Finger lime plants are grown and sold either by seed, cuttings or graft and it's important to know how they were grown and what this means before making your purchase.

Seed grown finger limes

Seeds can take up to 15 years to bear fruit because of the long juvenile period of finger limes. Due to the nature of sexual reproduction, the seed will not be true to type. This means the fruit may taste and look different, fruiting could occur biannually, and overall growth habit may vary.

PROS 

• You may find a new variety of finger lime
• Potentially cheaper

CONS

• May take up to 15 years to bear fruit
• Not true to type

Identifying features: Seed grown finger limes can be identified by juvenile leaf shape, which is generally more circular and signifcantly smaller.

Cutting grown finger limes

Cutting grown finger limes are cloned plants. They skip the juvenile period as cuttings are taken from mature trees. This means fruiting will occur within 1-3 years and you will 100% know what fruit you will get.

PROS

• True to type
• Cheaper than grafts
• Fruit in 1-3 years

CONS

• May not thrive in all soil types (variety dependant)

Identifying features: You can tell the plant is a cutting grown as these plants generally have bigger, less circular leaves.

Grafted finger limes

Grafted finger limes are also clones. Scions are taken from mature trees and then grafted onto commercial citrus rootstocks. The citrus rootstock gives the finger lime greater adaptability to different soil types, disease resistance, more upright habit and increased growth rate.

PROS

• Adaptability to a large range of soil types

• True to type

• Fruit in 1-3 years

CONS

• More expensive 

• Management of rootstock if growth from below the graft occurs

Identifying features: You can easily identify grafted finger limes by the fact they are often staked, quiet often lower trunk is bare as that is the citrus rootstock, and the graft union is evident as there is normally a change in bark type.

All of this infomation may vary depending on the variety of finger lime. 

If you want reliable and quicker fruit from your finger lime tree, we strongly recomend only purchasing cutting grown or grafted finger limes.

Lemon Aspen or Achronychia imperforata and Achronychia acidulis are the latest rave for bush foods - Nice crunchy citrius taste .

Somewhat tricky to propagate but we are punhing them, out.  90mm tubes

Our new and innovative Greenhouse is now complete with 80,000 Lemon Myrtle cuttings.

The  tunnel uses the latest technology  incorporating rolling benches , foggers , light curtains , fans and heat beds - all computer controlled .

A second tunnel is being built and production will exceed 400,000 myrtle and other difficult to propagate plants each year.

This output is supported by advanced design shade houses with palletised benches and other innovative labour saving features.

Loyal customers - Thank you!!

Already we are being slammed with orders before Xmas.  Thank you!!

However the last orders can only be taken up to Monday 21/12/2020.  Picking  and shipping will begin again on January 4 2021.

This allows chance of getting the Express delivery to you before Xmas.

The year of Covid stopped exports howver it did give us an opportunity to develop dried finger limes processes.

A large 500kg dehydrator has been built and samples will be sent in the new year to all previous customers.

This product will be great as a sprinkle , in fish batters and many more inspirational delights!

This year also allowed us to install over 200,000L of rainwater catchment from our packing sheds and combined with 3 phase solar will allow  significant contribution to the environment.

New varieties have been planted and many more in development.

It will be an exciting 2021!!

Fingerlimes Fresh will be relaxing and surfing from 18 December to 7th January.
There are several reasons
1. Australia Post cannot guarantee delivery before Xmas or orders
2. All our freight companies are closed for this period for export orders.
3. We want a break
Looking forward to sharing the new year and some great fruit.
Chris + Team

We have started picking fresh fruit on 21/11/2018. The variety was the Tasty Green’
This is the variety featured on the store.
The pink varieties are picked from Mid January to March.
The Emerald green varieties are also picked from Mid January
The fruit is in excellent condition despite a long dry winter (3 months of very little rain).
However our orchard is irrigated and we have plenty of water.
The growing system protects the trees from the hot dry westerlies that come in mid November.

What an awesome season !!!

This season has ranged from early December 2017 to May 2018.
Some varieties (rainbows and tasty green) are still producing in a second flush .
However the trees need to be pruned and prepared for the next season .
We have sold every kg of the 10 tonnes produced to both local markets, export and Ecommerce retail especially top restaurants in Australia.

Fingerlimes Fresh has differentiated from the rest of the producers in that we have invested in pack house and processing facilities as well as nurseries and growing.
We export directly to Europe and Asia.

The development of a room temperature stable fruit bead extract is well advanced and will be released on the market next season.

Plant sales to growers is exceeding expectations.

Thank you every one and we promise an even better next season with double the production from another 4,000 trees and more being planted with exiting new varieties.

The great weather and rain with a dry winter has produced an early start to the season.

We are now picking the large tasty green variety of finger limes and shipping starting second week in December.

The Pink varieties are looking good for first week in January.

The crop looks awesome !!

So what is a fresh fingerlime and how can you recognise it?

Well first it should be able to be snapped like a fresh bean. If it bends and does not snap open releasing the beads then it is not fresh. It may also have been picked after severe heat stress. Temperatures can get as high as 50C in Northern Rivers.
When either cut or snapped open, the beads should begin flowing out spontaneously.
If the fruit is soft and not firm (this may also be at the ends ) it is not fresh
If the ends (tails not stalk end) are soft or discoloured it is not fresh or has been damaged
Fruit the has been frozen and thawed may give all of these issues.
If the fruit is mouldy or leaking beads it has exceeded use by date for sure.

Matcha is a Japanese green tea powder .
Not only does it make a great refreshing hot cold drink/tea it is fantastic with mixed with finger limes as a layer
on a panacotta in a small glass.
We tried panacotta with honey and yogurt plus a matcha jelly layer with finger limes. Divine .
Ice-cream is also an taste sensation secret for both matcha and finger limes.