Citrus Growers Forum

ivica · Posted: Sun 03 Mar, 2013 2:13 pm

Scott_6B wrote:

...It's a cross between the Finger Lime and Eustis limequat, correct? How is the taste compared to the Eustis?...

Correct, and

"Faustrime is juicier than Finger lime and the taste is a cross of Mexican lime and Finger lime. In the kitchen Faustrime can be used instead of lime."
http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/australian.html#faustrime

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Scott_6B · Posted: Sun 03 Mar, 2013 2:29 pm

Ivica, I saw that too. Very Happy

Are you growing the Faustrime outside? If so, other than having better than expected cold tolerance, how is it doing?

ivica · Posted: Sun 03 Mar, 2013 2:33 pm

Potted, not outside (inground).
Shares it's destiny (w/o complaining) with other potted citrus.

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Sugar Land Dave · Posted: Sun 03 Mar, 2013 3:41 pm

Laaz wrote:

Maybe a Faustrime... Not sure how cold hardy they are, but they bloom throughout the year.

This reminds me of a story from my childhood. "Why Grandmother! What big thorns you have!" oops! I mean teeth!

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Scott_6B · Posted: Sat 16 Mar, 2013 7:35 pm

Ok, I am definitely going to try the Eustis Limequat, and Ponderosa Lemon (I know its not terribly cold hardy, but I already have a rooted cutting and it would be cool to have something that gets big).

Since I'm going to start out by grafting 3 varieties onto one FD rootstock, I have one spot left. I've narrowed the choices down to Sudachi and Faustrime. Any opinions one way or the other?

Thanks
-Scott

eyeckr · Posted: Wed 29 May, 2013 12:44 pm

I just found an old picture of a Razzlequat fruit I picked and wanted to post. Mine has been such shy bearer that I probably wouldn't have recommend it for your situation.

What did you end up grafting as your third choice Scott? I probably would've went with Faustrime just because it is so much different than the Eustis and Ponderosa. Sudachi would've also been a good choice though.

Scott_6B · Posted: Wed 29 May, 2013 6:21 pm

Thanks for posting the pic, I never believed that the Razzlequat picture at Woodlanders looked quite right. I called them a while back when I was considering it, and they said that they had never had it fruit for them, I believe they just have a source tree they use for cuttings.

I'm not sure if it would be a shy bearer or not too, but I am still interested in Citrus glauca, unfortunately it seems to be quite hard to find in the US.

So far, I have Eustis limequat and a Lemonquat grafted on to my FD. I just did the grafts last week... we are finally beginning to have some warm weather up here in New England. If the grafts take, I'll probably add the Ponderosa next.
I have rooted cuttings of the Limequat, Lemonquat, Ponderosa, Yuzu, and a few others. I figure I can use these as scion sources to practice my grafting, if it doesn't work all I need to do is wait until the cuttings grow some more and try again. Wink

I'm also getting a Faustrime from Laaz later this summer and I'm pretty sure I will eventually get a Sudachi... I decided to plant my outside trees a little closer together to let me get 4 of them in my water barrel Igloo for winter. Laughing

So now I'll be able to cram in a few more varieties if i multi-graft.

Laaz · Posted: Wed 29 May, 2013 7:23 pm

Fuastrime tastes nothing like Eustis. Eustis tastes like a Key lime, Faustrime is much more sour with a unique taste.

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