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