Hi malibu_rose, You might have better luck if you posted this trade at The Seed Exchange. Sue

Your plant looks great. Just make sure not to overfertilize. Generally look to fertilize every 4 to 6 weeks and stop for a few months in the winter and mid summer. Every three months make sure to flush the pot with lots and lots of water to wash out the salt buildup.

Kaffir seeds and young seedlings need to be kept pretty warm to germinate and grow; it's easy for me here in the tropics in Guatemala; I just put the seeds in nursery soil in starter trays 2 inch diameter and about 4 inches deep, put them in the sun, water daily, and they sprout in about 2 weeks.. An interesting tidbit about the Kaffir lime, called Makrout in Afrika and some other areas...in my travels in the world to places where citrus have been totally devastated by HLB disease, only the Kaffir lime seems unaffected. The experts don't recognize that any citrus is resistant to HLB; but seeing is believing. My experience leads me to believe that maybe the variety is not resistant if infected but it could be that the ACP (Asian Citrus Psyllid) vector just doesn't like the taste of the Kaffir.

True, most grow it for it's leaves. I've used my Kaffir leaves a few times in some recipes, they're delicious. So I guess if you're just using the leaves it's fine if it's a seedling that never gives you fruit. I have heard most don't use the fruit, but I guess I'm the odd one as I love the fruit. You can't use it as a direct substitute for limes, because it has a bitter finish to the taste, and a lot of folks don't like that. But I swear they make a really great Gin Gimlet! The slightly bitter/sour tasting juice goes great with gin! And, for me at least, it's a really easy tree to grow, never fusses and just keeps chugging along putting out tons of the delicious leaves and bumpy fruit.