Late-season flowers are a boon to pollinators prepping for winter. Two of my favorites are members of the Asteraceae family: Late-Flowering Thoroughwort (Eupatorium serotinum) and Goldenrods (Solidago spp.). They are pollinator magnets.

Participants in today’s OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati Diagnostic Walkabout held at the Boone County Arboretum, Union, KY, discussed the current developmental condition of bagworms. The caterpillars have completed their development and “tied off,” marking a significant shift in management options.

Oaks are unique that the species is native to 47 of the 50 United States. They were an important source of food for Native Americans and wildlife. They are outstanding trees in nature. To celebrate the United States 250th Birthday, they are being planted throughout the State of Ohio.

The OGIA/OSU Extension Hands-On Diagnostic Walkabout at the Boone County Arboretum. The Walkabouts are for Green Industry professionals and provide comprehensive, hands-on training. Participants examine and discuss plants, plant pests, plant diseases, landscape designs, and other points of interest.

Spider-Man uses a line of silk to swing through cityscapes and subdue evildoers. But in the arthropod world, spider-women are the masters of silk. Female spiders have seven different silk glands from which they draw an array of different types of silk for different purposes, including constructing intricate webs to snare prey.

Turf Team Times brings together the OSU Turfgrass Team to share timely updates about what's happening in sports and lawn turf!

This week, we saw stormy days up North creating some wet and humid conditions for our lawns. Weather conditions have led to some delays in certain insects and disease appearances. Todd Hicks talks about Poa trivialis or roughstalk bluegrass, an invasive species that usually goes dormant and looks dead in July/August. It has been delayed and is just now starting to brown out and may alarm homeowners. Management includes killing it with an herbicide...

Turf Team Times brings together the OSU Turfgrass Team to share timely updates about what's happening in sports and lawn turf!

This week, hear about yellowing turf after heavy rains, late season weed control and thinking to next year. The re-seeding window is now open for renovating lawns. This is the ideal time of year to seed grass. Dr Gardner talks weed control including suggestions for sedge herbicide options that are available and a quick insect update from Dr. Wu.  BugDoc Dr. Shetlar shares some late summer, early fall odd-ball insects such as Cranberry Girdler in Kentucky...

The “fall” in fall webworm remains accurate, with the red-headed biotype producing a dramatic localized outbreak in Toledo. Heavy webbing and defoliation of preferred hosts in the Oak Openings area.

The non-native Box Tree Moth feeds exclusively on boxwood. The “tree” in the common name refers to the tree-like growth of native boxwoods in Europe as well as Asia, where BTM is native.

Oak Rough Bulletgalls are produced under the direction of the tiny gall wasp. The “rough” in the common name refers to the roughened appearance created by tiny hairs covering the surface. The sturdy galls can be round like a musket ball or slightly elongated like a Minie ball, which accounts for the “bullet” part of their common name.