It's funny, the first thing I thought when I saw it was that it looked so much like a kumquat. How exciting that it's another Finger Lime hybrid, though.
Hey, Dani! Yeah, it did look just like a little Kumquat 😂. I much preferred it to the regular Nagami Kumquat. Much sweeter taste and also had none of that strange aftertaste you sometimes get with some of the more sour Kumquats. The finger lime hybrids are really good as the plants seem to naturally stay much smaller.
Thanks, Louise! Yeah, they do look just like kumquats, but they taste a lot better in my opinion. A much sweeter overall taste, but still with a nice bit of a citrusy tang.
That's one I've not come across as yet Peter, I'm impressed with how it sounds actually. Occasionally I've had a nagami that I quite liked but on the whole i find them a bit too sour for me. Sadly even if my meiwa stays alive I'm doubtful if I'll ever get to taste a homegrown fruit 😂
It was very tasty, Brett. Much better than any Nagami Kumqaut I've had, much sweeter overall. Yeah, Kumquats seem to be a bit tricky to get to fruit in our climate without a greenhouse. It's a shame really as they are meant to be fairly hardy, but even if they survive the winter outside, they would be very unlikely to flower here. My regular kumquat I was duped into getting instead of a Meiwa seems to have a few embryo fruits on it after flowering a couple of months ago, but of course, I left it in the greenhouse all summer.
After reading both your comments on the difficulty of getting a Meiwa to flower here in the UK I probably won't bother trying to pick one up on my travels. Sounds like they need a greenhouse. Sunrise Lime are probably easier due to their Fingerlime and Calamondin parentage.
@@MoebiusUK Yeah, when I contacted the citrus centre about whether they had any Meiwa they said it would need to be grown in a greenhouse all year to get it to fruit. The Sunrise Lime seems to be much easier to get to fruit in our climate.
That's cool 🙌 my calamondins are incredibly sour, so I thought your fruit was going to be too sour to eat. Sounds like, with the rind, it sort of balances it out. 🌿
Hey, Conor. Yeah, it was much sweeter and tastier than a calamondin. The juice is sweeter than a calamondin or the inside of a Nagami kumquat, and then the skin is even sweeter still, so combined it tastes really nice!
Great taste review, Peter. I love these fruits imo Much more preferable to any Kumquat I've ever tasted. My tree was covered in flowers a few weeks back and most seem to have set fruit. They're tiny so I have no idea if they'll hold but I'm hoping they do.
Thanks, Dom! Yeah, it was incredibly tasty, much better than the Nagami kumquats you get. Lovely and sweet-tasting fruit. Hopefully, your tree holds onto some of the fruit 🤞 My tree has started to go a bit pale despite the fertilising I've been doing, I'm not sure what's going on, although I suspect it's probably to do with the soil it came in. I think I will wait until spring before repotting it though.
@@PeterEntwistle Yeah, good idea to wait to spring for the re-pot. I'm going to try and get a Meiwa Kumquat so that I can compare. btw. I grafted my SL and it's taken well to the Poncirus rootstock.
@@MoebiusUK I really hope the Meiwa Kumquat buds I grafted grow next year. I can't say that was what tree my parents used to have, but the fruits were pretty sweet from memory. So I'd really like to try Meiwa to see if it was what I remembered us growing. It's great to hear your Sunrise Lime graft took well. Did you bud it or use a cleft graft? I will likely propagate some more of these as they were very tasty so would love to have a backup tree and maybe experiment with its hardiness.
@@PeterEntwistle I did both a chip bud and a cleft. I have 2 SL backups. Clefts seem to take-off faster, especially if you're able to keep a couple of leaves on the scion. If the newly grafted plant is then kept in a humid enough environment, the leaves on the scions remain healthy and don't drop.
Great review. I love having this variety in my collection.
Yeah, it was much tastier than I was expecting! Definitely glad I was able to find this one!
It's funny, the first thing I thought when I saw it was that it looked so much like a kumquat. How exciting that it's another Finger Lime hybrid, though.
