dmcarr4
New Member
A red oak in my front yard (West side) is showing signs of distress on its leaves. The leaves are turning brown around the edges, but only on the lower branches. We have been given two different opinions, but don't know which to believe, if either. The first person's opinion is that the tree needs iron and they want to charge us a fee to treat it. We're a little skeptical of this because another red oak only twenty feet away shows none of these signs. The second opinion is that our sprinkler system is hitting the lower branches thus causing the leaves to scorch in the hot West Texas sun. Their suggestion was to trim the tree higher and adjust our sprinklers. This seems believable, but too simple. If anyone has some insight to our problem, please let us know.