Young Satsuma Tree Question

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how many years do you pull the fruit before you let it go?

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I'm interested in this question also.

I don't think "yes" is a valid answer though.

I'm by no means an expert but how tall is your tree? All the citrus I've grown has gotten to 6ft tall after 2-3 years and produced a ton of fruit at that point. You may need to look at your soil or fertilizer if you aren't at the point it's producing 100s by now.

you only "need to" snip off the fruit (never pull them off, snip the stem at the fruit) the first year for it to get established. pulling the fruit off hurts the tree and it takes longer to heel then a clean snip of the stem at the base of the fruit.

its "best" to snip the fruit off for 3 years in a row so the tree spends 100% of all it energy growing full and getting bigger.

get you a set of hand garden trimming sheers to clip off your fruit

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i would think you could just pinch off the flowers with no damage

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if you pull the fruit off it often leaves the little bud at the base of the stem which has to die and fall of for the stem to heel which takes several days to a week. its better for the tree to clean snip the stem and the stem seals the tip and completely heals in just 1 or 2 days.

i am sure its not the end of the world either way but im just repeating what i was told makes the tree grow fastest and stay the healthiest.

i have no idea what messing with the flowers does, i was always too afraid to hurt the tree so i wait until it forms the little 3/8" fruit balls and just snip those off

I use Jobes I think, the miracle gro works fine also, it will specify for citrus