Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

April 10, 2008 PDF Print E-mail

This is the 2nd 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 8th conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Cindy Burskey (Clermont); Jim Chatfield (OSU Extension Center at Wooster/ Hort and Crop Science); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); David Goerig (Mahoning); Michael Loos (Cuyahoga); Joe Rimelspach (Plant Pathology); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); Amy Stone (Lucas); and Curtis Young (Allen).

In This Issue:

  1. WEATHERWATCH
  2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Plants of the Week [Lenten Rose, Corneliancherry Dogwood]; The Weekly Weed [Common Chickweed]; Time to Lime?; BYGL Travels [Israel Study Tour].
  3. BUGBYTES: Eastern Tent Cats Arrive; Forest Tent Cats Soon to Arrive; Time to Monitor for Spruce Spider Mites; Mourning Cloak Butterflies Flitter.
  4. DISEASE DIGEST: Black Knot Fungus on Plum and Cherry; Fly Specks on Apple.
  5. TURF TIPS: Migrating Maggots: Leatherjackets; Lawn Seeding; Sodding
  6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: 24C Label Announced for Treatment of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB); Pesticide Education Website.
  7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: BYGLive! in Cincinnati on Monday; The Cincinnati Flower Show; Scarlet, Green, and Gray Fair: The Green Way to Celebrate Earth Day.
  8. BYGLOSOPHY
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