Grapefruit Tree
Citrus x aurantium (Grapefruit Group)
- Self-fertile.
- Requires winter frost protection.
- Juicy golden-yellow flesh.
Supplied as a bushy grafted tree approximately 3 - 4 feet (90 - 120 cm) tall including pot.
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Description
Yellow skin covers golden-yellow flesh which is juicy and tart. Fruits are of a good size.
Grapefruits make an excellent, healthy breakfast with their sharp, acidic taste they really wake you up in the morning! Packed full of Vitamin C, Potassium and fibre.
A harvest of three to five full-size grapefruits is possible on a five-yearold tree. A mature 20-year-old tree can produce 20 to 30 per year.
Recognised to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.
- Self fertile.
- Like a sunny, sheltered position.
- Prefer free draining, slightly acidic (pH 6 - 6.5) soil.
- Can be grown outside through the spring and summer months but needs frost protection.
- Requires a minimum of 5C (41F)and ideally 10C (50F)or higher.
- Please note that citrus plants will drop leaves with extreme changes in temperature - they usually just re-leaf.
- Edible flowers.
- Perfumed flowers.
- Fruits can take up to 18 months to ripen (but well worth the wait!)
- Can be grown in pots.
- Ensure the compost remains moist but doesn't get overly wet.
- Never let the plant sit in water (as this will cause rot).
- Feed the trees once a month from April until September and then every three months the rest of the year with a quality, general fertiliser.
- Any pruning that is required is best done late autumn when the tree is dormant.
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