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Grafting Finger Limes

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Anonymous starts with ... Anybody tried multi grafting finger limes? I'm thinking I might use the rainforest pearl as rootstock and graft on some better varieties. cheers	About the Author sternus1 13th November 2013 12:38pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees
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BJ says... Supposed to be okay to do. As with any double grafts, try to match varieties with like habits.	About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 13th November 2013 12:57pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees
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Anonymous says... Thanks BJ, I'm going to give it a shot. Might be able to get something back on the RP fingerlime which I'm rapidly coming to realize was a bad investment. s	About the Author sternus1 13th November 2013 1:34pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees
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gimme says... I have only ever budded finger limes onto Troyer rootstock. You should be able to use RP as an inter stock but I have found all FL wood hard(tough) to work with . I have a 2 metre tall green variety I might try to cleft or whip a red onto one branch as an experiment	About the Author gimme Brisbane, Qld 15th November 2013 10:07pm #UserID: 2525 Posts: 236 View All gimme's Edible Fruit Trees
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sternus1 says... Gimme have you tried a rind/bark graft? Do you think this might be a viable option?	About the Author sternus1 Brisbane 16th November 2013 5:47pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees
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jakfruit etiquette says... The main trouble with finger lime is getting budwood that is not thin as knitting needles.	About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 17th November 2013 7:30am #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees
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gimme says... I have never tried to bark graft sternus but it should be possible, I would just bud onto a sucker instead	About the Author gimme Brisbane, Qld 17th November 2013 8:43pm #UserID: 2525 Posts: 236 View All gimme's Edible Fruit Trees
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Anybody tried multi grafting finger limes? I'm thinking I might use the rainforest pearl as rootstock and graft on some better varieties.

cheers

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BJ says...
Supposed to be okay to do. As with any double grafts, try to match varieties with like habits.

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Anonymous says...
Thanks BJ, I'm going to give it a shot. Might be able to get something back on the RP fingerlime which I'm rapidly coming to realize was a bad investment.

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gimme says...
I have only ever budded finger limes onto Troyer rootstock. You should be able to use RP as an inter stock but I have found all FL wood hard(tough) to work with . I have a 2 metre tall green variety I might try to cleft or whip a red onto one branch as an experiment

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sternus1 says...
Gimme have you tried a rind/bark graft? Do you think this might be a viable option?

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jakfruit etiquette says...
The main trouble with finger lime is getting budwood that is not thin as knitting needles.

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gimme says...
I have never tried to bark graft sternus but it should be possible, I would just bud onto a sucker instead

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