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Citrus => Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade => Topic started by: NOLAzone9b on March 20, 2019, 01:12:17 AM
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Citrus australasica (finger lime) scion source? Would love to purchase! Thanks!
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https://ccpp.ucr.edu/ (https://ccpp.ucr.edu/)
A bit expensive outside of California at 2.50 a bud (that would be $15 a scion) but they have Red finger lime.
or you can buy a tree from here https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/australian-finger-lime-trees (https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/australian-finger-lime-trees)
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A bunch of us ordered from ccpp in May 2019 to save on postage cost. My 1 red finger lime bud wood stick had 11 buds on it and my cost was $9. Unsure what it would taste like since it is still alive but hasn't grown at all. I tried to graft part of it to the green finger lime I bought but that looks dead - difficult when both stems are triangular and I've still learning how to graft.
In my search for different colored Finger lime I asked everyone a lot of questions, ccpp is testing a yellow (available to beta testing growers) and a red variety (only available to select commercial growers) that should be available to the public in 2 years.
I also found some foreign sites willing to sell the seeds but I live in the CA Citrus quarantine zone so not sure any will pass customs to me.
Found an Australian Citrus Farm site with a lot of different Finger lime varieties but he wanted payment in AUD and would hit the US Customs wall again.
I've been germinating various tropical seeds for a while but get a major die off once I transplant them into bigger pots. If the green finger lime seedlings don't die this time, I may think about saving for the others. Does anyone have any suggestions how to keep them alive?
https://ccpp.ucr.edu/ (https://ccpp.ucr.edu/)
A bit expensive outside of California at 2.50 a bud (that would be $15 a scion) but they have Red finger lime.
or you can buy a tree from here https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/australian-finger-lime-trees (https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/australian-finger-lime-trees)
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Also, contact Stan at Mckenzie Farms to see if he has any more of the red finger limes grafted. I bought a red from him this summer. They are not listed on the page but he told me he would be grafting more. You can call and ask.
http://mckenzie-farms.com/photo.htm (http://mckenzie-farms.com/photo.htm)
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Citrus australasica (finger lime) scion source? Would love to purchase! Thanks!
Are you still looking for budwood? Sent me a message if you’re looking to buy some.