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A recent blog from Central Texas Gardener talked about 'sun scald'. It seems the propensity for sun scald is even greater this year because many leaves were formed when we were having all that rain so they are larger and softer than if formed under hotter dryer conditions which is more our norm even in spring. I'm seeing it on quite a few of my plants. There is nothing we can do, but wait for the damaged leaves to fall and new leaves to form. What's left of the green part is still doing its job.

Be sure the tree is getting enough water by letting the hose trickle near the base about once a week. Since it was planted this spring the roots have not spread very far yet so are not able to take advantage of the irrigation the grass is receiving.

You might want to put down some compost much more heavily around the base (but pulled back from trunk) to keep the soil cool and the weeds from growing inward (they still do).