May 23, 2013

This is the 8th 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 (Calibrachoa); Perennial (Peony); Woody (Red Horsechestnut); Vegetable (Green Beans); and Weed (Cressleaf Groundsel).
2.  HORT SHORTS:  Fruit Thinning in Apples; Squirrel Litter; and Dog Vomit Slime Mold.
3.  BUG BYTES:  Annual Maple Leaf-Drop Commences (Maple Petiole Borer); Scarlet Oak Sawfly; Balsam Twig Aphid; Woolly Beech Aphid; Hydrangea Leaf-Tier Moth; Mosquitoes Buzz Ohio Landscapes; Pigmy Hummingbirds? (Hummingbird Clearwing and Snowberry Clearwing); Winter Honey Bee Loss; and Windshield Wipes (Columbine Leafminer and Luna Moth) .
4. DISEASE DIGEST:  Black Rot Control in Grapes and Sycamore Anthracnose Heavy Again.
5.  TURF TIPS:  Billbug Control.
6.  INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:  Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness Week and Get Your Green Industry Fix Webinar II.
7.  WEATHERWATCH:  Weather Update and Growing Degree Days (GDD).
8.  COMING ATTRACTIONS:  Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz (BLBB); Ohio's Invasive Species Series, June 2013, OSU Mansfield Campus; and Diagnostic Walkabout for the Green Industry.
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.