Oak Wilt-how to take care and treat the oak trees

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Oak trees are highly sustainable trees and often have a pretty long run of survival. Healthy oak trees live for around hundreds of years, providing lush green or red shade for everyone to cherish. However, when oak trees are affected by fungal growth, these trees die out within a matter of weeks. The leaves start to turn brown and fall and turn the trees barren, a mellow sight to behold indeed. This condition is commonly called oak wilt. Our professionals provide the best tree care in San Antonio TX services to take care of oak wilt.

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‘Symptoms of Oak Wilt’

The oak wilt occurs when the fungal growth in the tree travels from the vascular system of the tree. Interestingly, this disease is often carried by tiny beetles which feed o the sap of the tree. When the tree recognizes this issue, it begins to protect itself from the affected cells. It causes browning of the leaves and they eventually fall off.

Most of the common symptoms of the tree can be seen through the naked eye. In most cases, the most prominent symptoms are defoliation and loss of canopy. In the case of red oaks, flagging is the most prominent, along with it changing the color of the veins of leaves(venial necrosis) and fungal mats on trees are prominent symptoms of oak wilt. In presence of any of these symptoms immediately call for our service and get the best of the tree care in San Antonio TX

‘Prevention of Oak wilt’

Oak wilt can be prevented by effective care and professional services. The spread of the infection can be prevented by cutting down or burning the trees. Besides this, our professionals advise injecting the trees with herbicide to stop the spread of fungal mats. Diseases often spread to the roots, for the inspection requires digging around a 100ft radius of the trees and it is advised to avail our services for the best possible tree care in San Antonio TX. Besides this, a proper fungicide treatment and landscape diversification plan helps in the prevention of the spread of disease in oak trees and retain their long-term health.