[Topspinmo]

Ok, I always wanted ruby red grapefruit tree and I have room to plant one? Are there restriction? If not is it worth it to plant one and are the fruits any good straight off the tree on residential property?

[KathieI]

I don't think there are restrictions about planting citrus trees, but from my experience in SoCal, it takes many years to get good tasting fruit from grapefruit trees. This is different than lemon trees. My grapefruit tree took about 3 or 4 years to develop fruit and it was very tasty. It wasn't a ruby red grapefruit though.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

Ok, I always wanted ruby red grapefruit tree and I have room to plant one? Are there restriction? If not is it worth it to plant one and are the fruits any good straight off the tree on residential property?

It will be interesting to see what comments you receive. I have no citrus trees because I've been told they attract citrus rats - which I know can be troublesome.

[Bonanza]

I had a Marsh grapefruit for many years and the fruit was terrific. You shouldn't have any problem with planting a tree of your choice. Just remember, you shouldn't have anything including mulch or grass growing under your tree; that goes for any kind of citrus. Once established, citrus doesn't like a lot of water; it definitely will affect the fruit.

As your tree grows and the width becomes wider, so should the bare area underneath it. If you give your tree a feeding of 6-6-6 every month the first year of growth, you will be amazed at how much it helps in terms of the tree's growth.

Good luck.

[nitehawk]

Attachment 45502We get some hard freezes here in the villages -

[QueenBee1]

We planted one 2.5 years ago and we have had 2 harvest and expecting our biggest yet in November. They are ruby red and delicious, much better then anything you can buy at store.

[Topspinmo]

That's what I wanted here Queenbee1. I had several fruits and there nothing like fresh off the tree ripen fruit? My favorite was Rainier Cherries and pink seedless grapes! boy am I getting home sick!

[aholter]

Citrus trees can be great, but the earlier post about citrus rats matches my experience from Palm Springs, CA. A community called Citrus was planted with all types of trees all over the community - very pretty and tasty fruit. But because people did not keep the ripe fruit off the ground it attracted rats. Almost every time we went into the community we noticed rats. So if you plant, enjoy, but keep after the dropped fruit.

[Topspinmo]

are these rats the same as palm rats I keep hearing about?