Mr Owari Satsuma has arrived!

7 years ago

Hey Laura, here he is. A bit droopy but I read that they are that way. Ordered from Nature Hills - grown by Four Winds. It was not clear to me whether it would arrive as bare root or in a pot. It was in a pot. It looked like the top 2/3 was pine bark and the rest soil. It was packaged very well with no damage or soil spillage.

Below are the ponderosas that I separated. I bought them from a guy who told me they were cuttings. They were both in a 4 inch pot with their roots severely entangled in one another. I had no choice but to cut the root mass in half. The large one did not do so well for a while. All of its leaves curled and it drooped. I put it in bright indirect sunlight next to a humidifier running all the time. You can see the curled leaves on the bottom. It dropped a few of the lower leaves and the rest of the leaves stayed curled for a long time. But now it is looking pretty good. The little one looked good from the start.

The big one has blossoms. I am reluctant to remove them. What do you guys think?

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Laura LaRosa (7b)
7 years ago
Those look great Vladimir! Thanks for posting! I love the owari satsuma...let us know how it behaves for you. The ponderosas look great too. Even the one that suffered will be better in the long run. My calamondins are happy although still turned out in the direction they were facing in the pot. With time, I'm sure they'll correct themselves. My shipment from nature hills was like yours...in a pot with same mix and very well packaged.
hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years ago
Looking good! So exciting when new trees arrive isn't it? Those blossoms look very encouraging. I think you are supposed to leave blossoms alone or the tree will just waste energy setting more. Then remove the pea sized fruit to encourage more tree growth. Now thats the tricky part, deciding whether to sacrifice fruitlets!
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Hmm I haven't grown to many in pots but the larger size pot you have the better yet the harder to move. I wouldn't go crazy with depth on a pot but would shoot for wider and maybe a 5ft tree vs the standard 2-3 feet ones as you'll get more satsumas that way. Owari can be fairly cold hardy as well, I would "I am crazy" plant it outdoors on a SE facing wall like an espaliered wall like the french used to do and put pipe tape with thermostat that is used to keep city drains from freezing myself and mulch the crap out of it/cover during snow/frost. My rule of thumb is pinch all production on EVERY fruit tree for the first 3 years... yep you'll generally on any kind of fruit get much better production in the long haul due to increased growth.

Mr Owari Satsuma has arrived!

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