Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

From: Pam Bennett, Barb Bloetscher, Joe Boggs, Cindy Burskey, Jim Chatfield, Erik Draper, Dave Dyke, Gary Gao, David Goerig, Tim Malinich, Becky McCann, Amy Stone, and Curtis Young.

This is the 12th 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.

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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 17th conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Barb Bloetscher (Entomology/C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); Gary Gao (Delaware); David Goerig (Mahoning); Michael Loos (Cuyahoga); Becky McCann (ABE Center); Amy Stone (Lucas); Nancy Taylor (CWEPPDC); Shawn Wright (OSU Piketon Centers); Curtis Young (Allen); and Randy Zondag (Lake).

In This Issue:

1. WEATHERWATCH
2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Dividing Perennials; Poison Ivy Control; Plants of the Week [Yarrow; Linden; and Common Purslane]
3. BUGBYTES: Mimosa Webworms; Fall Webworms Now?; and Windshield Wipes [Brood XIV Periodical Cicadas; Spiny Witchhazel Gall Aphid; Bristly Roseslug Sawfly; and European Chafer Beetles]
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Anthracnose Leaf Blight of Trees; Fireblight of Apple and Callery Pear; and Buckeye Rust
5. TURF TIPS: Young Sprouts in Lawns; and Billbugs Back!
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Landscape Stormwater Manual for Southwest Ohio; and White Pine Weevil Damage a Top Problem
7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Hamilton County Rain Garden Workshop; and Northwest Ohio Green Industry Summer Session
8. BYGLOSOPHY.