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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

How to grow grapefruit for homegrown sweet and tangy, highly nutritious harvests – a fruit tree expert shares their planting and care tips

A grapefruit tree with lots of ripe fruits.

Grapefruits are highly popular, healthy fruits with yellow-orange skin and flesh that can be white, pink, or red. Whether enjoyed for breakfast, in juices, smoothies, cocktails, or eaten as snacks, the sweet and tart tropical fruits are packed with vitamins and antioxidants.

The fruits are commonly found in stores and markets, but you can grow grapefruit trees to harvest your own. The trees require low maintenance, although they need the right climate for optimal fruit production. Getting the citrus tree care and conditions right can mean 20 or more grapefruits per tree each year.

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