Check out today's (08.23.2019) latest and greatest version of the OSU's Turf Team Turfgrass Times. This week's contributors include:  Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Joe Rimelspach; and Dr. Pam Sherratt.

Check out the most recent Turfgrass Times recorded August 16, 2019. This session includes updates from Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Joe Rimelspach; and Dr. Zane Raudenbush.

Damage by non-native Mimosa Webworms was a topic of discussion during today's BYGLive! Zoom Inservice. Curtis Young reported high localized populations in northwest Ohio and we both saw flaming honeylocusts last week in Knoxville, TN, as well as along I-75 in Kentucky as we each made our way back from the ISA International Conference.

The unusual damage caused by the Redbud Leaffolder on its namesake host is becoming evident as caterpillars develop through the final generation this season. Populations are sporadic and highly localized with the most dramatic damage appearing on weeping redbuds.

Come one and all to the Sustainable Landscaping Workshop on September 3 at the Secrest Arboretum of the Ohio State University Wooster campus. Plant selection and matching to the site is the beginning and the key to landscaping success, followed by proper installation and maintenance. Come for a day of interaction, walking and talking.

The 86th Ohio Plant Diagnostic Workshop will be held on Friday, September 6 at OSU's Secrest Arboretum in Wooster. Join us for samples, walks and talks - and a fine lunch. From oak wilt and a discussion of beech leaf diseases, to what has the Season of 2019 wrought.

Here is your link to the weekly video update (recorded on 08.09.2019) from the OSU Turfgrass Team. Updates are from Dr. David Shetlar, aka The Bug Doc; Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Dr. Pamela Sherratt; and Karl Dannenberger.

Alexander von Humboldt is one of the most important influencers of the Modern Age, yet we know so little of him; he taught us to embrace and understand our part in Nature, not to fear or conquer Nature. This September 13-14 we will celebrate the 250th Anniversary of his birth. Come one, come all to Secrest Arboretum in Wooster, Ohio for the festivities.

Plant blooms are the typical focus as we progress through a growing season, but people become panicky when plants don’t perform how they normally do.  It’s the time of year that concerned citizens call in wondering whether or not their magnolias or rhododendrons are signaling they are going to die.  When asked why they think that the plants are going to die, the response is always the same, “because they are blooming again and they already bloomed this year!”

 

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There are only two species of lotus worldwide: the American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) and the Sacred Lotus (N. nucifera) which is also called the Indian, Asian, or pink lotus. Both lotus species once belonged to the water-lily family, Nymphaeaceae, in the plant order Nymphaeales.