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I recently bought two 12-foot shade trees in large containers. Do I need to stake them? How long? My neighbor still has stakes on some trees planted two or three years ago.

Question: I recently bought two 12-foot trees in large containers. Do I need to stake them? How long? My neighbor still has ...

When oaks are moved to where the west or southwest sun hits their trunks, after two or three years enough damage is done that the bark cracks and peels off.

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Q: This oak was planted a few years ago. Initially it was diagnosed with sun scald. Despite measures to try to help it, it just seems to be going downhill. When it budded out this spring there was new ...

This disease gets into trees through wounds in the bark. Wounds from pruning, string-trimmer damage, broken branches, insect damage and sunscald injury can all provide entry points.

Prevention is a good idea. The depth of the snow is the reason the damage was as high up as you describe. In the fall, you should wrap the trunks with tree wrap. You can buy this from any garden ...

Trees have a much harder time healing this type of wound than they do healing a straight bark crack from a sunscald. Deer damage usually takes place 2-1/2 inches to 5 inches up the trunk.