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Satsuma under attack
Posted on 9/28/17 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 9/28/17 at 12:27 pm
Something is eating the green fruit on my satsuma tree. Whatever is eating the fruit is making a quarter size hole in the peel and then eating every bit of the pulp out of the fruit. The peel is picked clean, with zero pulp left behind. I've had this tree for over 10 years and have never had anything like this happen. My first guess was some kind of a bird, but I don't know what bird would do this that hasn't been in the area before. Would mice do this? Some type of insect? I will post a pic later when I have time.
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Posted on 9/28/17 at 1:46 pm to Tigerhead
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This post was edited on 9/28/17 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 9/28/17 at 2:13 pm to Tigerhead
I’m also having similar trouble with my satsuma tree. I think it may be tree rats or fruit bats. Maybe someone else can chime in
Posted on 9/28/17 at 2:38 pm to Tigerhead
Probably rats, set some traps and wrap the trunk in tin or something they can't climb (unless the tree is next to a fence or any other structure they can climb on).
Posted on 9/28/17 at 4:08 pm to Tigerhead
I've got the same with a satsuma tree in my yard. I saw a squirrel in the tree, so I assumed that was the culprit. The tree is against a fence, so the squirrels can get to it easily. I blasted one squirrel off the fence with my pellet gun, but I can't watch it around the clock.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 5:35 pm to Tigerhead
Thought you was saying the town of satsuma was under attack. Whatever it is, them baws can handle it.
Posted on 9/29/17 at 7:38 pm to Tigerhead
Here are pics of my satsuma tree fruit that is being destroyed. In the first pic, the satsuma on the left still has fruit in it, but the top 1/4 looks like it was cut off. Fruit is still on the inside.
Can squirrels do this, or is the consensus is that it's rats?
My next door neighbor who is an MD is having the same issues with his tree in his yard. He said that he thinks it is some kind of citrus disease. He claims that he had one that was discolored, and picked it off the tree, and he noticed that it was very light, didn't weigh much. He got a knife and cut it in half and there was very little rind on the inside. But he can't come up with an explanation of why some of them are bored out with just the skin left.
Any ideas?
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