Very nice!!

So many nutrients in those little seeds to sustain life :)

It's just fun to grow them from seed. The kids enjoy it!

Keep them warm, I mean the seedlings and the kids too :) , keep us updated with photos.

Look at those polyembryonic seeds! You can see a lot of them have two taproots coming out of one seed. :)

Dumb question: good thing or bad thing? Polyembryonic? I just sprout them and plant them. This is all a learning process. This is also how I did my lemon tree.

Well, at least there is one advantage to large scale commercial monoculture: you know with extremely high probability that the seeds will all be grapefruit since the orchard tract contained all the same crop variety. It might not be quite the same variety as its parents (due to gene mixing) but both the parents were the variety of fruit you ate.

That's not always the case, as sometimes the tree could have been pollinated by a different type of citrus. In which case the fruit still looks the same, but the seed may not grow what you think.

Well these will grow up being called "grocery store". Hahahaha. They didn't even have a sticker saying what they were. I can't wait for them to break through the dirt though. It's just exciting!

Here's the babies today!! Pretty and green! The 1 seed has 2 sprouts. Guess I will have to wait and see which is the strongest?

Awesome!

One last comment. Grapefruit are OK growing on their own roots except that they are VERY susceptible to Phytophthora foot rot. It is important that the plant is in a well drained medium and keep the base of the trunk open to plenty air circulation and dry as possible.

10 days after getting dirt!

Looking green and cute, Stacy! As the seedlings grow taller and stronger, you can gradually remove a tiny bit of soil from the main stem to expose little portion of the root crown. You can see it from the pictures of my seedlings:

You can see clearly the colour change from green (stem) to white (root crown or root zone). This way your seedling is safe from damping off. It is ok if over long period of care and watering tiny surface roots get exposed a little bit. See in the next picture my 6 month old seedling (already grafted and building bark), again you can tell the difference in colour:

For the good care of roots deeper in the soil there is one secret: do not overwater and have plenty of holes in your container. Also if you can, give each seedlings their own container to grow in. That way you will not disturb them often by repotting. After they grow about 3-4 leafs, you can fertilize them with a half dose and over time increase to full dose.

April 2nd!! Sunshine would be nice!! Thanks Kansas for rain rain rain!