Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

May 1, 2008 PDF Print E-mail

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 5th 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 April 29th conference call: Brad Bergefurd (OSU Piketon Centers); Barb Bloetscher (Entomology/C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Cindy Burskey (Clermont);); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Erik Draper (Geauga); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); Gary Gao (Delaware); David Goerig (Mahoning); Kent Honl (Rainbow Tree Care, Minneapolis MN); John Lloyd (Rainbow Tree Care, Minneapolis MN); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Nancy Taylor (CWEPPDC) and Curtis Young (Allen).

In This Issue:

  1. WEATHERWATCH.
  2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Plants of the Week [Common Lilac, Bleeding Heart, Henbit]; Pruning Over-Grown Common Lilacs in the Landscape; Frost and Freeze; and Woodpecker Activity Points to Insect Activity.
  3. BUGBYTES: Raining Maggots; Gypsy Moth Caterpillars Begin Feeding; You Could Be Seeing Purple [Emerald Ash Borer]; Bee Kind to Honey Bees; Termite Swarms; Ground-Nesting Bees Do More Good Than Harm; Not All Big Black Ants are Carpenters; and Windshield Wipes [Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Forest Tent Caterpillar, Pine Needle Scale].
  4. DISEASE DIGEST: Powdery Mildew on Annuals; and Dog Vomit [Fungus].
  5. TURF TIPS: Hole-ly Turf! [Striped Skunk, Tree Squirrel, Raccoon]; Dandelions are Dandy Nectar Sources; and Broadleaf Weed Control Revisited.
  6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Greenhouse Insect Problems [Fungus Gnats, Shore Flies]; and Thrips.
  7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Byglive! Diagnostic Walk-About at Toledo Botanical Garden; Cincinnati Byglive! Diagnostic Walk-About; and Landscape Diagnostic Workshop in Central Ohio
  8. BYGLOSOPHY.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:18 )
 

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