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 4th 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 22nd conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Brad Bergefurd (OSU Piketon Centers); 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); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Joe Rimelspach (Plant Pathology); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); 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); Plants of the Week [Creeping Phlox, Pawpaw, Garlic Mustard]; That Squirrel's Got Game.
3. BUGBYTES: Effective Baits and Scolytine Beetle Diversity Revealed; Sawfly Leafminers Fly; Mites Climbing the Walls [Clover Mites]; The Little Beasties are Back [Elm Flea Weevils]; Windshield Wipes [European Pine Sawfly, Buckeye Petiole Borer, Boxwood Psylids, Carpenter Bees, Ground Dwelling Bees].
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Black Knot or Cedar Quince Rust; Crabapple Phenology; Moist Chamber [Botrytis, Dothistroma, Rhizosphaera]
5. TURF TIPS: The Invasion of Dandelions Has Begun; Scalping the Lawn Weakens the Lawn and Invites Weeds; Mud Chimneys are Rising [Terrestrial or Burrowing Crayfish]; Fee Schedule Updated.
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: White Pine Weevil.
7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: The Cincinnati Flower Show; BYGLive! Diagnostic Walk-About at Toledo Botanical Garden.
8. BYGLOSOPHY