My Edibles: Citrus Trees

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

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This tree has been planted six years ago, but nearly died two years ago. It developped some sort of white rot that consumed most of the wood. I cut it right back and cleaned as well as I could. It started growing again from the base. No flowers or fruits, but it is looking OK.

Planted: 2006

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

not needed

Organic Status:Organic

Citrus Splitzer - lemon/lime

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One of the grafts seems much more vigorous than the other (not sure which yet). It's also helped by the fact there are 2 grafts of one and only 1 of the other.

Spring 2011: Covered in flowers and just starting to grow teeny tiny fruit.

About a month after this  I decided to get rid of the fruit. There was just so much and I thought that it was a bad idea to leave them all. It didn't seem to like that and suddenly dropped all of its leaves. There are teeny tiny new shoots appearingon some of the branches (mostly on one graft not the other). No idea what I did wrong - I am SURE there was enough food, I am sure it wasn't too wet or too dry. I am hoping that it was a sunlight issue so I have moved into a sunnier spot.

Summer 2012: First day of the new year and I have noticed new shoots on the bare branches. I think that the weather has just started to warm up enough for it to get going again. Catch is that I think they shoots might actually be flowers not leaves. What is it thinking? All I can do is keep an eye on it and keep reminding my man to help fertilise!

Fruiting Months September and October

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, and my partner helps out too

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

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Extremely thorny. Flowers after rain. I have three- one is a new ricks red, one is a wild type, I am not sure what the other is. All flower well but no fruit yet.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Emma) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime ^7/10

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We have a couple of these. All have been growing well but still have to set flowers/fruit. They seem to like regular watering.

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Powerfeed, Chelated Iron

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime ^6/10

Comments: - Aussie native, will handle some shade, useful fruit

Fruiting Months November

Height 70 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic 5 in 1

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Citrus australasica (Finger Lime | Ricks Red)

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime (Seedling) ^4/10

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Tasty Green) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Wauchope) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Collette) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime (Seedling)

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

citrus pomello (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months June, July, August, September

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

no spray

fruit fly traps and control of dropped fruit

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Qty: 8

Comments

most of these are still quite small but they have tripled there size from when i got them 12 months ago!

Chinotto - Citrus aurantium var. myrtifolia (Grafted)

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Fruit is poor and dry if not regularly watered when fruiting.

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime (Grafted) ^9/10

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Finger limes have been around for a long time, talking to the old timers but it has only recently become trendy to have these tiny caviar like bursts of citrus in your salad or on your oysters. Yum!

The shrub/tree is a prickly little bugger but well worth the scratches. I heard they're the only citrus that will freeze without bursting the little cells!! Mine came from the Aspley Hypermarket, Qld last year 09 and gave me 3 beauties.It wasnt labelled as any type but it's cells are a lovely pale pink. No aphids or other suckers like it but the grasshoppers dined on it a bit in summer.

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Neem oil.

May try molasses to deter grasshoppers.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

tangerine - citrus reticulata (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

citrus x paradisi \'marsh\' grapefruit (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pommelo - Citrus maxima

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

Pruned Pommelo in late July, and is now growing 'new flush' in August 2010

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Multi-graft citrus (Grafted)

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Comments: - Have several, some in pots, some in the ground. Must not be allowed to dry out in pots, otherwise they die..

Planted: 2008

Height 150 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: citrus

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: none

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime ^4/10

Comments: -

Slow growing.  Planted in shady position.  Need to plant more in full sun.

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

I'm not 100% sure this is the same species as what I am growing.  I bought it as a native lime.

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

citrus pomello ^8/10

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Citrus, Tangelo Minneola

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Very juicy, well suited to area, very good frost resistance. susceptible to harlequin bug