Satsuma Tree Planting

Find a sunny area where the satsuma can absorb the most sunlight and has moist soil. Satsumas fare best in climates that do not go below 25 degrees Fahrenheit for long periods of time.

Measure the root ball and the container of the satsuma and dig a hole with a shovel about twice the size of the root ball. The depth should be just a bit deeper than the container. Place the uprooted soil near a wheelbarrow.

Mix the uprooted soil with compost or peat moss. The mixture ratio should be about two parts soil for every one part compost or peat moss. Mix in one shovelful of peat moss into the wheelbarrow, then add two shovelfuls of soil. Mix together thoroughly.

Remove the satsuma tree from its container and score the underside of the root ball with a pruning saw in three places. Place the satsuma tree in the hole and fill it in halfway with the compost/soil mixture.

Water the root bulb and mixture with a garden hose, then fill in the remainder of the hole with the rest of the mixture. Water around the planted tree again. Water the satsuma on a daily basis for the first two weeks after planting, then once a week for the first year.