Grapefruit
Citrus paradisi
MediumSecondary
Production
A bold evergreen producer for warm, sunny lines — large fruit and a dense glossy canopy. Needs heat to ripen well and sulks in frost.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Loam, Sandy
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -3°C
- Min. rainfall
- 900 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- Low
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Large evergreen citrus for warm sites; grafted onto rootstock for vigour. Thin crowded fruit and prune lightly to keep light into the canopy.
Watch out for
Frost-tender (damaged below about -3C). Needs heat to sweeten fruit; bitter if summers stay cool. Interacts with some medications if juice is consumed regularly.
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