| Gardener |
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| Plant ID | 4 |
| Name |
China S-2 Satsuma |
| Species | unshiu |
| Location | Deck/Greenhouse |
| Date Planted | Jan 1, 2022 |
| Category | |
| Grow Method | Soil |
| Notes | https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc4060 |
| build | Action Feb 28, 2023 |
Average outdoor weekly temperature is 33.6F. The greenhouse average weekly temperature is 51.5F and its thermostat was set around 45F. Today I've bumped the thermostat up to 55F to try and get some of the greenhouse trees to hopefully trigger flowering. |
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| build | Action Feb 28, 2023 |
4 new stainless steel 2-tier shelf sets have been put into the greenhouse to get plants a bit further up off the cold brick floor. |
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| upgrade | Potting Up Feb 28, 2023 |
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Mulched with rice hulls in a new 5 gallon air pot. |
| science | Nutrients Feb 28, 2023 |
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Each plant is given 2-3 Jobe's container citrus spikes, a handful of G&B organic citrus & fruit tree fertilizer, a handful of miracle grow shake n feed citrus fertilizer, and deeply watered with Jack's 20-10-20 Citrus Feed. |
| build | Action Feb 28, 2023 |
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Planted in 5-1-1 soil mix with root flare exposed. |
| build | Action Feb 28, 2023 |
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Loosened up the nursery rootball. |
| visibility | Observation Feb 27, 2023 |
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Photo of root ball as received from nursery. |
| build | Action Feb 24, 2023 |
NFC tags inside a sealed clear plastic luggage tag have been added to every plant with a public record pointing back here to seedio. |
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| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
Plant was just purchased recently in late winter and has been placed in a greenhouse kept at 40-50F with my other overwintering citrus. I'll be up potting it into a 5 or 10 gallon air pot shortly. |
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| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
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View of graft line. |
| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
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Overhead view. |
| visibility | Observation Feb 21, 2023 |
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Front view. |
| visibility | Observation Feb 14, 2023 |
Established/mature China S-2 Satsuma trees are cold hardy to 28F. They flower seasonally in the early spring (March-April). Satsumas need extended cold (1+ months at 40-55F) to flower well in spring. |
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| visibility | Observation Feb 13, 2023 |
Motivation to get this tree is that Satsuma trees have excellent fruit as shown by the Owari and I want more sweet seedless zipper peel fruit. |
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| build | Action Feb 13, 2023 |
Picked up from Sky Nursery in Shoreline. |
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