Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

This is the 3rd 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 April 15th conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Barb Bloetscher (Entomology/C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Jim Chatfield (OSU Extension Center at Wooster/ Hort and Crop Science); Erik Draper (Geauga); Gary Gao (Delaware); David Goerig (Mahoning); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Joe Rimelspach (Plant Pathology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Shawn Wright (OSU Piketon Centers); Curtis Young (Allen) and Randy Zondag (Lake).

In This Issue:

1. WEATHERWATCH:
2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Plant of the Week [Forget-Me-Not, Magnolia]; Good Flowers Gone Bad [Lesser celandine]; Planting Cool-Season Vegetables; BYGL Travels: Part II.
3. BUGBYTES: Forest Tent Caterpillar Egg Hatch; The Cicadas are Coming! The Cicadas are Coming … Again!; Winter Survival? The Eggs Have it [Bagworm].
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Sanitation: Horticulturist, Cleanse Thyself.
5. TURF TIPS: Helpful Grass ID Website; Lawn Reseeding After a Preemergent Herbicide Application.
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Under Pressure [Results From a Pressure Gauge Workshop].
7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Cincinnati Flower Show; Scarlet, Green, and Gray Fair: The Green Way to Celebrate Earth Day; BYGLive! Diagnostic Walk-About at Toledo Botanical Garden.
8. BYGLOSOPHY