May 16, 2013

This is the 7th 2013 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 (Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'); Perennial (Allium or Ornamental Onion); Woody (Sassafras); Vegetable (Sweet Corn); and Weed (Wild Onion).
2.  HORT SHORTS:  Weather Note; Freeze Damage to Fruit Crops on May 13; Rarely seen by the Uninitiated; and Still a Good Time for Birding.
3.  BUG BYTES:  "Flying Ticks" Return (Yellow Poplar Weevil); Boogie-Woogie Aphids (Beech Blight Aphids); Holey Thistle! (Thistle Tortoise Beetle); Black Locust Blooming - What Else is Happening  (Bronze Birch Borer and Emerald Ash Borer); Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week; and Windshield Wipes (Erineum Patches (Eriophyid Mite)).
4.  DISEASE DIGEST:  Beech Anthracnose.
5.  TURF TIPS:  Wildlife Around The Home: Skunks And Moles.
6.  INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:  Treatment for Gypsy Moths has Begun and Get Your Green Industry Fix Webinar II.
7.  WEATHERWATCH:  Weather Update and Growing Degree Days (GDD).
8.  COMING ATTRACTIONS:  Southwest Ohio BYGLive!; Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz (BLBB); and Ohio's Invasive Species Series, June 2013, OSU Mansfield Campus.
9.  BYGLOSOPHY.

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