Field Notes

Straight talk on Texas trees

Practical, credentialed notes from the field, on the diseases, risks, and care decisions that actually matter for Central Texas trees.

Tree Disease Close-up of live oak leaves showing oak wilt veinal necrosis

Oak Wilt in Central Texas: the signs, the spread, and what to do

The most destructive tree disease in the region, how to recognize it early, how it travels, and the moves that actually save the trees around it.

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Plant Health Care A healthy post oak treated with a growth regulator

Deep root fertilization and growth regulators, explained

Why proactive soil and growth-regulator treatments help Texas trees ride out drought, heat, and construction stress.

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Tree Disease Oak bark sloughing to expose Hypoxylon stroma

Hypoxylon canker: the quiet killer of stressed oaks

A secondary fungus that only shows up after a tree is already in trouble, and why it is almost always a sign of something else.

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Risk Assessment A failed tree collapsed across a wall beside a home

Reading a tree for risk: what a TRAQ assessment actually looks at

Lean, cracks, cavities, root issues, and targets, a plain-language look at how a qualified arborist rates the risk a tree poses.

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