My Edibles: Grapefruit Trees

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Tough, easy to grow tree.  Very attractive when its big yellow fruits dangle from its limbs.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Hosre manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: Vegetable oil in autumn for leaf miner, scale and aphids

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Ruby Red (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

I bought this from a nursery two years ago in a pot. This year I planted it in the ground with a mixture of dirt, cow manure and compost.  It doesn't seem to be doing so well.  The Tahitians lime next to it planted at the same with the same mixture seems to be doing fine.  It gets plenty of sun.  I think be the conifers growing behind in along the fence line in the neighbours back yard could be the reason. Or am over compensating with water because of the conifers. Don't know!

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grapefruit - Star Ruby (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Love the taste of this fruit

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Flame (Seedling)

Comments: - This was given to us as a gift from a friend. It is planted as a duo with Tahitian lime and appears to be doing well. It has been in the ground for only a few weeks so will update in the future with growth & fruit progress!

Planted: 2011

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Grapefruit - Flame ^9/10

Comments: -

The plant was quick to bear lots of fruit for such a small tree. Easy to look after.

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 14 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Large green grasshoppers are the only critters I've found eating my tree. Just remove them by hand.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Grapefruit - Star Ruby

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Fruit started to swell last summer then all dropped off.

Grapefruit - Thompson Pink (Grafted)

Comments: -

This is a sport of the common Marsh grapefruit variety, differentiated from its parent by its pinkish coloured flesh and seedlessness. Apparently the pink colour only develops under ideal growing conditions and I am not sure that it will receive enough heat in our garden. The taste is similar to Marsh.

This tree is part of our citrus hedge - a row of citrus trees planted along a north-west facing boundary fence at 1m spacing. The plan is for the trees to grow into an effective hedge that will be kept pruned to about 2m high. We prepared the planting area for the citrus hedge by incorporating "fruit & veg" soil mix into our existing sandy soil. Mushroom compost was worked into the bottom of the planting hole which was then backfilled with more "fruit and veg" mix. The area was lightly mulched with mushroom compost, leaving the area about 8cm around the trunk clear.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Grapefruit - Rio Red (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Good tasting fruit, sweet but also a bit sour, and so usually use it for making breakfast juice.

Fruiting Months May and June

Planted: 2004

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: citrus

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Rio Red

Grapefruit - Rio Red (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

prolific but constant invasion of citrus bug is a hassle

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2002

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grapefruit - Star Ruby

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grapefruit - Star Ruby ^8/10

Comments: -

Lovely smelling flowers. More leafy than his neighbours (lemonade and orange).Being  well mulched and well watered makes a big difference. Growing well

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Confidor

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Grapefruit-Ruby

Comments: - very thick skinned fruit. Supposed to be pink. Skin is yellow-flesh 'pinkish'

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Grapefruit - Star Ruby (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Still only young and establishing.  No problems to this point - one fruit last year.  Healthy little tree.

Only 3 fruit this year - hopefully more next year.

Height 4 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, Blood

Pest Control:

No problems at this stage

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

When do citrus - ie grapefruit and mandarins get their flowers to produce fruit?  Shoud it be in Spring?

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

2008 - I know I should have cut off the fruit, but life's short. It hasn't looked back. However it has seeds & the flesh is light pink??

2009 - Only 2 fruit this year.

2010 - Needs Fertilizing - leaves are very yellow.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Grapefruit - Star Ruby (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Label doesn't say what type of red grapefruit it is. It's struggling a bit - had to severely prune to get the framework right.

For feeding n spraying see lemon - meyer.

Aug 2010: it's doing well now and flowering. May let it keep one or two fruit at most.

Fruiting Months July

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: see lemon - meyer

Pest Control:

See lemon - meyer

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Grapefruit - Flame (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Grapefruit - Star Ruby (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

Growing in a large pot and doing great.  I let the fruit ripen this year to see what we are up for.  Allowed 4 to stay on, very heavy fruit, I'm surprised the branches supported them. 

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Dwarf Grapefruit ^5/10

Grapefruit - Star Ruby (Grafted)

Fruiting Months June, July, August

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Star Ruby

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless

citrus x paradisi \'marsh\' grapefruit (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless

Comments: -

Purchased Bunnings
Planted along fenceline below ramp

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

just has the most sweet grapefruit  I leave the fruit on the tree as long as I can

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2007

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 30 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: coffee dynamic lifter foliar potash etc and lectric soda

Pest Control:

yellow pheromone wasp traps

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Flame

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless

Pollination: No