Hey, Dani! Yeah, it did look just like a little Kumquat 😂. I much preferred it to the regular Nagami Kumquat. Much sweeter taste and also had none of that strange aftertaste you sometimes get with some of the more sour Kumquats. The finger lime hybrids are really good as the plants seem to naturally stay much smaller.
Unusual citrus there Peter, i've never heard of that variety before. It does look like a kumquat with a tangy taste.
Thanks, Louise! Yeah, they do look just like kumquats, but they taste a lot better in my opinion. A much sweeter overall taste, but still with a nice bit of a citrusy tang.
That's one I've not come across as yet Peter, I'm impressed with how it sounds actually. Occasionally I've had a nagami that I quite liked but on the whole i find them a bit too sour for me. Sadly even if my meiwa stays alive I'm doubtful if I'll ever get to taste a homegrown fruit 😂
It was very tasty, Brett. Much better than any Nagami Kumqaut I've had, much sweeter overall. Yeah, Kumquats seem to be a bit tricky to get to fruit in our climate without a greenhouse. It's a shame really as they are meant to be fairly hardy, but even if they survive the winter outside, they would be very unlikely to flower here. My regular kumquat I was duped into getting instead of a Meiwa seems to have a few embryo fruits on it after flowering a couple of months ago, but of course, I left it in the greenhouse all summer.
After reading both your comments on the difficulty of getting a Meiwa to flower here in the UK I probably won't bother trying to pick one up on my travels.
Sounds like they need a greenhouse.
Sunrise Lime are probably easier due to their Fingerlime and Calamondin parentage.
@@MoebiusUK Yeah, when I contacted the citrus centre about whether they had any Meiwa they said it would need to be grown in a greenhouse all year to get it to fruit. The Sunrise Lime seems to be much easier to get to fruit in our climate.
That's cool 🙌 my calamondins are incredibly sour, so I thought your fruit was going to be too sour to eat. Sounds like, with the rind, it sort of balances it out. 🌿
Hey, Conor. Yeah, it was much sweeter and tastier than a calamondin. The juice is sweeter than a calamondin or the inside of a Nagami kumquat, and then the skin is even sweeter still, so combined it tastes really nice!
@@PeterEntwistle Awesome, sounds like a good one to grow 🙌
Great taste review, Peter. I love these fruits imo Much more preferable to any Kumquat I've ever tasted.
My tree was covered in flowers a few weeks back and most seem to have set fruit. They're tiny so I have no idea if they'll hold but I'm hoping they do.
Thanks, Dom! Yeah, it was incredibly tasty, much better than the Nagami kumquats you get. Lovely and sweet-tasting fruit. Hopefully, your tree holds onto some of the fruit 🤞
My tree has started to go a bit pale despite the fertilising I've been doing, I'm not sure what's going on, although I suspect it's probably to do with the soil it came in. I think I will wait until spring before repotting it though.
@@PeterEntwistle Yeah, good idea to wait to spring for the re-pot. I'm going to try and get a Meiwa Kumquat so that I can compare.
btw. I grafted my SL and it's taken well to the Poncirus rootstock.
@@MoebiusUK I really hope the Meiwa Kumquat buds I grafted grow next year. I can't say that was what tree my parents used to have, but the fruits were pretty sweet from memory. So I'd really like to try Meiwa to see if it was what I remembered us growing.
It's great to hear your Sunrise Lime graft took well. Did you bud it or use a cleft graft? I will likely propagate some more of these as they were very tasty so would love to have a backup tree and maybe experiment with its hardiness.
@@PeterEntwistle I did both a chip bud and a cleft. I have 2 SL backups.
Clefts seem to take-off faster, especially if you're able to keep a couple of leaves on the scion. If the newly grafted plant is then kept in a humid enough environment, the leaves on the scions remain healthy and don't drop.
@@MoebiusUK oh, that’s interesting, I’ve never thought about leaving leaves on the scion. I’ll have to give that a try 👍