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I've got a question about my two grapefruit saplings here.
This guy has a bunch of new leaves and has been continuously growing well.
This one hasn't changed in atleast a month. It's got the beginnings of two leaves but they don't grow. When I repotted both saplings, this one had less roots so I expected it to grow slower or die. It still slowly absorbs water and stays green so I don't think it's dead but I don't have any actual idea about what's going on.
Thanks in advance! Obligatory Willy pic
BernieMittens
Might be building a better root system in the new pot.
ButtersTheCat
My lemon tree saplings are the same way. I think they just grow kinda slow.
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1/? Citrus grow absurdly slowly from seed. They usually take about 3 to 4 years to establish themselves. Then another few years
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2/? to set fruit. In all, you're looking at around 7 years or so for fruits. In addition, citrus plants don't breed true.
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3/? This means you won't get the same fruit you ate. Grapefruits are hybrid plants, so there's a good chance you will get something
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4/? wildly different than the grapefruit you ate. If you want a pretty tree, seeds are fine. If you want good fruit, you need to
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5/? take cuttings of the plant that gave you the good fruit. To get good fruits in a reasonable time, citrus plants are grafted-
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6/? this means that a cutting is placed onto a rootstock plant so that they fuse. The end result is that the leaves and most of the