Cara Cara Orange tree had a graft sprout zapping energy
escolat
6 years ago
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I was wondering why my 3 year old orange tree just sat there with no signs of blooming/growing when I noticed how 2 robust branches did not look like the others! I promptly removed them. I hope the tree will respond soon to the pruning. I plan to feed with Foliage pro and continue growing outdoors until fall. Wasted time! Any advice?…thanks
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escolat
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Can oranges have thorns?
Comments (47)I have a citrus tree in my garden that is likely over 35 years old. My mother identified it as a poor man's orange, which was the only type of orange available in New Zealand in her childhood. When we moved here seven years ago it was riddled with bugs and dying. We pruned away the branches with the biggest holes in them, got rid of the bugs, fed it etc, and have had some crops of fruit from it over the years. The fruit looks like a grapefruit from the outside but looks and tastes like an orange on the inside. Some years the fruit has been tart and other years ththe fruit has been amazingLy sweet. This year we have new branch shoots that hav THORNS. This tree is old, and in the seven years I have cared for it it has never had thorns. I assume I can prune these branches away and hope it produces more branches without thorns, but I suspect it is reverting to its oldest DNA and that includes thorns. Does anyone know what the chances are that we can get it back to being thornless?...See MoreRed Orange ....... a myth ?
Comments (12)Some pigmented oranges are stable genetic mutations and some of them are bud sport mutations. I have to dig my notes on what's what. I seldom propagate oranges by seedlings so these info doesn't stick to my brain for a long time. Just from recall, I know that Rohde Red and Cara-cara are sport mutations and so may be unstable when you plant the seeds, you may not get them as they are even if the seeds are nucellar. The juvenility phase of the seedlings may cause them to revert back to their original forms. But for sure, most other sanguines are true genetic mutations and could be stable and perhaps are true to type even when grown from seedlings. The Italians and other countries in Europe and mideast have longer history of citrus cultivation, and for sure, blood oranges from those places would be a better candidate for producing true to type sanguines from seedlings. Jacques Prevert: "La fermeture éclair a glissé sur tes reins et tout l'orage heureux de ton corps amoureux au beau milieu de l'ombre a éclaté soudain Et ta robe en tombant sur le parquet ciré n'a pas fait plus de bruit qu'une écorce d'orange tombant sur un tapis Mais sous nos pieds ses petits boutons de nacre craquaient comme des pépins Sanguine joli fruit la pointe de ton sein a tracé une nouvelle ligne de chance dans le creux de ma main Sanguine joli fruit Soleil de nuit."...See MoreInitial very pale green leaves in a graft, but two months later..
Comments (4)Thank you Patty for your advice. I am looking forward to taste my navel oranges. The next year I will can taste my first Lane Late and Rohde navels. And I hope that in one year more, the rest (Cara Cara, Chislett, Barnfield, Washington Foyos, Navelina and Newhall). As you say, I heard excellent things regarding Cara Cara. My climate is not the best for oranges (I think that it is similar to Santa Cruz (California) climate). Oranges need many months for ripening here, but finally they get a decent ripening point. In the Mediterranean region of Spain there are excellent oranges, ones of the best of the world. I have tasted oranges from South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay and all are very very far from the quality of Mediterranean Spanish oranges. In any case, although I have not the best climate, nothing compares to taste an orange out of the tree. Furthermore, I haven't found Cara Cara in grocery stores, the only way to taste it (and many other citrus varieties) is to grow it. This post was edited by axier on Sat, Sep 13, 14 at 6:21...See MoreOrange tree has lots of strange growth
Comments (8)Can you find the graft? If this is coming from below the graft you should prune the entire branch out. If it's above the graft, then it's just a vigorous new branch. Keep an eye on the fruit on that branch. Many of the current varieties of orange are "sports" which are branches that just grow differently for what ever reason. One such example is the cara cara variety, which is a sport of Washington navel, yet has pink flesh. The fact that you said it has more thorns makes me think that it may be from below the graft (and therefore root stock growth that should be removed) but all citrus has some thorns....See Moreescolat
6 years agoRepotted last year, it is not crowded yet. Here is a pic of the trunk showing where the stems were located below the graft:
Ever since those stems grew, the plant has done nothing. I'm hoping for a change during the rest of summer
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