Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

June 12, 2008 PDF Print E-mail
This is the 11th 2008 edition of the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL). BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Extension Educators, Specialists, and other contributors in Ohio.

BYGL is available via email, contact Cheryl Fischnich [ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ] to subscribe. Additional Factsheet information on any of these articles may be found through the OSU fact sheet database [ http://plantfacts.osu.edu/ ].

BYGL is a service of OSU Extension and is aided by major support from the ONLA (Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association) [ http://onla.org/ ] and [ http://buckeyegardening.com/ ] to the OSU Extension Nursery, Landscape and Turf Team (ENLTT). Any materials in this newsletter may be reproduced for educational purposes providing the source is credited.

BYGL is available online at: [ http://bygl.osu.edu ], a web site sponsored by the Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences (HCS) as part of the "Horticulture in Virtual Perspective." The online version of BYGL has images associated with the articles and links to additional information.

Following are the participants in the June 10 conference call: Barb Bloetscher (Entomology/C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); Gary Gao (Delaware); Michael Loos (Cuyahoga); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Becky McCann (ABE Center); Shawn Wright (OSU Piketon Centers); Curtis Young (Allen); and Randy Zondag (Lake).

In This Issue: 

  1. WEATHERWATCH
  2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Plants of the Week [Astilbe; Wishbone Flower; Clematis; and Black Medic].
  3. BUGBYTES: Ants in Your Bags; Periodical Update; Privet Problems; Structural Pests; Seeing Red Spots?; and Windshield Wipes [Cottony Maple Leaf Scale; Pearleaf Blister Mite; Bagworm; Japanese Beetle; Northern Masked Chafer Beetle; Clearwing Borers; European Fruit Lecanium; Calico Scales; Euonymus, Oystershell, Pine Needle, and Juniper Scales; and Armyworm].
  4. DISEASE DIGEST: Black Spot of Roses.
  5. TURF TIPS: Just Keep on Mowin'; and Red Thread on Turf.
  6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: New Insecticide Labeled; and Ashalert.OSU.EDU.\
  7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Northwest Ohio Green Industry Summer Session.
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