Category: Oak wilt
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Tree Pruning & Oak Wilt Prevention: TFS/ISAT Official Recommendation
Guidelines and recommendations for pruning practices pertaining to oak wilt prevention have changed several times since the early ’80’s. The original suggestion was
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Google Earth Fun
This post really isn’t all that useful from a tree point of view. But, this blog is my playground, and so here is the most recent thing I’ve been playing with
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Treatment and Control Options for Oak Wilt
Oak wilt is a devastating tree disease and very expensive to combat. There has not been any real improvement in the treatment and control options since the first product was released on the market back in the mid 90’s. For chemical treatment you have two injection techniques for administering the fungicide and for large scale…
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The History of Oak Wilt
This article is mostly a summary of a report published by Jennifer Juzwik, Thomas C. Harrington, William L MacDonald and David N Appel titled “The Origin of Ceratocystis fagacearum, the Oak Wilt Fungus.” David Appel is the head of Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station. He is considered by many…
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Ideal Time to Prune Trees & the Oak Wilt Pruning Season
Today a customer asked me this question, “We will want the trimming done, but don’t have a date yet. It depends on the progress with the construction. What are the ideal dates for trimming?” What are the ideal dates for trimming?”
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Planting New Trees In Oak Wilt Sensitive Areas
Oak wilt is a serious problem in central Texas. It kills neighborhoods worth of trees at a time. Implementing control programs is crucial, but implementing programs to plant replacement trees is arguably more important. But, what kind of trees should be planted?
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Identifying Oak Wilt: the Challenges and the Solution
A lot of what I have to say here is aimed at the challenges of diagnosing oak wilt. But, be patient, at the end I’ll tell you the best way to get the answer you need. According to research, diagnosis is the main factor that causes problems with management plans (Appel 1994). Let me tell…
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Is my tree sick?
There are a few tricks you should know that will clue you in to knowing if you have a sick tree. This article won’t help you make a full diagnosis, but it will give you some tools so you’ll know if you need to start being concerned about your trees. Written by board certified master…