I have on Satsuma on my 2 year old Owari (thanks Stan). It's huge & it's starting to turn orange. How long should I wait to sample the fruit.

With just one on a young tree, it may not ever taste as good as the fruit will from a more mature tree, but down here Owari is edible now, but a little tart, it gets sweet by the end of Nov and will get even better until about Christmas. If I were you, I would wait until at least Thanksgiving.

I know that it will take several years for the fruit production to be good & the quality to be good. I also have read that some are ripe when they are still green, & this one is beginning to show tinges of orange.

I'm not looking for a culinary delight, just an appropriate time to celebrate by biting into my tart little beauty!

Will hold off 'til thanksgiving!

We have been eating half green Owari satsumas off my sister's tree for several weeks--they are a little tart, but not bad, however, there are so many on the tree that we need to start now so that we will have more time to eat them. They will get much better.

My vote is to try it now.

Your comment about it being huge, leads me to believe that the fruit is puffing on you. It puffs up and becomes completely dry and tasteless.

In the coastal area of Texas, all my satsumas took a number of years (3-6) to set normal fruit. With Owari taking the longest (5-6). Not sure if it's a climate issue or just satsumas. I believe MrTexas had the same problems with puffing as I do. Check with him to make sure.

Selkirk

I've waited 9 years to get good satsumas from my trees. In past years the fruit was either puffy and dry or was ruined by leaf footed bugs.

I guess it could be puffing, but this satsuma was really large in August. It isn't any bigger now, it's just starting to show some orange tints. I know that some satsumas get ripe before they turn.

I think I'll wait a little.