First Timer Owari Satsuma Mandarin Citrus Taste Test! Zone 7 Amarillo TX

After 2 and a half year we have our first Owari satsuma to pick and taste test. Will it be sour? Sweet? Watch as I devour it and give you my review on it.

[@BadBoyBreeze13]

I heard the older the tree gets the sweeter the fruit gets

[@raykinney9907]

Thanks. I have two small Owari, bought in pots last spring. One had about 12 green golfball sized fruit, other just had blossoms. I'm I'm 8b western Oregon mountains. They were out on the S side of my house deck for good sun all summer, into a small greenhouse/hoophouse' all winter. The first one ripened well, to sweetness' in October, while the second is still only at a yellow stage, and smaller sized fruit. I ate one just now, and it was good color inside and had encouraging flavor, but not very sweet at all, still quite edible and not sour. I will wait. These two plants are the same size, the second late one has 23 more fruit on it yet. I probably should have taken all fruit off early in the spring and summer to get more vegetative growth, but could not do it. They still have put out new growth even in mid winter, but the one I picked clean in October has more new growth than the one that still has the fruit. I have not added citrus fertilizer since mid summer, and not much water. They still look good.

[@squidikka]

Subbed to your channel. It's so hard being a citrus lover in TX thanks to the citrus laws, lol. Am here in DFW myself. Where did you find pine bark fines, as well as Honey mandarin? Also, do you have any favorite recommendations for nurseries? Thanks!

[@lorenbush8876]

Hey Nat, have you seen a Lima variety orange anywhere you have been? They supposedly have the same characteristics of some oranges I tried a couple of years ago, they were super sweet with no acid and no tartness. I think I also want av Valencia orange also because it does supposedly have some acid, I like Orange juice with some acid in it when I have a sore throat or the flu , when I'm sick which is nearly never. Thanks man