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Purdue Landscape Report: Tubakia leaf spot, caused by the fungus Tubakia, is the disease we find more commonly on oak than any other. Throughout the world, there are 11 species of Tubakia known to ...
Oak leaf blister is caused by a fungus that attacks most species of oaks found in Louisiana. It can be particularly bad when the weather is cool and wet. (LSU AgCenter photo) Oak leaf blister, a ...
Q. We have a pin oak tree that is approximately 30 feet tall. On the north-facing side of the tree there are many wilted leaves, and there are many balls of strange growth. Pictures of the leaves and ...
The Master Gardeners have been swamped with questions at the plant clinics about spots on oak leaves. The symptoms appear as pale, bumpy blotches on newly forming live oak, water oak and laurel ...
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But oak leaf blister is not an issue on oak trees every year. For that reason, and because the disease does not hurt the tree that much, preventative spraying is generally not done. Facebook ...
Many trees are a feast for the eyes, lush and green from all the growing season’s rain. But some people are seeing spots on their tree leaves caused by this year’s wet weather – although it ...
Question: I have noticed that under my oak trees, it appears to be raining ‘sesame seeds’, which have covered everything. On the ground, some of them have a tendency to ...
Neil Sperry weighs in on watering oak trees during the drought and also tells you... San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo. ... I’d want to look for signs of gray leaf spot.
Bacterial Leaf Scorch (Xylella fastidiosa) — This disease impacts the xylem of otherwise healthy trees where it gradually clogs the tree’s plumbing. It can be fatal over the course of a year ...