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| Plant ID | 5 |
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Owari Satsuma |
| Species | unshiu |
| Location | Deck/Greenhouse |
| Date Planted | May 21, 2020 |
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| Grow Method | Soil |
| Notes | https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3178 |
| 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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| 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. Mulched with rice hulls. |
| 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 20, 2023 |
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Front view |
| visibility | Observation Feb 20, 2023 |
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Overhead view |
| visibility | Observation Feb 20, 2023 |
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View of graft line. |
| build | Action Jan 1, 2023 |
Moved into greenhouse to overwinter between 45-50F. Put it on the coolest side, on the floor, so it gets slightly more chill. |
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| warning | Issues Dec 20, 2022 |
Leafs curled upwards like tacos indicating drought stress. This happened under my care while the tree was indoors in the grow tent. A handful of leafs were dropped but it recovered, aside from the curled leafs. |
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| visibility | Observation Nov 15, 2022 |
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From October - December the Owari was the only citrus kept indoors in a grow tent under LED lights to ripen 7 fruit hanging on it. All the fruit turned out excellent and were harvested from October through the end of December. |
| visibility | Observation Oct 27, 2022 |
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Seedless. I enjoyed that by ripening the tree indoors the fruit probably never saw temps below 50-60F -- so the fruit was slow to change from green to orange in color. Still tasted great, nice and ripe, even with a green skin. |
| visibility | Observation Oct 27, 2022 |
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An excellent zipper peel. Its exceptionally light/fluffy peels fall off the fruit with minimal effort. Tastes every bit as good as store bought. |
| upgrade | Potting Up May 31, 2022 |
Up potted into a 10 gallon air pot and mulched with rice hulls. |
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| visibility | Observation May 1, 2022 |
Established/mature Owari 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 Apr 30, 2022 |
Motivation to getting Owari was watching Millenial Gardener on YT who has one planted in-ground in South Carolina zone 8b. He has a lot of info about overwintering them and I was surprised at how cold hardy satsumas are. They still produce excellent fru |
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| build | Action Apr 30, 2022 |
Picked up from Sky Nursery in Shoreline. The tree was originally grown by Everde Growers. |
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