Brown Select Satsuma
The second-most-planted Gulf satsuma after Owari, valued for ripening a touch earlier. A practical choice where the season is short and the first freeze comes soon.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 15°F
- Ripening
- Early-season
- Vigor
- Low (Satsuma Is The Least-Vigorous Major Mandarin; Wood Matures Early, Aiding Cold Hardiness)
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Canopy killed at about 15°F.
Needs low heat to colour and sweeten.
Early-season fruit (Oct-Nov (early)).
low (satsuma is the least-vigorous major mandarin; wood matures early, aiding cold hardiness)
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.
These are intrinsic to the citrus. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growOwari Satsuma
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Silverhill Satsuma
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Xie Shan Satsuma
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Okitsu Wase Satsuma
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Miho Satsuma
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Kimbrough satsuma
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksOwari Satsuma
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Silverhill Satsuma
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Xie Shan Satsuma
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Okitsu Wase Satsuma
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Miho Satsuma
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Kimbrough satsuma
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
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