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This is your last chance to prune oak trees to avoid a potentially fatal disease that can kill trees within months, arborists reveal

Oaks are historic and majestic trees that can grow for hundreds of years and reach over 100 feet in height. They are grown in ...
Iowa Public Radio

Pruning oak trees to avoid oak wilt

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...
The Journal

Prune oak trees this winter to avoid oak wilt

The leaves are down, winter is upon us, and that means it’s prime time for pruning oak trees, which can be infected by the oak wilt fungus if they’re pruned during the high-risk period mid-March ...
WZZM

DNR: Avoid pruning oak trees until July 15 to avoid spreading oak wilt

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — If you've got some oak trees you're hoping to prune as the weather warms up, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking you to wait a bit longer. Oak wilt ...
La Crosse Tribune

Prune trees in winter instead of spring to help prevent oak wilt

Now is a good time for tree pruning, while temperatures remain cold, according to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources tree health experts. “The best time to prune trees in Wisconsin is during ...
San Antonio Express-News

How to handle oak galls, prune plants, control skunkvine and more

Q: My red oak is about 10 years old. Some of the leaves are starting to look distressed, so I looked closely. I noticed small red ants climbing up and down the trunk, almost as if they are harvesting ...
The Eagle

Prevent the spread of oak wilt in Texas

Texans can help prevent the spread of oak wilt — one of the deadliest tree diseases in the U.S., responsible for killing millions of trees across 76 Texas counties — by avoiding pruning or wounding ...