May 10, 2012

This is the 6th 2012 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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In This Issue:

1.  PLANTS OF THE WEEK:  Annual (Petunia); Perennial (Bearded Iris); Woody (Tuliptree); Vegetable (Thyme); and Weed (Common Reed Grass).
2.  HORT SHORTS:  Growing Degree Days (GDD); and Is that Wildlife Baby Really an Orphan?
3.  BUG BYTES:  ODA Adds Second Ohio County to the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Quarantine; Horned Oak Galls; Annual Maple Leaf-Drop Commences (Maple Petiole|
Borer); Yucky Yucca (Yucca Plant Bug); The Small Carpenter Bee Tunneling in Brambles; Predator Paradise (Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle, Fiery Searcher Caterpillar
Hunter, Green Lacewing, and Antlions); and Windshield Wipes (Emerald Ash Borer, Four-Lined Plant Bug, and Calico Scale).
4.  DISEASE DIGEST:  Orange Rust in Blackberries.
5.  TURF TIPS:  Brown Ring Patch/Waitea Patch.
6.  INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:  Diagnostic Conundrum of Strange Growths on Honeylocust; Tree Campus USA; and "First Green Industry Fix" Webinar Launched.
7.  WEATHERWATCH.
8.  COMING ATTRACTIONS:  Southwest Ohio BYGLive!; Beekeeping Webinar; Woody Plant ID Workshop at Secrest Arboretum; Plant Diagnostic Dilemmas Undone
Workshop; 2012 NW Ohio Summer Session; and 2012 Commercial New Applicator Training Scheduled.
9.  BYGLOSOPHY.

Lead Editor:  Curtis Young; Contributing Authors:  Pam Bennett, Joe Boggs, Julie Crook,  Jim Chatfield, Erik Draper Dave Dyke, Gary Gao, Tim Malinich, Cindy Meyer, Amy Stone, Marne Titchnell and Curtis Young.

Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine provides timely information about Ohio growing conditions, pest, disease, and cultural problems. Updated weekly between April and October, this information is useful for those who are managing a commercial nursery, garden center, or landscape business or someone who just wants to keep their yard looking good all summer.