My navel orange tree is growing a 3 foot (1 meter) "vine" with leaves on it. It's about 2 inches (5 centimeters) in diameter. It is very flimsy almost like a whip. The best way I can describe it is it looks like the vines George of the Jungle swings from. The leave on it are very big and shiny and get smaller as it gets to the tip of the "vine". It's growing at about 4 feet up the tree, right where the leaves and other branches start to grow. Is this a new orange tree? or a new branch? Should I be worried?
Some other kind of plant growing on the citrus, using it for support. There will be sems connecting it to the soil. If it grows significantly larger and covers the orange with its own foliage then it will be a problem for it because of the shading.
jeremu: I think the most important question for you to think about is what's more important, the orange tree or the vines. I would remove them from the orange tree. If you enjoy having the vines you maybe able to remove some of the root system and dead heading it and planting the vine in a new location away from you citrus. Dale
I think I wasn't clear.... The "vine" is growing out of the tree from a nub ... one "vine" .... and I don't think it's a real "vine", but that's the only way I can describe it. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.
If the leaves are different shape, Is the graft of the orange tree to the rootstock at that point 4 foot up ,or at the bottom, it could be a sucker from the rootstock if its grafted there, if so they should be cut off to stop them starving the tree , i leave them to grow a bit and then chop them off and root them as cuttings If there the same leaves,but bigger, i have a citrus sinensis orange that regularly throws branches out a few feet from the tree, they grow rapidly over a few weeks, if i leave them, the other side usualy grows to match eventualy, most people cut them off to stop the tree getting out of hand A photo would be the best way to see what it is
normally the grafts are low on the rootstock, It's usually a pretty defined area. If the grafter uses t-budding or cleft grafts. It will show for a number of years. Dale
