Oak Problem

[Scouse Lee]

Hi guys, I look after a very large garden with a lot of trees in including 3 small Oaks which I think are possibly Daimyo, very large leaves. Anyway 2 of them aren't looking too clever & in fact haven't for the past year or so, here's a pic of one of them

 

 

a lot of small twigs have died & I don't think those leaves are gonna do much

The 3rd one is fairing better but is showing signs of a problem,(they are all planted close to each other btw), with leaves curling & eaten away

 

 

I think the 2 worst ones need removing but I'm hoping the other one will be ok.

Any ideas.

[treeseer]

" I don't think those leaves are gonna do much

 

Maybe they will do enough, for long enough.

 

 

"they are all planted close to each other btw

 

There's one reason for replanting this fall. Another may be depth: that last pic shows grass on stem. Still, the flare should be visible, but i can't see it. Is it my eyes , or is deep planting an issue here?

[Scouse Lee]

Grass

[Scouse Lee]

Bump

[Le Sanglier]

Strimmer damage?

[Scouse Lee]

Grass/Strimmer damage? sorry I'm missing something here

[Le Sanglier]

Has the base been damaged at all by someone strimming around it?

[Jesse]

It almost looks like Fasciation, the disorder causes distorted growth to develop , could be caused by slugs, insects , frost or a bacterial infection, The Daimyo leaves just don't look normal.

[Scouse Lee]

Has the base been damaged at all by someone strimming around it?

 

Not that I'm aware of but would that account for the leaf formation,(I presume the leaves shouldn't look like this at any stage, especially in mid June but then again I am unfamiliar with this particular species of Oak), or the fact that the one tree of the 3 that at least has fully formed leaves has what looks like leaf curl or some sort of bacterial infection.

[Scouse Lee]

It almost looks like Fasciation, the disorder causes distorted growth to develop , could be caused by slugs, insects , frost or a bacterial infection, The Daimyo leaves just don't look normal.

 

Frost or Bacterial is what I was thinking, as said though one out of the 3 isn't doing too badly and is in a similar position to the others so I would think that if frost was the cause they would more than likely be in the same condition.