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Posted: 7/15/2019 1:29:25 PM EDT
Before I moved to the country I did lawn service in my neighborhood.  At some point I noticed that many of the trees planted in the back half of my old neighborhood were yellow and didn't grow much.  I have attached a picture below from Google.  This is not my house nor are these my trees, however, you can see the phenomenon I am talking about.  A healthy tree next to trees that were planted at the same time and are not healthy at all.  They have been this way for 10 years.

I planted three live oak trees on my property. One is doing phenomenal, one got 100% raped twice by leaf cutter ants but is OK though thin, and one is yellow as hell.  This is the first year I've seen it yellow this way.  I have alkaline soil so I have to treat my peach trees with chelated iron, but live oaks should be fine.  I have cared for this tree the same as all the rest, but it looks like shit.  I treated it with chelated iron this weekend, so I'll see if the condition improves, but I don't want to have to treat it continually.  If this tree is not good for my area I may need to remove it and plant a different one.

Thoughts?

Picture of Trees
Link Posted: 7/15/2019 2:21:33 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/23/2019 12:35:07 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/23/2019 11:45:48 AM EDT
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Are soil types/conditions the same for the trees in question?

Plants that like well-drained soil being planted in saturated soil often turn yellow.
Link Posted: 8/24/2019 7:36:11 PM EDT
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Soil types for all three live oaks are the same.  Local extension agent suggested I remove some dirt from around the tree as it may be planted too low.  I did that around the same time I gave it some chelated iron.  It looks fine now.  I won't be giving iron if I don't have to.  These trees are natives here and the alkaline soil should not be a problem for them.
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