When do yall pick satsumas?

My in laws grow tons on four big trees. Thousands of em. They don’t pick till around Christmas. And they will leave em in till early spring. Best satsumas in the world.

Same with Clementine Mandarins?

My MIL has been picking for the last month. She picked while they were still mostly green. They were still good though

how old is the tree? she has two trees within 8 ft of each other and i believe these are around 15 years old now and i wont say they are super sweet but they arent bland either. she doesnt do any kind of fertilization but the area of the yard that they're in is a lower spot that gets a lot of water.

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I fertilize it in the spring and keep it watered during droughts.

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The lack of rain through September and October made mine turn yellow sooner than other years. But I also prefer a sour flavor so didn’t mind picking them early. I don’t do any special fertilizer or anything and they’re delicious.

End of November - December is the time to pick satsuma.
Sounds to me like the root graft has spoiled the satsuma. Happens.

Here’s a link to a good read about root stock suckers
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Anytime now...been killing them for ~1 mos

So I picked all my satsumas before the snowstorm. They were easy to peel and juicy but still weren't sweet. Just picked up an Arctic Frost satsuma from Lestrapes yesterday. I'm torn between digging up the old Browns and replacing with the new tree or letting it go another year. I don't really need another tree to mow around.

I've read that sometimes younger trees don't produce sweet fruit. Also it could be a soil deficiency.