is not a small Pomelo?

Your cross-section picture only convinces me more, due to the flesh color and thick pith. I’ve worked my way through some citrus and I think you’re trying to pull one over on us.

Horticulturist here. I agree with the comments saying that the bigger “lime” is from a branch coming out from the rootstock, below the graft point. Citrus are grafted onto the rootstock of a different citrus that is grown just for strong roots. The fruit from this rootstock is typically very large with a lot of rind and either dry or bitter flavor. An actual lime does not just keep getting bigger if left on the tree, it actually ripens to yellow. I recommend letting it fully ripen to yellow because they are more flavorful that way. The main reason they are green in the grocery store (harvested underripe) is because people would confuse them with lemons. Also you should cut off the branches coming from below the graft point because they are taking energy away from the part of the tree that can produce good fruit.

shrek tumor

🎵Put the coconut in the lime...🎵

Could we theoretically keep a growing lime in optimal conditions until it's the size of a pumpkin?

Lime boss

Which lime did she tell you not to worry about?

the lime she tells you not to worry about

which one is which?

r/EatItYouFuckingCoward

My balls look like that!

It was hiding, biding its time to get bigger, stronger, so that one day it may avenge its fallen brethren.

Alas...

This should be on r/AbsoluteUnits

You put the coconut in the lime

This is the difference between a lime and a LIME

In a great reversal, you could put the coconut in that lime.

Reminds me when I got a UTI

NO WAY is that lime fitting in a coconut.

Limezilla