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The life of one fruit from conception to death

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BorisR:
In the spring of 2024, my pomelo Valentine bloomed for the first time. I used its pollen to pollinate Poncirus trifoliata. Although the pomelo tree seemed small to me even for one fruit, I still pollinated several of its castrated flowers with PT pollen. I hoped that if it was difficult for the plant to bear the harvest, it would discard the fruits. As a result, by the end of summer, there was only one fruit left. At the end of November, when the fruit had already begun to change color, it still fell off. The weight was 465 grams. I left it in the greenhouse to mature. And today I decided to taste it. He surpassed my wildest expectations. During maturation, the fetus lost only 8 grams. The taste is excellent, sweet, with a pleasant sourness. You can estimate the color of the pulp from the photo. There are a lot of seeds, but this is due to forced pollination.


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Pau:


I just at my 2nd year of pomelo valentine fruit. It is indeed a very yummy grapefruit.

fruitnut1944:
I'm amazed that it sat there for three months and turned out good while barely losing any weight. Is it common to mature citrus fruits like that? I didn't know it was even possible.

My Valentine may bloom for the first time this spring.

BorisR:
I didn't expect it to mature so well and gain so much pigment. I was just hoping that the seeds would ripen normally, and perhaps an acceptable pulp would be a bonus. But it turned out that this is the most delicious citrus fruit I have this season so far. Humidity is high in the greenhouse most of the time, and I think that's why the fruit has lost almost no weight. There are also strong daily temperature fluctuations in the greenhouse, which contributed to the production of anthocyanins.

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