Kaffir Lime Care – Conclusion
by Kasma Loha-unchit
20. Hope for Brown Thumbs
I hope I haven't overwhelmed you with more information than you think you need to get started. Don't be discouraged just yet into giving up your desire to grow a kaffir lime tree for an easy source of fresh leaves for your Thai cooking. It's really quite easy once you've figured out what to do and takes only a few minutes of your time each week. As said at the very start, all it takes is to get to know your plant and give it what it needs.
So what if you've killed a kaffir lime tree before. You probably didn't know as much as you know now. Give it another try. Hopefully you'd learned from your mistakes. There're very few, if any, good gardeners who've never killed a plant before. Besides, plants don't really die. They just get recycled into compost to nourish future generations of plants. So don't feel bad chopping up a dead plant and putting it in the green bin or compost pile. Get a new plant and give it another go.
It's really very satisfying to see the small plant you bought and nurtured mature into a beautiful kaffir lime tree in your garden. It'll return the care you give it with an ample supply of lusciously aromatic leaves and lime peel to cook up scrumptious Thai feasts for your friends and family. Somewhere along the way you might find in your mind's eye that your brown thumb is turning as green as a (hopefully green and not yellow) kaffir lime leaf!
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