red oak acorns?

jdogg · Hazel Tree Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 2

Hi I recently got this potted red oak, its only a few years old but it appears to have acorns growing on it. How is this possible? Or are these something else?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-dogg/2688801162/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-dogg/2688802726/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-dogg/2688804960/

Cheers

James Kilkelly, was GPI. · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

They don't look like acorns to me jdogg, instead they appear to be oak galls or oak apples.
Its the tree reacting to the eggs and larvae of the gall wasp. Inside the galls you usually find the grub or larvae.
You can just snip them off to get rid of them, but they pose no real threat.

jdogg · Hazel Tree Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 2

hey thanks,

i didnt think they were acorns but i didnt know what they were so i thought it would grab someones attention by calling them acorns! thanks for the diagnosis though, im off to eradicate them, cheers