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Brown Select or Owari Satsuma
Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:08 pm
I need to replace a satsuma tree that suffered freeze damage last year. I don’t remember what variety it is but I bought it from Becnel’s in Belle Chase. Should I get a Brown Select or Owari?
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Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:19 pm to labguy
I have a Brown's. It is 6 years old and has never produced a sweet satsuma. They're all just meh. Tastes like a satsuma without the sweetness. It made it through 20 degree weather last year, though. I'd go with owari if those were my two choices.
If the satsumas from my Browns aren't sweet this year I'm taking a chainsaw to it.
If the satsumas from my Browns aren't sweet this year I'm taking a chainsaw to it.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:44 pm to labguy
you have three other excellent options, from becnel
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ARCTIC FROST SATSUMA - The name says it all. The most extreme in cold tolerance taking temperatures as low as 12 degrees under the right conditions. The fruit is easy to peel and considered seedless. The tree is thornless and medium to large in size.
ORANGE FROST SATSUMA - Another excellent choice. Very cold hardy with seedless and easy to peel fruit. The tree is medium to large in size.
BUMPER SATSUMA - Received its name from its bumper crop that it produces every year. The fruit tends to grow in clusters almost like tomatoes. The tree is a high producer and cold hardy. The fruit is seedless and easy to peel with the tree being medium to large in size.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 6:13 pm to cgrand
I replanted 2 with an arctic frost and an Owari, 2 years ago, Both are doing fine, but the arctic frost is noticeably wider. Only 2 years in the ground and about 8' wide.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 6:34 pm to labguy
Owari is the gold standard for flavor. Arctic Frost and Orange Frost are tougher but taste worse. They are full of Changsha mandarin DNA.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 9:34 pm to labguy
Owari all day. Mine had 3 main branches and lost two of them in the last big freeze, For some reason the remaining main branch survived. and it's putting out fruit like gangbusters. It's like it's trying to make up for the other two. I've had that tree for many years and it's never failed to put out plentiful very sweet fruit every year.
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 9:35 pm
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