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Post by Laaz on Jul 6, 2019 7:33:51 GMT -5
My Bloodlime, more of an oddity than anything else. I mostly use it on steamed oysters.  |
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Post by Laaz on Jul 6, 2019 7:34:47 GMT -5
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Post by Laaz on Jul 6, 2019 7:35:34 GMT -5
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Post by Laaz on Jul 6, 2019 7:41:40 GMT -5
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Post by millet on Jul 6, 2019 11:41:26 GMT -5
I agree with Laaz about the Blood Lime. It is an oddity. I had the tree but did not see much use for the fruit and dumped it. Finger Limes have much more use as a condiment.
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brian
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Pennsylvania zone6 w/ heated greenhouse
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Post by brian on Jul 9, 2019 14:07:40 GMT -5
What's the difference between finger lime and blood lime? I thought blood lime was "red finger lime" ? I see the shape is different.
Are any other finger lime types available in the US?
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Post by Laaz on Jul 9, 2019 15:30:59 GMT -5
There's also faustrime which is much bigger than fingerlime.
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Post by millet on Jul 9, 2019 20:27:50 GMT -5
I had a faustrime tree. You can tell the difference between a faustrime and finger lime tree even if they don have fruit yet. At each point where a thorn appears, faustrime produces twin thorns, where as a finger lime tree produces a single thorn
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Post by citrange on Jul 14, 2019 14:56:34 GMT -5
Millet - I'm sure that's not correct. The only citrus that has twin thorns is another Australian variety - Citrus inodora, plus some of its hybrids with other citrus species.
Faustrime is a cross between C. australasica and C. aurantifolia (fingerlime X lime) and has no C. inodora in its ancestry. Therefore only single thorns.
Blood Lime is very ornamental as a potted plant with its dark red flowers and eventually deep red fruits. Until completely mature the fruits are a strange dark colour - almost brown but with hints of red and green.
The flesh is orange and very sour.
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Post by Laaz on Jul 14, 2019 15:22:15 GMT -5
Correct, single thorns. I was under the impression it was fingerlime X eustis limequat.
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Post by millet on Jul 14, 2019 17:37:15 GMT -5
Citrange, I once had a Faustrime but have since tossed it out, so I can no longer check the number of thorns, I will take you word about the number of thorns the tree produces per internode. Thanks you for the correction.
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eyeckr
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Post by eyeckr on Sept 9, 2019 19:13:35 GMT -5
Just to help clarify Faustrime has normally arranged thorns alternating sides:
citrus inodora has a mostly twin thorn arrangement:
It also has a totally different leaf size and shape:
Also the fruit can have interesting ridges:
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zap
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Post by zap on Sept 26, 2019 14:09:10 GMT -5
Do you guys know what the frost hardiness of a red finger lime is? (I'm assuming it's Very minimal)
I was wondering how far south the Native citrus can grow? and whether the most Southern part of "South Australia" would yield more frost resistant Vars than the North?
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