What is causing Holes in Oak Tree?
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Vida Knab
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Can someone tell me what is happening to my Oak Tree? The leaves have developed holes and the back of the leaf has white fuzz.
Looks as though it could be a caterpillar of some sort.
Hello Vida Knab, Although the back of the leaves do not look like powdery mildew to me, but it well could be the beginnings of it. Here is a link that will tell you what to do about powdery mildew.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/powdery-mildew-live-oak-93085.html
and the following link is a key to live Oak tree diseases. You look for the symptoms on the chart and click on the link next to it to find out what it is and how to treat it:
http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1286&title=Key%20to%20Diseases%20of%20Oaks%20in%20the%20Landscape
Good Luck and thanks for asking Hometalk for help.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/insects-eat-oak-tree-70193.html
You could paint your cabinets with General Finishes Milk paint. It requires very little prep work. I painted my oak cabinets with the paint more than a year ago, and they look great. You can see my kitchen cabinets, and the full how-to on how I painted them, here: http://momhomeguide.com/white-painted-oak-kitchen-cabinets-reveal/
the white stuff on the leaves is from the insects feeding off the leaves leaving a residue
Thank you