About 10 years ago a friend who was employed by a local florist was eating a grapefruit for lunch. She put one of the seeds into a flower pot and the thing sprouted. She gave the small plant to me. I kept it in a container on the patio until it just got too large for me to have there. So I planted it in the garden. The tree is now about 10 years old, the trunk of the tree at the ground is at least 6 inches in diameter. It stand about 10 feet tall. I keep it pruned so it doesn't get any larger. Each spring the tree is loaded with white blossoms but it has never produced fruit. Any idea why? Thanks Larry Wilson Myrtle Beach, SC
Based on several previous posts accdg to them, grapefruits w/c have grown from seeds take longer to fruit. It might take 10 yrs or more. Mine is a grafted "marsh" variety & started to fruit @ the age of 3. I also fertilize it w/ citrus food 2x a yr, plus chicken pooh pellets, blood & bone, & our garden compost.
