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Can finger lime scions be grafted onto regular citrus trees?
« on: February 01, 2019, 02:33:16 PM »
My little Australian finger lime took the cold pretty good versus most of my subtropicals which took a beating this winter (minus the white sapotes, tree tomato and surinam cherry. I'm pretty sure my coco cream mango and Alano sap are dead). I was wondering if I can graft finger lime scions onto my lemon trees? From what I understand they are normally on a dwarf rootstock and will never get above 6 feet. But the finger lime isn't a true citrus right? So is there any chance of success grafting them on a regular citrus tree?

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Re: Can finger lime scions be grafted onto regular citrus trees?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2019, 03:07:25 PM »
I have a couple on a lemon that took and grew well. Don't know long term.
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Re: Can finger lime scions be grafted onto regular citrus trees?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2019, 03:16:12 PM »
I bought my finger lime 7 years ago as a grafted plant, and they had grafted it onto Flying Dragon.  It is 7 ft tall and produces hundreds of finger limes a year.  I don't know about grafting just one branch on - mine is grafted about 2 inches up from the ground.
Hope that helps!

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Re: Can finger lime scions be grafted onto regular citrus trees?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2019, 05:53:25 PM »
Yes Finger Lime can be grafted to citrus trees.......Mike

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Re: Can finger lime scions be grafted onto regular citrus trees?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2019, 07:14:52 PM »
Thanks for the all the input. In another month I'm going to give it a try!