Rio Red Grapefruit tree questions
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New grower Rio Red Grapefruit variety
Comments (1)The tree will drop about 95 percent of the blooms on its own without your assistance. Of the 5 percent that develop fruit, 2-3 percent of those will probably also drop from the tree. Removing the blooms from the tree or not, depends on whether you want the tree put its resources into the growth of additional foliage or into the production of fruit. Most growers choose to have young trees put all of their energy into additional growth rather than fruit, as any fruit produced by a young tree will be of an inferior quality....See Morerio red grapefruit
Comments (2)It depends a lot on your temperatures -- warmer = faster. In central Florida, we get peak bloom around the third week in March. Red grapedruit (including 'Rio') may be legally passing in mid-October, but won't really taste good until late November, and they'll be excellent by Christmas. They can be held on the tree, then, a couple more months, still in rather good condition....See MoreUpdate on Rio Red Grapefruit!
Comments (0)Okay, thought you all would like a little update on some of my citrus! I've had this lovely little Rio Red grapefruit that's been full of fruit. It had fruit set when we planted it, and I just didn't have the heart to strip off the fruit. I know it probably will cause the tree to grow a wee bit more slowly, but that's not a bad thing as long as it gets established. Plus, it gets some afternoon shade from a Calif. Pepper tree. It is up on our north slope in the backyard, facing south and this whole area is very nicely protected by a large crib wall to the north of my neighbor's. So, pretty sweet place to put most of my citrus. I left the fruit until May to see if we could possibly get a decent Rio Red, which for my area in N. San Diego county only about 6-7 miles from the ocean is kind of pushing it. Of all the "Texas" grapefruits, this is really the only one that might stand a chance to sweeten up, but questionable still as I'm kind of "on the edge" climate-wise. Well, I decided on May 1st, to pick the softest one and we had it this morning. It wasn't big, about the size of a very large navel orange, but oh my gosh!! It tasted like we had put sugar on it!! It is as sweet as can be, thin membraned, pink with what I'm guessing may be redder as the tree matures!! YIPPEEE for ME!! This was my question mark grapefruit. I am so excited! I have other grapefruit or pommelo hybrids (Cocktail, Oro Blanco and Melogold), but to get a 100% grapefruit to produce sweet fruit, even with 2 relatively cool summers for us out here is exceptional. Yea for me!! Patty S....See MoreRed Rio Grapefruit
Comments (24)You are welcome! Patience and keeping a light moisture appears to have worked. As an example, the roots of my Valencia were severely damaged from a huge shot of (liquid) fertilizer and then letting them go dry. 80-90% of the leaves dropped and it went into a coma. It took 9 months before flower buds appeared this past April. It bloomed heavy but appeared to continue to decline and branches brown off. This week i see the first sign of new leaf growth. 12 months! I neglected to mention that i also added a bit of soil acidifier to the soil and vinegar (1 Tbsp/gal) to the FP application. This change appears to have got things growing within 1.5 weeks. I am trying to verify it across several other troubled plantings so will update when possible. However, initial observation appears to confirm. Unfortunately, I will never have enough data to determine if the soil acidifier or vinegar made the definitive difference. Having said that, multiple folks on this forum have had great success and I am thankful they have shared! NOTE: my situation involves Carizzo rootstock (like 6.5 pH) and very alkaline irrigation water 8.6+.pH...See Morehoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
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