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Weird growth (?) on finger lime tree (lemmy.world)
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Hi everyone,

I've had this finger lime tree for a number of years now, and I have never noticed this sort of growth (?) or bug (?) or (??) before.

It doesn't look normal for sure. Tried to scratch it off with a branch, but it wouldn't come off. I'm sure if I scraped it, it would.

I'm leaning towards scraping it off. Is this an indication of worse things to come? I've no idea what this is.

I live in Melbourne, Australia.

Thank you! ๐Ÿ˜ซ

Edit: To clarify, it is the red thing with the white dots around it.

Green branch of a blooming finger lime tree with a small growth on it. Red circle with a white dot in the centre, and around the edges.
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[โ€“] [S] 2 points 1 month ago

There's no other non native (or native) citrus tree I could give it to. Suppose I could try to entice the magpies to have it, but I don't have any other bushes or trees that produce anything edible, so the caterpillar might not take to them. I'd have to huck it over the fence to the neighbours' tomatoes ๐Ÿ˜‚

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