The Georgia citrus industry is rapidly growing. The citrus farmgate value increased by ~70% from 2022 ($22.4M) to 2021 ($13.2M). More acres of citrus are put in every year and, as of 2024, there are nearly 5,000 acres of citrus across the southern half of the state. Of this acreage approximately 60% are satsumas. This has generated a bottleneck for packinghouses as a majority of the citrus grown in the state reach an acceptable maturity at the same time. Georgia citrus growers have expressed an interest in expanding the harvest window of their existing plantings so more fruit can reach the market. The plant growth regulator, gibberellic acid (GA), has historically been used to delay color break in Florida citrus. Unfortunately, the existing recommendations from Florida are not applicable to the citrus varieties grown in Georgia. The present works aims to develop GA recommendations for Georgia satsumas. GA was applied at a rate of 0, 8, 10, 15, 20 ppm (n = 4) prior to color break in August 2024. The 15 and 20 ppm concentrations saw significantly less red and yellow color development by mid-December (p
