February 12, 2020
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Oak trees are incredibly majestic, which is why many people choose to keep them on their properties. However, they require maintenance in order to keep them healthy. This maintenance includes pruning trees in the winter. By pruning your oak trees in the winter, you can reduce the spread of oak wilt.
Oak wilt is a type of fungal disease that affects every type of oak tree (including black oaks, northern pine oaks, and northern red oaks), especially those in Michigan. It’s an incredibly deadly disease that can kill an oak tree within just a few weeks of the initial infection. The disease spreads from one tree to another via underground root contact. This occurs when sap-feeding beetles carrying the spores of the fungal disease move from one tree to another. Common symptoms include:
Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do once an oak tree has been infected, which is why prevention is so important.
The following are a few steps you can take to prevent oak wilt from occurring:
If you spot any symptoms of oak wilt on your property’s oak trees and suspect that they might be infected, then you need to have them professionally removed to ensure that they do not spread the disease further. Be sure to contact us at Twin Oaks Landscape in Ann Arbor, MI, for help dealing with any oak trees that you think may have been infected with oak wilt today. We can assess your trees and prune them when they are least likely to be affected by oak wilt.
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