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Old 02-15-2014, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by eman View Post
Just a heads up for anyone growing satsumas. Mulch around the base of the tree to keep weeds down. We had 2 trees and would get 1000 + fruit off of them. I was weed eating around the trees . nicked the trunk of one tree . maybe 1" shallow cut. By the end of the year that tree was dead. Did some research and found out that the lower trunks are very fragile.

Yep, hafta be very careful with them weedeaters. The (sap stream) life of the tree is right under the bark layer.
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