by David Vaughan | Aug 1, 2015 | Articles
(updated April 2020) What is Oak Wilt? Oak wilt is a vascular wilt disease caused by a fungus that infects the water-conducting tissues of oak trees and causes them to wilt and die. Good health does not improve resistance to this disease. If the oak tree is challenged...
by David Vaughan | Aug 2, 2015 | Articles
(updated March, 2017) Soil is more than sand, silt, and clay with some small amount of organic matter. You may have 3 inches of clay over caliche, or 12 inches of blackland clay, or 5 feet of sand over hardpan. Whatever you have, soil is teaming with life. Experts...
by David Vaughan | Jul 25, 2024 | Articles
I was amazed as I learned about the soil food web and mycorrhizae fungi and all the benefits they provide plants and soil. We know that bacteria play a role providing those benefits and we are just learning that some of those benefits are provided while bacteria...
by David Vaughan | Aug 2, 2015 | Articles
The car struck the tree at more than 60 mph. The teenage driver was dead and his girlfriend was in intensive care. The car was wrapped around a tree and the car battery had gone thru a metal garage door about 25 feet from the tree. The 15 inch Cedar Elm was standing...
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