The Tropical Fruit Forum

Have you tried the blood lime fruit yet?   This is the one that logees original sold as red finger lime and then discovered it was the (rare?) blood lime?

I purchased 4 of these back when logees had them for $40.. now they're $100!

I have tried a few now. They're a little more potent than a finger lime. The outer rind is a deep burgundy while the inside is almost an emerald green. The vesicles are more teardrop shaped than circular.. Very appealing. I believe they are a cross of finger and calamondin if I remember correctly? The flavor certainly resembles it!

Quote from: 1rainman on April 26, 2023, 11:56:18 AM

Desert lime has high resistance to hlb and a lot of other things. I want the meyer lemon x desert lime cross. It seems to have the disease resistance of the desert lime for the most part but good tasting lemon like fruit and grows true to seed. It is used as root stock.

Where is this found?

I got one from highlanders. Not sure if he has any left though.

Seeds are currently sold out for the season, ill have some seedlings soon for sale!

example from last year's crop planted:



exactly 11 months and a week old in subpar care conditions.

I recently purchased a lot of US942 from Madison, fantastic rootstock. Comes a in most times a little over pinky finger thickness.. and I have fat fingers.

Do you feel these would be best for grafting or do you think they'd root decently on their own?

They’re not that fresh anymore, been in the fridge since post origin. I’d say grafting is the safest bet. Kumquats are harder to root in my opinion.

Free cuttings! Just pay shipping!

Fruits are green but seeds are ripe! Pm me for any interest!

https://vivainannini.com/en/carrubaro-lemon/

Some info on it.

I don’t know of anywhere you can purchase these in the states. “It originates from southern Italy, Sicily, derived from a mutation of a classic “Femminello Lemon”.”

Asking $15/good scion with 6+ great buds plus shipping. 3 sticks available.

Will trade for other interesting varieties as well.

Yes, I;m interested again.  Walt.

Sounds good Walt, got you on the list for some. I’m also doing some rooted cuttings and grafting of these onto FD.

Glad to see you got some success! I almost have a good number of rooted cuttings available here soon.

I too have been searching for years without luck, but soon I’m sure something may turn up lol

Has anyone tried growing seeds of Citrus macrophylla ?

I have a lemon rootstock, Citrus macrophylla, that I let grow and now its a pretty tall tree (7-8 ft) and has some large fruits on it. Fruit is still green, size of a large lemon, so I will wait until the fruit turns yellow before I pick them and get the seeds.

I'm planning to grow the seeds and use the seedlings to graft some lemon varieties I have since the seedling rootstock should have stronger roots (tap roots).

Also, has anyone rooted cuttings of the Citrus macrophylla? It may be quicker to grow them from cuttings but I'm not sure how good the root structure will be for use as a rootstock plant.

Mac root crazy easy. I actually have a 1.5 year old leaf-rooted tree (yes rooted from 1 leaf) that’s about 18” tall now. Leaves root amazingly well, and cuttings even easier. I feel they’re one of the easiest citrus to root.

Personally I love using Mac as rootstock. Pretty vigorous, minimal incompatibilities,  and for my purpose, can be used well in containers. If you plan on selling any of those seeds, let me know!

There is one fungicide which is said to specifically control phytophthera. This is Fosetyl-Aluminium sold as Aliette. See for instance https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/products/fungicides/aliette
As others have said, the best way to guard against the problem is to avoid saturated medium. Make sure water can drain freely through and out of the pot in abround 30 seconds. I also re-plant with the stem raised a little above the surface of the pot mix, even with the highest roots showing.

I went with another recommendation, the exact stuff Vnomonee said. It’s also said to control phytophthera as well! I’m hoping it does some magic.

In other regards, I use a 2:1:1 mix of coco chips, coir, perlite. It doesn’t hold water in the slightest, no longer than a day or two at most even on less warm days. It drains very freely, much less than 30s lol. Probably like 5s tops before it comes spilling out. I have very few trees infected, but most certainly all rooted cuttings.