Finger limes

Elaine de Saxe says...
So far, mine has not had any citrus pests at all. Same cannot be said for the exotic citrus which are floundering no matter what I do to them. The finger lime has grown and grown; it's on clay loam, very short on water and exposed to the western sun although it was grown among native grasses early in its life. At 5 it's nearly 2m high and 1m round and **extremely** prickly. Suggest it's a tough plant and probably not much affected by citrus pests. Elaine

EatAust says...
They don't, however, like frosts when young - I can vouch for that. Mine in Sydney thrived on the hot humid summers and snuffed it, despite all attempts, on a move further south.

It did get badly attacked by the citrus stink bugs in Sydney - I was surrounded by houses with huge old lemon and orange trees which had regular infestations, and they descended on the finger lime in similar numbers. I tended to just squish them off with a stick ... (phewwwww).

Scott G says...
My finger lime did the same thing. After a huge flush of growth and 50 flowers it dropped its fruit at 1cm long. There is only one left!