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| About the Author Melanie Newtown 26th January 2020 6:23am #UserID: 21528 Posts: 3 View All Melanie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Manfred says... In a word - no. Grapefruit need a warm climate and even as far north as Brisbane they take around 14 months to mature from flowering. The further south you go the more bitter the fruit will be. Grapefruit grown around Sydney was unsaleable because of its bitterness. If you have a tolerance for that extreme bitterness you might get some wizened fruit you can eat, but it won't be worthwhile. | About the Author Manfred Wamboin 26th January 2020 11:02am #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 26th January 2020 6:10pm #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Manfred says... OK Fruity...- we disagree substantially (and you disagree with commercial reality). Can I suggest that if anyone wants to grow grapefruit in a cool climate they go back over the poorman orange thread here. Poorman (or Poor mans) orange is sold by NZ growers as NZ grapefruit, NZ gold or Kiwigold grapefruit because they can't grow real grapefruit in NZ (too cold - just bitter unsaleable fruit). I have had some from a Canberra tree and it is still too bitter for my taste but much better than grapfruit grown in the same climate. I understand it may be a grapefruit/orange cross. They aren't grown commercially in Australia any more because, unlike NZ, local grapefruit are available. I understand some are imported sometimes, from NZ, but they aren't much in demand. They are mono-embryonic so quite variable from seed. It might be the answer to what Melanie wants. Wheeny is described as the low-heat-requiring grapefruit and might be OK. Hard to imagine a dwarf wheeny though. Marsh would be unacceptable to almost anyone's taste, in a southern Australian climate. | About the Author Manfred Wamboin 27th January 2020 12:15pm #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Manfred Melanie didn't mention about taste. She just asked anyone in this forum if they can grow here in Victoria and I happen to have 2 friends who have fruiting grapefruit trees in their backyard. so my answer to the question was an unequivocal yes. If taste was included in the query then my response would be a bit different. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with anyone. I was just stating the fact that grapefruit tree can be grown in Victoria. Bottom line is I just answered what was within the limits of the question asked š | About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 28th January 2020 2:51pm #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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