care and health maint for fruit trees

[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.