Q&A – What is attacking our oak trees and what can we do to help?

This is oak leaf blister. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond says the blister is a fungus that occurs in the cool spring weather and only on new growth. There is not a whole lot you can do about it. She says some years will be worse than others, but it does not hurt the tree. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper says you should pick up any leaves that fall and rake and dispose of the leaves in the fall to reduce the number of fungal spores for next year.

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