Check out this week's OSU Turf Team Times recorded on Friday, April 11, 2025. Contributor's include: Pamela Sherratt; Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Shaohui Wu; Dr. Shetlar; and Dr. Ed Nangle.

Recently, OSU's State Fruit Pathologist and Fresh Produce Safety Specialist, posted a guide for Disease Management in Home Strawberry Plantings. The resource is available on the web, and you will also see guides for home apple and grape disease management as well.

Welcome back to the OSU Turf Team Times - your go to resource for turf information in Ohio. This is the recording from Friday, March 28, 2025. We are in the early season and this turf resource will be recorded every other week for awhile. After checking out this recording, watch for a BYGL Alert sharing the next recording this Friday, April 11, 2025.

Arborvitae is a plant that is widely used as an evergreen hedge or screen. Some are suffering or completely dead. What can be done?

As temperatures warm, Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) (SLF) eggs laid last fall will begin to hatch later this spring. The National Phenology Network is forecasting SLF egg hatch in North America based on growing degree day (GDD), base 50F. The map below was captured on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. You can continue to monitor the USA NPN website for SLF egg hatch at: https://usanpn.org/data/maps/forecasts/spotted_lanternfly

Bamboo is used to create beautiful furniture and other products for homes. These products often originate offshore and may come with a surprise. Here's another example of how these ‘guests' ended up in the United States.

Just in time for the upcoming season, Ohio State University Extension's FactSheet, How and Why to Hire an Arborist, has been updated and is posted on the Ohioline website. The updates include information about the different types of arborists and the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ). There are also links to additional references and resources on the subject.

As weather warms...and it will - the calendar says it is officially spring - people will hopefully be spending an increasing amount of time outdoors. As they are outside, they may notice some things that they had not observed last year, and it may catch them by surprise and they may begin seeking answers. We had just the situation in the OSU Lucas County Extension office when a resident stopped by to ask what happened to their tree over the winter.  Their verbal description of "vertical raised lines" on the main trunk of some of their trees in their landscape, and photos on their cell phone...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) in collaboration with the USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced yesterday that a 5.2 square mile area that includes portions of East Fork State Park and Tate Township has been removed from the ALB quarantined area.

The first day of Spring is synonymous with the Vernal Equinox, meaning equal day and equal night: 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The daylight hours are increasing. In the garden, Spring is marked by the emergence of crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and eventually tulips. But another plant is blooming; Vernal Witchhazel.