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I have a Chandler pummelo in a 30 ARPC gallon container. It had 8 fruit this year. The flowers were from earlier last spring, and are ready to pick now. - Millet
That's not much production my friend. I'm not easy on my fruit trees - if they don't produce they end up on the burn pile. Life's too short.....
If they're young I can understand that. What has always amazed me is no matter what variety it is, the 1 meter tall trees in 3 gallon pots usually have not only flowers in the spring but later on are full of fruit. I'll buy one, put it in the ground and the tree turns to crap.
I just tried oroblanco recently and didn't like it much. It seems like it inherits the bitterness of a grapefruit and the dryness of a pummelo. I think I am going to get a chandler and possibly a ruby grapefruit and see how it works out.
Quote from: brian on December 27, 2014, 04:11:53 PMI just tried oroblanco recently and didn't like it much. It seems like it inherits the bitterness of a grapefruit and the dryness of a pummelo. I think I am going to get a chandler and possibly a ruby grapefruit and see how it works out.Hirado Buntan is a better choice. As far as red grapefruit, look for a Flame Red Grapefruit.
It seems you can *definitely* fruit grafted pummelo in a container. My scraggly chandler pummelo that nearly died a few times made its first full size fruit. It was delicious. Not anything like I was expecting from store bought pummelos which are usually dry flesh, this was extremely juicy but still sweet despite not coloring upand because I can't resist MSPaint, here's how the whole tree/container/fruit looked together while it was hanging
My greenhouse gets very hot on sunny days, easily 90F in spring/summer/fall. However the low temps at night are much cooler except for midsummer. I'm looking forward to trying the next batch of fruit from this tree.