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Thinking About Planting A Satsuma
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:12 pm
Any suggestions on variety? Any suggestions period? How long does it take it to produce?
Posted on 9/22/26 at 9:01 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Owari is one of the most popular. Arctic Frost is another.
There’s a saying after you plant them. “First year they sleep, second year they creep, third year they leap.” Be patient. Protect them during hard freezes.
ETA: you can usually expect them to produce in 3-5 years.
There’s a saying after you plant them. “First year they sleep, second year they creep, third year they leap.” Be patient. Protect them during hard freezes.
ETA: you can usually expect them to produce in 3-5 years.
This post was edited on 9/22/26 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 9/23/26 at 8:23 am to Old Man and a Porch
What is your goal ?
Ground ? Pot?
Do you have the means to protect it for a few years while young ? Will you be active with it or letting it fend for itself?
Do you have a good spot? (They don’t like wet soggy soil) if not, can plant on a berm.
As pillage said, owari is a well known more cold hardy easy to find variety.
Fruit will take 2-3 years but full production will be 4-5
Ground ? Pot?
Do you have the means to protect it for a few years while young ? Will you be active with it or letting it fend for itself?
Do you have a good spot? (They don’t like wet soggy soil) if not, can plant on a berm.
As pillage said, owari is a well known more cold hardy easy to find variety.
Fruit will take 2-3 years but full production will be 4-5
Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:17 am to Old Man and a Porch
Your location?
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:32 pm to Old Man and a Porch
LSU Ag Center can anything you want about them.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 8:55 pm to Old Man and a Porch
On the west coast Satsumas are plums. The absolute best plums you can grow.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 10:45 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Owari tastes the best IMO. Arctic Frost and Orange Frost are the most cold hardy but they are hybridized with the changsha mandarin, making them more tart.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 5:53 am to Tigerlaff
the first two years pick the fruit off as son as you see it. Tree will put more effort in growing limbs and roots.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:28 am to Old Man and a Porch
From my experience, they're not as easy to grow as some would have you believe, at least in my area (St. Tammany). I'm 2 for 5 on losing them. My first had 5 years and started producing fruit pretty well. My current tree is on year 3 and I've removed all of the fruit thus far. If we get a hard freeze, I cover with plastic and put a heat lamp on it. This worked well last winter.
One thing I would say is that they hate wet feet. For my current tree, I had to build a bit of a mound/raised bed type situation because I lost the first one in the same location due to bad drainage. This is a bit of a pain because I have to water it more often, but it's been doing much better in the raised bed mix than straight into the ground. I've got pretty decent native dirt too, but drainage isn't great.
One thing I would say is that they hate wet feet. For my current tree, I had to build a bit of a mound/raised bed type situation because I lost the first one in the same location due to bad drainage. This is a bit of a pain because I have to water it more often, but it's been doing much better in the raised bed mix than straight into the ground. I've got pretty decent native dirt too, but drainage isn't great.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:38 am to bluemoons
The house I am in now had an established tree. It made wonderful fruit I lost it in a bad freeze(2021 I think). I planted a new one and it's been a struggle. Main leader got killed in another freeze, and now it's an odd looking shrub with a couple very long flimsy branches. It flowered like mad this Spring, but only 6 fruits were made, all on very low branches above the graft. Not sure what to do, but will be looking into how to prune this oddball.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 10:13 am to AlxTgr
yeah they can grow into a gnarly mess. Especially if you don’t prune (I never do).
20 years ago we bought this place with two massive satsumas, hundreds of fruit each and very year. I didn’t take care of them plus the freezes and snows and now both dead and pulled.
This spring I planted two, Orange frost and Bumper. I’ll protect them the next few winters and hope for the best…we really miss the fruit.
Leaf miners are inevitable I just look away
20 years ago we bought this place with two massive satsumas, hundreds of fruit each and very year. I didn’t take care of them plus the freezes and snows and now both dead and pulled.
This spring I planted two, Orange frost and Bumper. I’ll protect them the next few winters and hope for the best…we really miss the fruit.
Leaf miners are inevitable I just look away
Posted on 9/25/26 at 10:16 am to cgrand
Oddly enough the leaf minors are mostly cosmetic. Don’t do much damage to the actual tree’s photosynthesis. They attack young new growth more often. Parasitic wasps are the best defense.
I do keep my citrus pruned somewhat to help with airflow, as that helps a lot with any scale and sooty mold. And keep the ants away from them bc they protect the scale from being destroyed and will carry them around lol. Nectar of the gods!!
I do keep my citrus pruned somewhat to help with airflow, as that helps a lot with any scale and sooty mold. And keep the ants away from them bc they protect the scale from being destroyed and will carry them around lol. Nectar of the gods!!
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