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Satsuma tree

Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:59 am
Posted by BadMrK
Addis, La
Member since Dec 2016
148 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:59 am
This is my Satsuma tree. Am I correct in assuming that the Satsuma portion is dead from the freeze and this new growth is only rootstock?





Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
10875 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:15 am to
The parts growing from the base are definitely rootstock.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86238 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:44 am to
Yeah, it's gone. I would start over.
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
2939 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:44 am to
Now you’ll have a thorn bush that produces small, round lemons.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46135 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:59 am to
quote:

thorn bush
correction…thorn tree. There’s one in my yard well over 20’ tall
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 12:00 pm
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23882 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 1:04 pm to
She gone. I lost three this year, sold the house and lost 3 more

Gotta start over.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15540 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 1:15 pm to
Looks gone to me.

How hard is grafting a new tree to the old rootstock? I wonder if you could cut a limb off of somebody else's tree and get it to take.

I bought an Arctic Frost satsuma this year, it's supposed to be cold tolerant down to 10 degrees.
Posted by BadMrK
Addis, La
Member since Dec 2016
148 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 3:33 pm to
I was wondering the same thing. Is it doable? And can it be done at this time of the year?
Posted by DerkaDerka
Member since Jul 2016
1293 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:30 pm to
I def want to know the same thing
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
21969 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:53 pm to
Yes. Anything with trifoliate leaves is root stock.

HE GONE.
Posted by Fraid Knot
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jul 2019
163 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:40 pm to
I have 3 -15 year old trees that look that way. I found a pop up nursery that was closing out some stock this weekend. Bought 2 owari and 2 brown select. All Saxon Becnel for $25 per tree. Guess its time to suck it up and cut down the olds ones.
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
30854 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

Guess its time to suck it up and cut down the olds ones.


Mine look like the OP's. So, I should face reality and cut them down?
Posted by luvdoc
"Please Ignore Our Yelp Reviews"
Member since May 2005
1094 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 7:48 am to
Very easy. Not best time of year but nothing to lose in trying.
Posted by Warwick
Member since May 2022
1891 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 12:47 pm to
now is not the best time of year. if you can get some bud wood for free though, an established rootstock like you have would make for excellent practice though. you'll want to try a chip graft or T-Bud, since your scion will be several times smaller than the base of that tree.
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
Member since Feb 2014
6233 posts
Posted on 6/2/25 at 1:14 pm to
Yep, mine looks the exact same way.
Posted by Royalfishing
Member since Jul 2023
232 posts
Posted on 6/9/25 at 6:36 am to
So gurus, using the picture the OP posted does one graft to the main truncated or the root stock or the green shoot from the main trunk?
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