Tag: Tree Disease

  • What’s Happening to My Live Oak Trees?

    What’s Happening to My Live Oak Trees?

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    Scott Geer
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    This spring (2020) has seen almost every Live Oak in Denton County infected with a disease call Oak Anthracnose. This sound like a terrible disease, but it is really just a nuisance for the trees. This is a fungal disease and affects the leaves only on Live Oaks. The infected leaves turn brown and curl…

  • Fire Blight and Ornamental Pears

    Fire Blight and Ornamental Pears

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    Scott Geer
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    What Is Fire Blight? Every few years, we get a lot of Fire Blight in ornamental pears in Denton County. The disease is caused by a bacteria and enters into the tree’s tissues via open flowers. So, the conditions have to be just right for a tree to get infected flowers open, high humidity, and…