June 13, 2013

This is the 11th 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 (Larkspur); Perennial (Red Hot Poker); Woody (Sweetbay Magnolia); Vegetable (Okra); and Weed (Common Pokeweed).
2.  HORT SHORTS:  Name That Tree.
3.  BUG BYTES:  Leafcurl Ash Aphid; Oak Apple Wasp Galls; Midge Galls on Oak; An Unusual Goldenrod Leaf Gall; and Porch Lights Shed Light on Cockroaches (Wood Cockroach).
4. DISEASE DIGEST:  Quince Rust on Hawthorn; What Exactly do You See?; and Rose Rosette Virus Disease.
5.  TURF TIPS:  Hard-to-Control Turfgrass Weeds.
6.  INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:  ODA Scheduled to Begin Gypsy Moth Pheromone Flaking Next Week and Get Your Green Industry Fix Webinar:  July 10.
7.  WEATHERWATCH:  Weather Update and Growing Degree Days (GDD).
8.  COMING ATTRACTIONS:  Ohio's Invasive Species Series, June 2013, OSU Mansfield Campus;  Diagnostic Walkabout for the Green Industry; and Thousand Canker Disease of Walnut Workshop.
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.