Grow your own AUSTRALIAN FINGER LIME - a taste sensation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- The finger lime has WOW factor. The fruit is the texture of caviar and the flavour is tart and tangy. Known to the Aboriginal people of Bundjalung and Wiradjuri Country as Gulalung this plant is ancient. It is related to the world's citrus and arrived in Australia at least 5 million years ago. This episode covers some of the tricks to growing the finger lime as it has only been in commercial cultivation a couple of decades. It is a beautiful plant, great for biodiversity and a welcome addition to any garden.
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I thought this was the most honest and informative fingerlime video. Fantastic.
@@nellieblighhill4575 thank you 🙏
I bought a red finger lime tree-- terribly expensive but excited for it! Hoping to propagate more from cuttings etc. Love your vids & content. Educational & fun, easy to understand and love the special guest appearances❤
@@vnxettitw4879 thank you 🙏
Thanks for your super thorough intro to the finger lime - on history, growing, using … I’d only learnt about this plant yesterday…how timely, I just ordered some cuttings and getting very excited about it. I’m in a cool climate too, northern hemisphere, ready to subscribe! Thanks!
All the best for your fingerlimes :-)
What an amazing video ❤
Thank you 🙏
I love finger lime in fresh salsa. Tomatoes,coriander, spring onion and finger lime! Add salt and olive oil and mwah.😋
@@sonjam7291 that's a great combination- will try that! Yum
Fabulous little citrus delights. Thanks Robyn.
Beautiful plant ❤
Very nice video ❤❤🎉🎉sis
Thank you
There are a few finger line varieties sold in Malaysia. Very expensive. As i'm still new to citrus growing, i haven't bought any yet but it is one i hope to plant one day
I think they would grow well in your climate - they seem to be expensive to buy outside of Australia but I am guessing they will come down in price in the coming years - they haven't been in cultivation all that long even in Australia
Oooh! I’d love to try one. We should have some next year with any luck!
Will bring some round - really enjoyed your midgen berries
Oh they look delicious. Its really nice with gin as well!
Fabulous. I am a grower in the UK
I think it's onwards and upwards for fingerlime
Any recommendations regarding fertilizer when growing finger lime in containers? I assume the fruits are seedless (?). I'm in south Florida and killed one last year. Purchased another last October and this one, a UF red variety is doing well with lots of new growth. It looks to be a grafted variety so don't know how long it will take to fruit. Thanks for this informative video.
Australian plants don't like excessive nitrogen and choose a fertiliser low in phosphorus. Blood and bone works well for most Australian natives. As soon as you see die back - the leaves dropping - I would look at the conditions.
@@Growyourowncoolclimate Wow! Glad I asked. The nitrogen part is totally the opposite of growing our citrus. We consider blood meal to be high in nitrogen and bone meal to be high in phosphorus. Thanks for the prompt response.
These taste spectacular. But you are right …. They love a lot of water (i guess they are rainforest plants, after all). Oh and nice dog action!
I live in Southern Ontario, Canada. I have had my Finger Lime for about 8 years and is doing well. It flowered 3 weeks ago yet had no stamen on the flowers. I don't get much die back so I chalked it up to the bush being to young? I now have new growth again. Keeping my fingers crossed. It will be going outside in the next couple of weeks. I paid about 125.00 for it back then and I was so happy to get one...Thanks for the video I loved it.
Thank you - they produce well in semi shade but lack of sunlight can be an issue one of my finger limes is in the full shade and it hasn't flowered. I am going to either move it or cut back everything around it next spring. All the best for yours I hope you get some fruit this year- also they can flower and produce a bit of fruit all year round
Yummm... roe with a tang!
Thank you for your video. We have a green finger lime and itis about 2 years old. It has set fruit for the first time and doing well. I cant seem to find any information as to when to harvest the fruits. How do I know when the limes are ready. Is there any color change? Or some other indicator?
@@amessnger hi - like citrus the fingerlimes can stay on the bush until you want to eat them. If you harvest you'll probably need to store in the fridge for a couple of weeks. the skin hardens and the fruit dries out after that. If you pick them early they don't seem to ripen much off the tree - but they also taste quite ok under ripe just a bit tarter and less juicy. I would suggest start by picking one at a time and consuming - when they reach perfection (the little pearls fall out of the fingers) that's when it's time to start eating them all 😀
@@amessnger also the limes come off the plant fairly easily when ripe - and when cut in half the little pearls should come out with a gentle squeeze
@@Growyourowncoolclimate Thank you very much!!
Quick question: Is the taste just overall like lime thats more tangy (the more yellow types of lime)? Also, what variety is it?
@@raffpolarbear it is a lime flavour tangy but the texture is what makes it - I have a few different varieties of finger lime some different shapes - long and skinny or torpedo shape and different colours some green and others pearl pink - they all taste quite similar
@@Growyourowncoolclimate Thank you, so just the texture is different, but overall is just like a lime?
@@raffpolarbear it's got some different notes - maybe a bit earthier but yes essentially lime. The flavour is held in the pearls and mainly come out when they break so the texture and timing of the burst are what makes it wow
@@Growyourowncoolclimate Okay, thank you very much!!
Why would you not just tilt the plant straight when you repotted it instead of trying to bend it straight with a log?
Spent a $100 on a bush and it died. never again.
Yes - they like humidity
Where? Bunnings sells them for $24. Mine thrive in qld.
Are you overseas or something?
Can you please send me some seeds