The regulations around sending citrus trees to California are such that the only way for Pink Frost to ever get there will be for a large wholesale nursery there to obtain the licensing and germplasm from the University of Georgia to propagate and sell it instate. I'm not sure that it would be worth the huge investment by these companies, especially given how much of California is suitable for growing more frost tender varieties. I don't know what the regulations are around buying an actual grapefruit from an orchard located in Georgia. But grapefruit seedlings are usually true to the parent. In a bag of ten Pink Frost Grapefruit you might get five seeds. Franklin's Citrus Farm in Statesboro, GA sells and ships fruit. But I have no ideal if they can ship to California. Greening disease is decimating the citrus industry in Florida. It's not in Georgia yet as far as anyone knows which is why Georgia is investing so much money into developing varieties that can take our climate. The idea is for Georgia to become the new Florida with respect to citrus. Still, I suspect that California citrus growers would prefer that no part of a citrus tree so close to Florida ends up in California on account of what Greening will do the citrus industry there once it gets introduced.
@@coolmantoole yeah they make it difficult to ship any citrus to California. A lot of the varieties that interest me won’t ship anything but seeds of these varieties. If I want to grow any of these I will have to grow it from seed.
@@hugocastaneda7596 Yes, but it only takes greening to get lose in California with its insect vector once, for California to have as cataclysmic to its citrus industry that Florida had.
Pink frost looks and sounds wonderful! If they ever start selling in California I hope to get my hands on one of them. Awesome video!
The regulations around sending citrus trees to California are such that the only way for Pink Frost to ever get there will be for a large wholesale nursery there to obtain the licensing and germplasm from the University of Georgia to propagate and sell it instate. I'm not sure that it would be worth the huge investment by these companies, especially given how much of California is suitable for growing more frost tender varieties. I don't know what the regulations are around buying an actual grapefruit from an orchard located in Georgia. But grapefruit seedlings are usually true to the parent. In a bag of ten Pink Frost Grapefruit you might get five seeds. Franklin's Citrus Farm in Statesboro, GA sells and ships fruit. But I have no ideal if they can ship to California. Greening disease is decimating the citrus industry in Florida. It's not in Georgia yet as far as anyone knows which is why Georgia is investing so much money into developing varieties that can take our climate. The idea is for Georgia to become the new Florida with respect to citrus. Still, I suspect that California citrus growers would prefer that no part of a citrus tree so close to Florida ends up in California on account of what Greening will do the citrus industry there once it gets introduced.
@@coolmantoole yeah they make it difficult to ship any citrus to California. A lot of the varieties that interest me won’t ship anything but seeds of these varieties. If I want to grow any of these I will have to grow it from seed.
@@hugocastaneda7596 Yes, but it only takes greening to get lose in California with its insect vector once, for California to have as cataclysmic to its citrus industry that Florida had.