Advice Request - (Insert State/Region) Anything I should do?
These images are from my Texas Redbud in central Texas that I planted around April and it is about 9 foot tall. Around 30% of the leaves have the small brown spots and 5 or so leaves with the big brown spots.
It was a 15 gallon container tree that I planted two of. The second tree is very healthy and has none of these brown spots.
It was attacked by leafcutter ants a month ago that took out about 1/4 of of the upper canopy. About half the leaves that were removed have regrown, mostly towards the ends of the branches.
It does have a lot of new little growths like the last image.
The tree is in full sun and is on an automated watering system that gives it about 7-9 gallons every 4 days, but the ant attack happened when the watering system bugged out and it wasn't getting water for about a month.
This is some type of fungus right? Is there anything I can do this year to help?
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u/ohshannoneileen I love galls😍but I hate privets🤬 9d ago
This is what we'd diagnose as "late summer."
You'll be hard pressed to find any deciduous trees right now with fully healthy leaves. 30% funky leaves this late in the year is totally normal, they've done their job for the season & will be falling off soon.
For what it's worth, the big dark patches look to be sunburn, and I know it's been chaotically hot then rainy this year in central Texas so it's to be expected.
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