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Satsuma's ready??
Posted on 9/14/23 at 9:30 am
Posted on 9/14/23 at 9:30 am
Anybody started picking satsuma's yet? my tree is so loaded the branches are touching the ground. they are changing colors to light green, good bit are getting the white/light orange spots. it seems early, but with the weird weather this year maybe some are ready. i don't eat them so that's why im asking.
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Posted on 9/14/23 at 10:06 am to chackbay
I was always told after the first cold spell, but some years that might be in January lol
Try one and see but I think it’s a little early
Try one and see but I think it’s a little early
Posted on 9/14/23 at 10:11 am to chackbay
quote:
Satsuma's ready??
Anybody started picking satsuma's yet?
after the first frost
so try checking for sweetness starting in november
Posted on 9/14/23 at 10:26 am to chackbay
I usually don't get any until late fall/early winter around November/December. Maybe late October.
Posted on 9/14/23 at 10:40 am to chackbay
my tree survived the hard freeze but not a single fruit on it this year...had plenty of blossoms in the spring but they all fell off...had a bumper crop last year though: 1500+ from single tree
I do have a dwarf satsuma in a big pot that I brought in for the freeze that has about 20 on it...this is only my second year with it
I do have a dwarf satsuma in a big pot that I brought in for the freeze that has about 20 on it...this is only my second year with it
This post was edited on 9/14/23 at 10:45 am
Posted on 9/14/23 at 11:45 am to jlsufan
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my tree survived the hard freeze but not a single fruit on it this year...had plenty of blossoms in the spring but they all fell off
Same here. But this thing has produced 10-15 puffy fruit each of its first two years. I fertilized it this year. It quadrupled its branches, grew a foot, and went from flimsy to hefty. I’m looking forward to my first fruit in Year 4.
Posted on 9/14/23 at 5:23 pm to Hopeful Doc
quote:
Same here. But this thing has produced 10-15 puffy fruit each of its first two years. I fertilized it this year. It quadrupled its branches, grew a foot, and went from flimsy to hefty. I’m looking forward to my first fruit in Year 4.
awesome...i fertilize mine religiously
this might come in handy if you haven't seen it: LINK
Posted on 9/14/23 at 5:46 pm to chackbay
Wish mine had produced this year. The freeze this past winter did both trees in. Hopefully they will produce next year.
Posted on 9/14/23 at 6:02 pm to chackbay
Sad to say that my 25 yr old satsuma succumbed to the double cold snap last winter. Man we would pic enough satsuma each year to eat all winter, make 10 quarts of pure satsuma juice and give two big ice chests full to the Catholic mission. Now all we have left is the root stump that I hope to graft to in spring if I can find right cutting.
Posted on 9/14/23 at 7:31 pm to chackbay
I don't have much of anything on any of my trees. The lemon tree is coming in but nothing else. Even our grapefruit tree is kind of bare
Posted on 9/14/23 at 8:23 pm to Deactived
The late freeze here in BR affected all the citrus this year.
Posted on 9/15/23 at 12:55 pm to chackbay
What kind of satsumas / mandarins / tangerines y'all growing? Going to be putting one in the ground this fall, and trying to figure out what to plant. I'm in Thibodaux, so zone 9a.
This post was edited on 9/15/23 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:13 pm to Trout Bandit
Is this year just a lost cause and wait until next year?
Posted on 9/15/23 at 9:55 pm to TheBoo
I have Owari, Brown Select, and Miho. All still young, so can’t really comment on which I prefer yet.
Posted on 9/15/23 at 10:21 pm to AyyyBaw
I have an Awari. It’s loaded again this year. Freeze did nothing to it. It’s next to the southwest corner of my house so that may help protect it from the cold. I never fertilize. I do slow soak around the trunk during dry spells.
Posted on 9/17/23 at 7:39 am to chackbay
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i don't eat them
Posted on 9/17/23 at 8:02 am to DellTronJon
Owari if you are looking for a variety. I find that Halloween has always been a reliable sweetness time.
Posted on 9/17/23 at 9:37 am to chackbay
Friend,
It is far too early. Our Brown Selects were hit hard last Advent. Of the five trees only three have fruit on them and of those, perhaps only 100 satsumas, whereas last year we had 1500 pieces.
Surprisingly our Meyer lemon trees and blood orange trees are doing great. We have never had as many blood oranges on the branches as this year. I expected our two blood orange trees to die or at least be so taken back by the freeze that we would have no fruit. However, each has about 150-200 fruits on them. Going against advice I read online, I pruned both of those trees, removing dead and damaged limbs as soon as the temperature got above 50.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
It is far too early. Our Brown Selects were hit hard last Advent. Of the five trees only three have fruit on them and of those, perhaps only 100 satsumas, whereas last year we had 1500 pieces.
Surprisingly our Meyer lemon trees and blood orange trees are doing great. We have never had as many blood oranges on the branches as this year. I expected our two blood orange trees to die or at least be so taken back by the freeze that we would have no fruit. However, each has about 150-200 fruits on them. Going against advice I read online, I pruned both of those trees, removing dead and damaged limbs as soon as the temperature got above 50.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/17/23 at 11:09 am to BilbeauTBaggins
quote:Different varieties yield at different months.
I usually don't get any until late fall/early winter around November/December. Maybe late October.
Posted on 9/17/23 at 12:55 pm to chackbay
Seems early to pick but try one and see. I think late Oct or Nov is a good time
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