Undoubtedly we've got high pH - 3-6" of used up cotton field over about 3'
of caliche, then bedrock. The composted manure and topsoil should have
counteracted that to some degree. The soil test is a good idea and
something we'll probably do next week.

"Steve Coyle" wrote in message
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"SlinkyToy" wrote in message
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Well, how 'bout I givee y'all a leaf to look at. Duh.

http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/oak/oakleaf.jpg

Check out this picture at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/fh...ts/6_r2_c2.jpg

You can find a ton of pictures to compare by going to google search,
but instead of a web search, clic on image search. Click on advanced
search, and type in 'oak wilt'.
Make sure your safe search is on so you don't accidentally pull up the
mating habits of the natives of Oak Wilt,Ohio.
This will bring up dozens of pics of infected plants.

Oak wilt gets a very distinctive rust color in addition to the yellow
veins, I wouldn't want to try to call it over the net.

I'm wondering if your PH is too high where you planted it , which can
interfere with take up of Iron, or if there is too much phosphate in
the soil.
If you got it six weeks ago, there is the chance that it was
overfertilized at the nursery and you are seeing the results.
Try to get a soil test done, before you let anyone sell you bags of
amendments to dump on the soil. Often you can do more harm than good
trying to make adjustments without knowing what your starting with.

By the way, the image search on plants is fun, did a search on the
David Austin Rose, 'Maryrose' and got not only pictures of the Roses
but the British Royal flagship it was named after.


Take care,
Steve Coyle