Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

This is the 9th 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 May 27th conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Cindy Burskey (Clemont); Jim Chatfield (OSU Extension Center at Wooster/ Hort and Crop Science); Erik Draper (Geauga); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); Gary Gao (Delaware); Michael Loos (Cuyahoga); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Joe Rimelspach (Plant Pathology); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Nancy Taylor (C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (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); Is the Growing Degree Day Calendar Failing?; Plants of the Week [Gerbera Daisy; Coral Bells; Maples; Poison Hemlock]; Dripping Tuliptrees: A Diagnostic Look-a-like; and Evergreens are Not Always Green.
3. BUGBYTES: Periodical Cicada Emergence Begins; A Swarm of Calls [Honey Bees]; Emerald Ash Borer Begin to Take Flight; Lace Bugs [Oak Lace Bug; Hawthorn Lace Bug]; Erineum Patch "Galls" [Erineum Mites]; and Windshield Wipes [Dusky Birch Sawfly; Hawthorn Leafminer; Bagworm].
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Anthranose on Sycamore; and Moist Chamber [Sphaeropsis Tip Blight of Pine; Dothistroma Needle Blight of Pine; Volutella Leaf Blight and Stem Canker of Pachysandra; Peach Leaf Curl].
5. TURF TIPS: Why is My Turf Red? [Red Thread].
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Sampling 101-2; and Potato Leafhopper is Here.
7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Landscape Diagnostic Workshop in Central Ohio; Total Plant Healthcare Workshop; Cincinnati BygLive! Diagnostic Walk-about; Plant Diagnostic Academy; and Schnormeier Garden Tour.
8. BYGLOSOPHY.