Rio Red Grapefruit Tree

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The state fruit of Texas, with aromatic blossoms and delicious, sweet and sour pink flesh! Grows well in containers for patios. Great tree to use for container gardening, indoor gardening and urban gardening.

Technical Specs for Your Tree:

This tree is grafted, using proprietary micro-budding technology. It is not grown from cuttings or from a seed

Rootstock: Brazilian Sour Orange or Citrange-22

non-GMO, not organically raised

Height: 12-inches tall or greater (not including root system)

Stem Diameter: 4mm or greater

Age: ~6 months in age or older

Pot size: 2.5 quarts plastic pot (which is referred to as 1-gallon in standard nursery nomenclature)

Start of fruit production: after one year of consistent growth

Consistent fruit harvests: after two years of consistent growth

Container: Your tree can stay in the pot it comes in for one year. Re-potting can be done at any time, we suggest 5-gallon to 15-gallon pot sizes with drainage holes

Watering: A newly shipped tree needs its soil drenched daily for 4 weeks. Overwatering is not a concern if the container has drainage holes and the tree is outdoors.

Indoor growing: watering needs to be adjusted, more info in our care guide.

Climate Control: Needs to be protected from strong winds or temperatures under 40 degrees F.

Light: We recommend the tree be kept outdoors for full sunlight. If is kept indoors, we recommend a full-spectrum grow light, window light will not suffice as this is a tropical tree. If the tree is kept indoors without a full spectrum grow light, we cannot say with confidence that the tree will survive or thrive.

Nutrition: To thrive, your tree needs proper fertilizer three times yearly.

Your tree can spend its life in a pot. We do NOT recommend planting the tree in the ground if there are any freezing temperatures unless you live in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a, 9b or 10a. Even then your tree must be protected from temperatures below freezing.

Nursery: TDA certified nursery in Hargill, Texas. We do not purchase trees from any other nurseries to re-sell.

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4.8 Based on 26 Reviews

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10/27/2021

Mario M.

United States

Tree was smaller than what I expected.

09/27/2021

Brenda C.

United States

Healthy Plant - How can I verify type and grafting?

I want to make sure what I received is actually Rio Red Grapefruit. The "Picture This" app is identifying it as Kaffir Lime or something other than Grapefruit. I'm planting this outside for fruit here in Mission, TX. How can I verify it is Rio Red Grapefruit? The tags say that, but how can I verify or ID it like by leaf or stem criteria? I also wanted to plant it with the graft above ground but I couldn't see the grafting so I'm concerned. Can you help?

08/07/2020

Rachael D.

As Expected

I've never grown grapefruit, and i'm hoping I'll be successful with this one here in 8a. Could use a little pruning, but satisfied thus far!

08/02/2020

Lynda H.

Sun without the heat.

Love this grow light. It brings the sunshine inside without putting out heat, even the bulb stays cool.

07/28/2020

Geeta N.

Well packed and delivered in

Well packed and delivered in good condition.

07/28/2020

Michael H.

Healthy and vigorous

Arrived small but has grown quite a bit over the first month of ownership. Quite sturdy, watch out for the thorns!

07/28/2020

Michael H.

Very healthy

Budded and bloomed four times within the first month of delivery. Pruned them off according to instructions, but looking forward to next year's fruit!

07/28/2020

Paula E.

Love these trees!

My first time to grow these trees ,havent produce any buds yet hope so.

07/27/2020

Lauren T.

Has grown so much

Already has lots of new growth in just a month! Thanks!!

07/26/2020

Va B.

Beautiful Little Tree

Tree arrived packaged nicely. It has grown dramatically over the course of a few weeks.

07/25/2020

Laurie F.

Citrus USA provided the ultimate

Citrus USA provided the ultimate birthday gift for my daughter. She loved her lemon tree. The process from ordering to delivery went smoothly. Thank You!

07/23/2020

Shanta C.

Awesome buy!

I really appreciate the quality of packaging my trees came in. I have ordered live plants before and they could learn somethings from your company. Simply put the trees were beautiful, green and not one leaf fell off. If the trees dont make it successfully but I know they will...lol..it will be all on me because you guys did your part. Thanks for my beautiful citrus trees. I would definitely recommend you guys to anyone in need of citrus trees!

07/22/2020

Angela H.

Love! I hope I can

Love! I hope I can grow fruit

07/22/2020

Angela H.

Love!! I hope I can

Love!! I hope I can grow fruit

07/22/2020

Angela H.

Not sure if it’s surviving

There was a tag on it to no repot for 6 weeks so I left it in the pot it came in. A lot of the leaves look dead but there is new growth in other spots.

07/22/2020

Angela H.

Love

07/21/2020

Adriana R.

Tube trees

They are easy to grow and they provide an instruction guide to inform you on what steps to take to ensure your trees are healthy and growing the way they should be.

05/22/2020

Jonie D.

Beautiful when delivered. It is as big ad descrprion on the web. I planted it on the ground

Beauriful and healthy when delivered.

05/10/2020

Richard K.

My new citrus plant

Compared to the rest of my citrus: grapefruit and Meyer Lemon, this new additon looks a bit feeble. I had lost a few leaves in transit but seems to be picking up. I have to say that the overall reaction to the process would be five stars as everything was efficient and well explained.

04/25/2020

Ricardo E.

Rio Red Grapefruit

Healthy happy tree. Came packaged very well. Repotied after a week very healthy root system. It's doing great. Thank you glad to find a business in Texas to purchase my citrus trees.