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Had some large oaks trimmed one looks dead now?
Posted on 7/14/24 at 9:45 am
Posted on 7/14/24 at 9:45 am
Had four large oaks in the back of my house. They were all green. Now about a month later one is almost fully brown. Did they kill it? Is it in shock? Maybe it is just a random timing and it got hit by lighting. Will it come back?
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Posted on 7/14/24 at 2:37 pm to Tvilletiger
Define oak. Water oaks have a relatively short lifespan.
You can tell if lightning has hit it by all the crap that would have been blown off it.
You can tell if lightning has hit it by all the crap that would have been blown off it.
Posted on 7/14/24 at 8:03 pm to DMAN1968
So I have had lightning strikes on lines and oaks before. This does not look like the others. Don’t see any spot it hit. Tree is not split. I have seen pines that looked like a candy cane from the lightning wrapping around. These are live oaks.
This post was edited on 7/14/24 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 7/15/24 at 5:34 am to Tvilletiger
Google oak wilt and see if the symptoms match? For live oaks, it’s recommended to not trim during the spring.
How heavy was the trim? A couple branches or extensive shaping? In my neighborhood the HOA trimmed heavy in May and the red oaks dropped all their leaves. I assume from shock. They bounced back the next season but then the drought killed them the second summer.
How heavy was the trim? A couple branches or extensive shaping? In my neighborhood the HOA trimmed heavy in May and the red oaks dropped all their leaves. I assume from shock. They bounced back the next season but then the drought killed them the second summer.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:13 am to Tvilletiger
The drought last summer claimed a huge number of trees. Your oak sounds as though it's a victim of said drought.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:37 am to Tvilletiger
Have you added any soil to the ground underneath it? They need to breathe and don’t like adding more than an inch or two of dirt under their canopy per season.
Where are you located? Texas has had terrible oak wilt for decades now but I’ve never heard of it hurting Louisiana trees.
Also, oaks are super resilient when it comes to trimming and can handle removal of up to 50% of their leaf production if trimmed in the fall. Spring/summer trimming is very hard on them except for minor haircuts.
Where are you located? Texas has had terrible oak wilt for decades now but I’ve never heard of it hurting Louisiana trees.
Also, oaks are super resilient when it comes to trimming and can handle removal of up to 50% of their leaf production if trimmed in the fall. Spring/summer trimming is very hard on them except for minor haircuts.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 6:13 pm to Stexas
I am in Florida. North Florida I am so pissed this tree is dead I am sure of it. It was fine until they trimmed it. Maybe there is a shock factor and it comes back.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 7:07 pm to Tvilletiger
How severe was the trimming?
Was moe than 30% of leaves removed?
Was moe than 30% of leaves removed?
Posted on 7/22/24 at 1:18 am to Tvilletiger
Trimming in June is a bad idea. Call an arborists asap
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