Dwarf finger Lime (forum)

Kaz starts with ...
Will you ever graft a finger lime on to flying dragon rootstock?

I have a small yard and would really like to grow one of these.

Time: 1st March 2014 4:09pm

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sternus1 says...
Kaz I have purchased many fingerlimes from a few different sellers and have never come across one on flying dragon. There must be a reason that they don't use it.

Time: 1st March 2014 5:15pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
Rainforest Pearl is very vigorous, other types far less so, possibly too slow growing on FD ?
If you are at Oxenford on gold coast, you may have fingerlimes in the bush ?
Certainly at MtTamb. etc.
Maybe try seedling or cutting, it will take a while to get over large, and you can prune it back.

Time: 1st March 2014 7:24pm

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JohnMc1 says...
Here, just an hour north of Sydney, they grow so well by cutting, they are flowering the second they strike roots. The oldest cuttings are around 12mos old, early days, we'll monitor their progress. I sent one small plant off to a forum member, barely 50mm high with two small (oval)fruit attached.

Time: 1st March 2014 9:51pm

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gimme says...
Fingerlimes can be grafted onto flying dragon no worries but is a very slow process and since fingerlime can be kept small on any rootstock it's not a common thing to do

Time: 2nd March 2014 12:05am

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BJ says...
They are one of the most suited plants to pot culture. Very tough and can be placed out of harms way if you make a mistake with initial planting location. I have ten in pots and they are tough and fruit well. If you do put one in ground I would go for one that naturally grows a bit narrower and taller than a 'dwarf' as you might find the shorter growing ones actually take up a lot more space at ground level and throw their long, thony, spindly branches where they arent wanted. Cutting grown plants tend to be more compact and can be pruned easily. They make good topiary. Bunnings has a range of cheap cutting grown finger limes that are quite good (Shock! Horror!).

Time: 3rd March 2014 2:39pm

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sternus1 says...
Which bunnings are you referring to BJ? I've only ever seen RP and Judy's everbearing at every bunnings I've ever been to.

Time: 3rd March 2014 7:55pm

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BJ says...
Carseldine have them every now and then. Priced at about $20. They could probably order them in to most stores. I saw a few 'Chartreuse' cv there on the weekend. This is the company:
http://gourmetlimes.com.au/finger-lime-tree-varieties/


Time: 4th March 2014 11:23am

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sternus1 says...
Yeah I've tried ordering directly from them before but no dice. I have tried Red champagne and it is excellent, I'd like a tree. Haven't tried the others--have you tried chartreuse?

Time: 4th March 2014 11:49am

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BJ says...
Havent tried it, but I have Red Champagne and Crystal with small fruit on now (may or may not hold). I have a suspicion the people who named their cvs could be a bit of an alcoholic ;P

Time: 4th March 2014 12:02pm

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sternus1 says...
lol yeah it looks that way.

Crimson tide looks killer, I've been after one ages but no luck so far. Looks like an improved Rick's.

If you find yourself in the market for more, I'd recommend avoiding the seller Aussiecitrus. Bought three varieties from that seller and all have dieback, and are really, really slow compared to all my others. They use some sort of Rootstock that isn't tri and by all appearances it doesn't seem to be any good here in Bris. I was specifically told by the seller that it does better than tri in QLD--maybe it does if planting in the ground, but I'll never find out.Caveat Emptor.

Time: 4th March 2014 5:23pm

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Linton says...
How do you grow the Fingerlimes in pots? I have some for more than 1 year in pots but they won't grow, so please let me know if special technique is required.

Also, if you put different colours together along the verandah is there a problem with the colours mixing? Thanks.

Time: 7th March 2014 10:35am

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sternus1 says...
Depends. If your fingerlimes are grafted onto tri rootstock, then you water and fertilise them as you would any other citrus. They prefer an acidic soil that is free draining, so pot with a good amount of sand. If you seedlings, you might as well discard them entirely, because they won't grow true, and will take up to ten years to fruit.

They will hybridize very easily. If you have them next to each other, you will probably get different coloured individual fruit than what the individual tree is supposed to produce. You gotta keep em' seperated, as the song goes, if you want them to consistently produce unform fruit, especially if you have a heavy presence of native bees and other pollinators.

Time: 7th March 2014 10:59am

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Linton says...
They are all grafted, most of them from Daleys, planted in good quality potting mix, fertilised and regular water. Yet the ones in the ground without any care or water seem to do better and produced fruit in the first year.

How do I tell what the rootstock is from?

Time: 7th March 2014 11:26am

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