The ugli or ugli fruit is a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit (or pomelo), anorange, and a tangerine.
Discovery
Ugli was discovered growing wild (possibly having developed in the same way grapefruit was created) in Jamaica, where it is mainly grown today. The name is a variation of the word "ugly", which refers to the fruit's unsightly appearance, with rough, wrinkled, greenish-yellow rind, wrapped loosely around the orange pulpy citrus inside. UGLI is a registered trademark of Cabel Hall Citrus Limited, under which it markets the fruit.
Requirements for growing Ugli fruit:
Warm climate, loamy soil
Best way to start growing Ugli fruit:
Plant / Seed
Problems with growing Ugli fruit:
When the tree young very sensitive to citrus leaf miner
The best time to plant a Ugli fruit tree:
Spring / Autumn
Pests and diseases in Ugli fruit:
Citrus leaf miner, aphids, citrus foot rot, ant, citrus gummosis
The best time to prune a Ugli fruit tree?
End of the winter, beginning of the spring
How to prune a Ugli fruit:
Dead branch, cross branch, density branch grown
Size of a Ugli fruit tree?
3-6 m
Growth speed in Ugli fruit:
Medium growing
Ugli fruit Irrigation Water Management:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing Ugli fruit:
Full Sun
When does Ugli fruit bloom?
Spring / winter
