Protect Your Property from Oak Wilt
Having trees on your property should be a point of pride. They add beauty and improve our lives. They can reduce heating and cooling cost, they increase landscape value and property values. Not to mention the reduction in pollution. As you look outside, do you know if any of these trees are oaks? If so, would you not want them to have a long a prosperous life? Then this article is a must read to help protect them from a potential problem. Oak wilt is an ultra aggressive fungus which develops in the outer sapwood of the oak species. The fungus restricts water and nutrient flow and can cause dieback and possibly death. The disease can hit quick, even in healthy trees. Symptoms can be noticeable in early spring and throughout the summer. They can include wilting and bronzing of foliage. It can start at the top of the tree and on the tips of branches. No one wants to look out one day and notice a healthy tree in decline and this can (depending on species) spread rapidly thr...