What's the best citrus to graft the Australian finger limes to?

I would like to T-bud Australian finger limes unto some of my existing citruses and would like to know the types that would readily take it.

So far, I have finger lime bark grafted unto my Calamondin and it is holding on for 3 months now. My T-buds of Australian finger lime on all Calamondins have died. I wanted to do T-buds to save on scionwood material and so wouldn't want to do an expensive experimentation to find out which cultivar would fit the bill properly.

Thanks for any inputs.

Joe

Joe in Australia they graft it to Trifoliata & Troyer Citrange. Don't know how compatible it is with other rootstocks.

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Our research indicates that while the rootstock Trifoliata is compatible, it is not always suited to the soil type of the intended growing region. OZLIME BRAND finger limes are propagated on Trifoliata where appropriate, but also on Troyer Citrange, which produces faster growing trees and quality crops in many areas. All finger lime trees sold under the Ozlime Brand use rootstocks that have been grown from certified seed from Auscitrus

http://www.australianfingerlime.com/varieties.html

Thanks for the lightning fast reply!

All I know, is that Finger limes sure are slow growing trees. I have a Green Finger Lime, a Red Finger Lime and a Sidney Hybrid Finger Lime, and all are very slow. Actually, other than as collector trees, I really do not see much value in them. I remember Mr. Texas's discription of them as "a pin cushion" and he is right. Finger Limes realy do not taste very good at all. The fruit looks like cavier eggs. Any growing ideas out there? - Millet

I was browsing these old forums and wondered if any one found a good root stock. I will be trying to graft on a c-22 and sour orange here. And millet what was your grafted on.
The one here locally was grown on trifoliate and is 3 years old and about 3 feet high and not to bushy with tiny fruits size of Lima beans

David, I received my finger limes years ago from Citrus Joe, I think he grew them from seed, but not sure. - Millet (1,083-)

Firstly you should try to determine if you have a true Microcitrus australasica, or a hybrid seedling, which seem to be common from some of the photos on this forum. For the M. australasica I have tried swingle, citrange. sweet orange and rough lemon, and it seems ok on all.
Also you are dealing with a variable wild species, so different selections may have different rootstock compatability. You could try both t buds and chip buds at the same time.

It does extremely well on my Mexican lime. Grafted them on the c22 trif hybrid and they are not growing as fast as on my Mexican lime.

I would love to grow one of the red varieties.

I can also add sour orange to the compatible root stocks. It shows it bit of more vigor on sour.