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Sven_limoen Citruholic
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 305 Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Zone 8
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Posted: Thu 26 Apr, 2012 4:34 pm |
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Wait...I'm right so grapefruit is not a 'pompelmoes' or it IS a 'pompelmoes'? _________________ growing (at least trying): C. sinensis, C. latifolia, C. limon, C. mitis |
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MarcV Moderator
Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 1489 Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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Sven_limoen Citruholic
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 305 Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Zone 8
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Posted: Thu 26 Apr, 2012 4:38 pm |
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Okido . I'll hop some of them in the cart...and make my mom eat them so I can collect the seeds :p _________________ growing (at least trying): C. sinensis, C. latifolia, C. limon, C. mitis |
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5668 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Thu 26 Apr, 2012 4:59 pm |
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Pomelo is larger than a grapefruit, also drier & not as acidic. Pomelo does not come true from seed, grapefruit does. Pomelo is one of the parents of grapefruit. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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MarcV Moderator
Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 1489 Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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Posted: Thu 26 Apr, 2012 5:23 pm |
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Namegiving of pummelo/grapefruit in different languages is very confusing.
In Flemish (Dutch) pompelmoes = grapefruit (citrus x paradisi) and pummelo = pomelo (citrus maxima).
The odd thing is, in French (France) this is just the opposite (pummelo = pamplemousse and grapefruit = pomelo). And to make the confusion complete, I think in the french speaking part of Belgium it is opposite from France (pummelo = pomelo and grapefruit is pamplemousse) _________________ - Marc
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Sven_limoen Citruholic
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 305 Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Zone 8
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Posted: Thu 26 Apr, 2012 6:01 pm |
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MarcV wrote: | Namegiving of pummelo/grapefruit in different languages is very confusing.
In Flemish (Dutch) pompelmoes = grapefruit (citrus x paradisi) and pummelo = pomelo (citrus maxima).
The odd thing is, in French (France) this is just the opposite (pummelo = pamplemousse and grapefruit = pomelo). And to make the confusion complete, I think in the french speaking part of Belgium it is opposite from France (pummelo = pomelo and grapefruit is pamplemousse) |
That's annoying...until now I thought pamplemousse actually was pompeloes since that would be obvious. _________________ growing (at least trying): C. sinensis, C. latifolia, C. limon, C. mitis |
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MarcV Moderator
Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 1489 Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2012 4:14 am |
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Sven_limoen wrote: | MarcV wrote: | Namegiving of pummelo/grapefruit in different languages is very confusing.
In Flemish (Dutch) pompelmoes = grapefruit (citrus x paradisi) and pummelo = pomelo (citrus maxima).
The odd thing is, in French (France) this is just the opposite (pummelo = pamplemousse and grapefruit = pomelo). And to make the confusion complete, I think in the french speaking part of Belgium it is opposite from France (pummelo = pomelo and grapefruit is pamplemousse) |
That's annoying...until now I thought pamplemousse actually was pompeloes since that would be obvious. |
It is... in Belgium. But it isn't in France. I learned that from the french forum... _________________ - Marc
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Sven_limoen Citruholic
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 305 Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Zone 8
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Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2012 12:30 pm |
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Just got back from the supermarket. Opened a lime which off course was seedless. Next took a grapefruit and it contained things that look like weird seeds but they don't look like the seeds you normally pull out of oranges.
Are this actually grapefruit seeds?
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5668 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2012 12:34 pm |
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Yes, they look like aborted seeds. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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Sven_limoen Citruholic
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 305 Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Zone 8
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Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2012 1:06 pm |
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Does that mean they are useless? _________________ growing (at least trying): C. sinensis, C. latifolia, C. limon, C. mitis |
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igor.fogarasi Moderator
Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 559 Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
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Posted: Sat 28 Apr, 2012 5:48 am |
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Yes, those seeds won't germinate as they didn't mature. |
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat 28 Apr, 2012 3:17 pm |
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I've had worse looking seeds than some of the ones shown in Sven_limoen pictures that have germinated. Planting seeds is so easy to do, and at no expense, I would go ahead and plant them, and see what happens. After planting wait for at least up to a month to insure if any germination is possible. The original Saint Dominic Sour Orange seeds that I received from Sister Mary Catherine were drastic looking, but thankfully one of them germinated. - Millet (267 BO-) |
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Mark_T Citruholic
Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 757 Location: Gilbert,AZ
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Posted: Sat 28 Apr, 2012 10:25 pm |
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Millet wrote: | I've had worse looking seeds than some of the ones shown in Sven_limoen pictures that have germinated. Planting seeds is so easy to do, and at no expense, I would go ahead and plant them, and see what happens. After planting wait for at least up to a month to insure if any germination is possible. The original Saint Dominic Sour Orange seeds that I received from Sister Mary Catherine were drastic looking, but thankfully one of them germinated. - Millet (267 BO-) |
Millet, how large is that tree now? |
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sun 29 Apr, 2012 3:58 pm |
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The original tree started to have problems so I cut the tree back, and rooted the cuttings. Three of the cuttings rooted, so now I have three Saint Dominic trees. Two about 1.5 feet tall, and one about a foot tall. (265 BO-) |
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danero2004 Citruholic
Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 523 Location: Romania Zone 6a
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Posted: Sun 29 Apr, 2012 4:23 pm |
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Laaz wrote: | Pomelo is larger than a grapefruit, also drier & not as acidic. Pomelo does not come true from seed, grapefruit does. Pomelo is one of the parents of grapefruit. |
If not , what is the plant you got after germination ? wild pomelo ? |
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