| Gardener |
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| Plant ID | 11 |
| Name |
Oroblanco Grapefruit |
| Species | × paradisi |
| Location | Deck/Greenhouse |
| Date Planted | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Category | |
| Grow Method | Soil |
| Notes | Ordered from Four Winds Growers, arrived on 8/12/2022. Flying dragon rootstock (semi-dwarf). |
| visibility | Observation Mar 13, 2023 |
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Photo of flower buds, tree is covered in them. Unfortunately, I plan to remove all fruit for the first 1-2 years at least. This tree is too scrawny to hold any fruit. |
| build | Action Feb 28, 2023 |
Average outdoor weekly temperature is 33.6F. The greenhouse average weekly temperature is 51.5F and its thermostat was set around 45F. Today I've bumped the thermostat up to 55F to try and get some of the greenhouse trees to flower/grow. |
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| build | Action Feb 28, 2023 |
4 new stainless steel 2-tier shelf sets have been put into the greenhouse to get plants a bit further up off the cold brick floor. |
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| science | Nutrients Feb 27, 2023 |
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Each plant is given 2-3 Jobe's container citrus spikes, a handful of G&B organic citrus & fruit tree fertilizer, a handful of miracle grow shake n feed citrus fertilizer, and deeply watered with Jack's 20-10-20 Citrus Feed. Mulched with rice hulls. |
| build | Action Feb 24, 2023 |
NFC tags inside a sealed clear plastic luggage tag have been added to every plant with a public record pointing back here to seedio. |
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| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
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Overhead view. |
| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
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Front view. |
| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
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View of new growth. |
| build | Action Oct 19, 2022 |
Moved into greenhouse to overwinter between 45-50F. |
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| upgrade | Potting Up Aug 31, 2022 |
Up potted into a 10 gallon air pot. Mixed a 5-1-1 soil from aged/composted fir bark fines, perlite, and peat or coco coir. Also added some 1/2" fir bark chunks and worm casings. |
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| visibility | Observation Aug 11, 2022 |
Motivation to get this tree is Oroblanco and Melogold are on a short list of grapefruit known to do better in cooler coastal areas. Large fruit can generally take longer to ripen so I choose grapefruit cultivars more carefully for the PNW. |
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