How to Use oak wilt in a Sentence
oak wilt
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Do note that this is not the time of year to prune oaks because of oak wilt.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 19 Mar. 2020
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Your arborist will know how to protect the trees against oak wilt.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 24 Sep. 2020
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The saving grace is that, left on its own, oak wilt spreads very slowly.
—Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
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Because of the small diameter of the stems, there is no danger from oak wilt.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 28 May 2020
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Banner is the toxic chemical that is often used to treat oak wilt in live oaks and red oaks.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
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Cedar elm is a good replacement for oaks in areas where oak wilt is an issue.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021
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Paint any wounds on your oak trees immediately in order to protect the oak trees in the area from oak wilt.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
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Ball moss is a cosmetic issue, but oak wilt is a real threat to the wellbeing of your live oak trees.
—San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
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Prune oaks only between November and March, when the trees are dormant and oak wilt is less likely to spread.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2020
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Dube counted 40 oak trees around her home in Brainerd, less than 10 miles from where oak wilt was recently confirmed.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
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This is driven by the oak wilt fungus that is so devastating to mature live oaks, red oaks and many other oaks as well.
—Courtney Ortega, star-telegram, 9 Feb. 2018
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This an outstanding time, because the vectors that spread oak wilt fungus are inactive in the winter.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
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For example, oaks should only be pruned in winter to prevent oak wilt, a deadly fungus spread by a kind of beetle.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2021
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Spring is taboo, as oak wilt fungal mats are active in infested trees, so that is the season of most active transmission.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
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The main negatives with these trees are their susceptibility to oak wilt and arguably being overused.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2021
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Plant pathologists and arborists alike tell us that all pruning of oaks should be done between mid-July and Valentine’s Day because that’s when the oak wilt fungus is inactive in our trees.
—Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
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According to Reichenbach, the biggest three threats to urban trees are oak wilt, the emerald ash borer and invasive plants such as common buckthorn.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2017
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Then the final component of Garrett Juice came about after an arborist buddy of mine discovered that adding a pH-lowering acid to his fish and seaweed sprays helped make the ingredients more bio-available to plants in his oak wilt work.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
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Pathologists tell us that mid-summer, during the hottest weather, is another suitable time to prune. Hire a certified arborist with experience in oak wilt issues.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
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Maintenance could include the removal of dead and dying trees, in some cases killed by ash borers or damaged by oak wilt, Sustainability Director Mike Foley said.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
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White oaks are also able to efficiently plug the water-conducting, tubelike cells called vessels in their wood with tyloses, balloonlike structures that seal the vessels as a barrier against deadly fungal diseases such as oak wilt.
—Andrew L. Hipp, Scientific American, 15 July 2020
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