Seed to fruit in 5 years is pretty amazing for grapefruit. I have a good friend who tasted a grapefruit he really liked in graduate school. He decided to grow one of the seeds. After graduating he got a job in Houston and eventually decided to plant the grapefruit seedling in his yard. The year before he retired (perhaps 35+ years after extracting that seed from the store-bought fruit) it finally bloomed and fruited! He told me the fruit tasted just like he remembered. I have grown several hundred Citrus trees from seeds and my record is 6 months from seed to fruit (Golden Bean kumquat), with about 1 year from seed to fruit with procimequat coming in as a close second. The vast majority of my seedling Citrus trees (virtually all in-ground, near Houston, TX) have yet to flower at 10+ years. Pat yourself on your back!
At first I planted the seeded grapefruit for shade. I thought itâs going to be a monster, at least 20 feet tall. It turn out, itâs only 10 feet tall. Donât even need a ladder to get the fruits. It like to grow more side way than up. The tree have the most flowers last year and produce the most crop this year. The fruits have been hanging for over a year. Usually the fruits would be gone in April, but because I got my teeth extracted I wasnât able to eat them much. My partner donât eat this grapefruit because of the sharp taste, but the taste changed because itâs truly ripe. Itâs now balance of sweetness and sourness with hint have bitterness. The sharp taste went away.
Life give you a seed. Plant it and you never know what youâre going to get.