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Grapefruit Golden Special
Latin name:
Grapefruit
Common name:
Golden special
Keywords:
grapefruit, citrus, golden special
Golden Special is a large juicy fruited grapefruit, relatively seedless with fine grained flesh. Its easy peel and quite a thin skin.
Ripens July thru to November.
Plant in open sunny position and in good soil.
Fertilising - all citrus is quite hungry and we reommend 3 times per year - early Spring, early Summer and the early Autumn.
Spraying - an oil spray in Spring to rid any pests like Thrip, Mite and Scale and then in winter a copper spray to keep the tree clean of fungicides.
N.B We only grow this in a 25 litre easy lift bag and the plant will have been 15-18 months in that bag and be approx 1.2-1.4m tall