So i got a few seeds out a grapefruit about 2 weeks again, 1 had roots and the other 3 were just seeds. The one that had a root hasn't done anything the past two week. Two of the other seeds are rooting and I can see the first leaves forming. I have them wrapped in a paper towel right now and was wondering how to go about transferring them to a pot and when it would be the right time. Also what kind of potting mix, size of pot, etc? Any and all help is appreciated. Not looking to get fruit, just to grow the plant :)
Grapefruit seed need to be planted into any fast draining medium. A good time to plant the seed was from now, back to the moment you extracted the seed out of the fruit. It is a good thing that you "don't" care about obtaining fruit, because of all the many varieties of citrus seed that you could plant, grapefruit is the worst choice. Had you planted a Key lime, you could have fruit in 2 years, mandarins would provide fruit in 5 years, oranges 10 years, grapefruit = never as a containerized tree in NY. Grapefruit also produces the least decorative tree, of all the citrus varieties. -Millet (1,382-)
I planted some seeds from a grapefruit in the pot of another plant I had inside for the winter. I moved them straight from the fruit to the dirt. They sprouted, grew relatively quickly to about 3-4", and each have two leaves on them. But since then, it seems that time has frozen for them because they haven’t grown any taller, or any more leaves, or ANYTHING! I’m waiting for the weather to warm up so that I can bring them outside. The only advice I can give you is to keep them a fair distance apart. Mine are close together and it seems to be a problem. I’m going to separate them when I move them outside and repot them. I also did the same thing with some mandarin seeds. They took A LOT longer to sprout, but they all have a few leaves on them now.
