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Picked one of my satsumas today. It was beautiful and juicy.

 
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kumquat1



Joined: 10 Oct 2011
Posts: 15
Location: NW Fla

Posted: Tue 11 Oct, 2011 11:32 am

Orange color inside. Very nice. Mostly green skin, just starting to turn yellow. I only have 2 left on the tree (first year it has produced fruit). Do I need to wait for a little cool weather to take the other 2?
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cristofre
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Joined: 09 Mar 2010
Posts: 200
Location: Clayton, Georgia USA zone 7B/8A

Posted: Tue 11 Oct, 2011 12:03 pm

In my opinion, there is no "perfect" ripeness. Last year I waited until late fall to eat any of the Satsumas on two small trees, and they were watery and bland.
This year I have been eating a couple a week and right now they are delicious. Sweet with just enough acid bite.

My fruit are yellowish green, but the insides are a nice orange color.

So if you want sweeter fruit, wait a few weeks or more. Cool weather is what causes the skins to turn orange.
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kumquat1



Joined: 10 Oct 2011
Posts: 15
Location: NW Fla

Posted: Tue 11 Oct, 2011 1:51 pm

I appreciate your helpful reply.
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Darkman
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Joined: 20 Jul 2010
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Location: Pensacola Florida South of I-10 Zone 8b/9a

Posted: Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:05 am

Welcome aboard Kumquat1,

I have eaten so far this year:

Fremont,
Only picked these because they split. Completely green and fairly tart.

Owari,
One of my trees dropped most of its leaves and I picked the fruit. Completly green but nicely sweet. Inside was orange.

Sunburst,
Just because I wanted to. Starting to turn orange maybe 20%. Not as sweet as the Owari and a little tart. I have several more that I will sample throughout the next two months.

All of these trees were planted this year and are at most two years old. I really should have removed all of them but I just couldn't do it.

Good to have another NW Florida member. If you get up this way let me know we can meet up.

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