I see no reason at all to consider that, why do you ask?
Accomplished-Bag-859
I think they are worried about the brown spots on the leaves.
Complete_Hair_4706
That tree earned the right to go out on its own terms lol
Whatsthat1972
Why?
stepoutlookaround
This looks fairly healthy otherwise, I wouldn’t worry unless you saw a massive loss of foliage in years to come. Don’t kill your beautiful oak!
Blah-squared
Your biggest concern with any Oak, but esp Red Oaks, is Oak Wilt, so no trimming or cutting until fall & if you start to see significant portions or limbs in the upper canopy that *Die-Back*, that wasn’t the result of high winds, storms or any event, etc.. than you can worry.
All this, the Oak Galls on the leaves & Sooty Mold, *which is a Fungus*, are all basically fine, think of it as some character or *freckles & wrinkles* on a mature tree.
MillionAir
No
Dawnlnt
Call a local arborist and see if they can treat the tree for whatever is happening to it
Unlikely-Advisor-259
That tree will out live you. Leave it be
Bicolore
Do you have to ruin a couple of hundred years worth of work because you just decided the leaves look a bit unhappy? No.
Fair-Kitchen-9199
Speak to an arborist; it’s their specialty.
ItsMeBlixio
For clarification, moved here within the past year and a half. I’ve little experience with caring for a tree of this sort, and all of the local arborists I’ve found are employed by tree cutting companies, so I figured some unincentivized opinions would be nice.
Rest assured, I don’t want to cut this tree down. Even my neighbors love it. I just want to see if the parts I’m finding questionable are as serious as my inexperienced mind believes them to be.
8heist
I swear people are just aching to cut down their trees….
I get worried with how often I see this question. It has me thinking of how many people get this somewhat bizarre intrusive thought that they need to remove a tree and they don’t ask anybody and just wind up removing a perfectly good tree. This tree is on its way out it probably only has another 150 years left.
S2fftt
The tree is effectively fine.
ER_Support_Plant17
Do the arborists here this is one tree or two that grew together. I’m really fascinated by this phenomenon.
AltruisticRoutine220
You could tie a yellow ribbon around it (sorry, I couldn’t resist).
strikecat18
Do not touch this tree. Your grandkids might need to eventually deal with it. You don’t.
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Why? No you don’t.
I see no reason at all to consider that, why do you ask?
I think they are worried about the brown spots on the leaves.
That tree earned the right to go out on its own terms lol
Why?
This looks fairly healthy otherwise, I wouldn’t worry unless you saw a massive loss of foliage in years to come. Don’t kill your beautiful oak!
Your biggest concern with any Oak, but esp Red Oaks, is Oak Wilt, so no trimming or cutting until fall & if you start to see significant portions or limbs in the upper canopy that *Die-Back*, that wasn’t the result of high winds, storms or any event, etc.. than you can worry.
All this, the Oak Galls on the leaves & Sooty Mold, *which is a Fungus*, are all basically fine, think of it as some character or *freckles & wrinkles* on a mature tree.
No
Call a local arborist and see if they can treat the tree for whatever is happening to it
That tree will out live you. Leave it be
Do you have to ruin a couple of hundred years worth of work because you just decided the leaves look a bit unhappy? No.
Speak to an arborist; it’s their specialty.
For clarification, moved here within the past year and a half. I’ve little experience with caring for a tree of this sort, and all of the local arborists I’ve found are employed by tree cutting companies, so I figured some unincentivized opinions would be nice.
Rest assured, I don’t want to cut this tree down. Even my neighbors love it. I just want to see if the parts I’m finding questionable are as serious as my inexperienced mind believes them to be.
I swear people are just aching to cut down their trees….
Jo
Trim it up a bit,
Contact an[ISA Certified Arborist here](https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist). Contact a [Registered Consulting Arborist](https://www.asca-consultants.org/search/custom.asp?id=3818) (better, but $).
I get worried with how often I see this question. It has me thinking of how many people get this somewhat bizarre intrusive thought that they need to remove a tree and they don’t ask anybody and just wind up removing a perfectly good tree. This tree is on its way out it probably only has another 150 years left.
The tree is effectively fine.
Do the arborists here this is one tree or two that grew together. I’m really fascinated by this phenomenon.
You could tie a yellow ribbon around it (sorry, I couldn’t resist).
Do not touch this tree. Your grandkids might need to eventually deal with it. You don’t.
Cable and let it keep doing its thing