2019 Fresh Finger Lime Season Is Here!

Posted by on Jan 8, 2019 in Blog, News | Comments Off on 2019 Fresh Finger Lime Season Is Here! It’s an early and exciting start to the year, with some varieties of our Finger Limes already ripe and being harvested for export. The start of the Finger Lime harvest is always exciting! It’s such a quick transition for the fruit being almost ripe to being good to go and a great feeling letting our clients  know the Finger Limes are on and we are ready for their orders. Our harvest...
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A Finger Lime Prune Will See Them Boom!

Posted by on Jan 7, 2019 in Blog, News | Comments Off on A Finger Lime Prune Will See Them Boom!   I receive regular questions from a range of people – from back yard gardeners to other farmers, looking for tips and methods that ensure improved Finger Lime growth. One of the key aspects for Finger Lime tree health is regular pruning. At Boutique Citrus, many of our Finger Lime trees are over a decade old – while this means they are fully mature, it also means they need careful...
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Finger Limes Need Water!

Posted by on Sep 15, 2017 in Blog, News | Comments Off on Finger Limes Need Water! Many people ask us why their Finger Lime tree isn’t producing any fruit. More often than not we see them planted in pots, with incredibly dry soil devoid of any nutrients. There’s no way the plant is going to set fruit when it’s simply just trying to stay alive. Finger Limes especially like a drink and at present, Queensland and a significant part of the East Coast of Australia...
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Premium Quality & Export Professionals

Posted by on Mar 28, 2017 in Blog, Featured, News | Comments Off on Premium Quality & Export Professionals Boutique Citrus Finger Limes are known as the best in the industry for a range of reasons. Here’s why: Quality – our Finger Limes are the highest quality because they are grown in their natural rain forest environment and local to where they were first discovered. Variety – the only grower worldwide who offers six different Finger Lime varieties in commercial volumes. Each one...
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Kaffir Limes

Posted by on Feb 23, 2017 in About, Blog, News | Comments Off on Kaffir Limes In addition to the incredible Finger Limes we grow here on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, we also have other varieties of delicious citrus fruit. Tahitian Limes, Seedless Lemons and Kaffir (or Kafir) Limes – for their fruit and the leaves. Along with our Finger Limes, our produce is sold across Queensland, with most of it heading out for export to Europe and Asia. While almost everyone...
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Finger Limes – Growing in POPularity!

Posted by on Feb 7, 2017 in Blog, News | Comments Off on Finger Limes – Growing in POPularity! We are very excited to see our gorgeous pink Finger Limes in Coles stores throughout Queensland! With smaller, boutique grocers keen to stock them across Australia, it’s been great to establish a new relationship which now sees Finger Limes stocked at Coles who also supply Master Chef with all their beautiful produce. This week sees us exporting over 800 units of our 50g retail Finger Lime...
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2017 Fresh Finger Lime Season

Posted by on Jan 5, 2017 in Blog, News | Comments Off on 2017 Fresh Finger Lime Season Boutique Citrus is thrilled to be starting off our fresh Finger Lime harvest earlier than usual. As always, the rain seems to coincide with the fruit being ready, but this makes our Finger Limes even juicier and tastier!  Our first orders of the season have headed over to the Netherlands and France – two countries that know their food and love their fresh Australia Finger Limes.   We...
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The Challenge of Exporting Finger Limes

Posted by on Oct 25, 2016 in Blog, News | Comments Off on The Challenge of Exporting Finger Limes It was exciting news when the Australian government announced free trade agreements with a range of countries across the globe – especially Asia. We were hopeful that this new legislation would assist us in being able to export the amazing Finger Lime to more places internationally, but one year on and it’s clear that nothing has changed. It seems like the Australian government is...
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Where to Buy Australian Finger Limes?

Posted by on Aug 1, 2016 in Blog, News | Comments Off on Where to Buy Australian Finger Limes? As the largest growers of premium quality Finger Limes in Queensland, Australia and throughout the world, Boutique Citrus always has stock ready for our customers. The fresh Finger Lime season is quite short, running from January to May. To ensure that we can supply quality native Australian Finger Limes all year round, we freeze a portion of our fresh harvest immediately after sorting. Boutique...
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Finger Lime Vodka and Liqueur

Posted by on Dec 30, 2014 in Blog, News | Comments Off on Finger Lime Vodka and Liqueur We are thrilled to share these two gorgeous products from Stone Pine Distillery featuring Boutique Citrus Finger Limes. Incredibly popular at the Brisbane Good Food & Wine Show in October, we were very excited about trying these two Native Australian spirits but the ever crowded ‘Nip of Courage’ stand had run out of Finger Lime stock! Clearly the word had spread fast about these...
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Tips for Growing Healthy Finger Lime Trees

Posted by on Nov 2, 2014 in Blog, News | Comments Off on Tips for Growing Healthy Finger Lime Trees Spring Tips for Growing Healthy Finger Lime Trees It’s spring again and Boutique Citrus’s Finger Lime trees are literally covered in beautiful buds, flowers and the tiny burgeoning of new season fruit. For those keen home gardeners wanting their flowers to convert to Finger Limes, there are a few simple things you need to do to successfully grow your Finger Lime Tree.. Watering &...
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Behind the Fruit…

Posted by on Sep 15, 2010 in Featured, News | Comments Off on Behind the Fruit… The man behind Boutique Citrus Finger Limes, Greg Childe-Freeman always had a passion to design and grow a commercial gourmet citrus orchard. Originally a deer farmer, Greg’s love of animals led him away from livestock and into growing fruit. After twenty years, his success in establishing and running a 4000 plus avocado orchard gave him the confidence and vision to pursue his citrus...
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