I posted a BYGL Alert last year on peculiar red staining occurring on the bark of sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) and London planetrees (Platanus x acerifolia). Some of the reddening included streaks that made trees look like they were oozing blood.

Ticks are on the move!  Be sure to check yourself and your pets as tick reports ramps up!

Dr. Enrico Bonello is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the Ohio State University. Learn about his work over past decades in understanding the mechanisms of resistance of plants to infectious plant disease.

Here is your link to the video update from the OSU Turfgrass Team. Updates are from Dr. David Shetlar, aka The Bug Doc; Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Dr. Pamela Sherratt; Joe Rimelspach; Dr. Zane Raudenbush; and Mike O'Keefe. This is the first one of the season and packed full of great information for all - homeowners to turf professionals. 

 

https://youtu.be/jaDEiLdxTxY

 

These updates give us a pulse of what is happening in turfgrass across the state from OSU experts. You will get a taste of insects, diseases...

Remember the majority of turfgrass problems are not caused by diseases but are the result of two key factors. #1. Adverse weather conditions that are not conducive for growing cool-season grasses.  #2. Injury or damage to the turfgrass plants from use and ware and/or maintenance procedure that were not properly executed.

This is a story of The Rose Garden, with no Rosa in sight. It is the garden of Lois Rose, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer and gardener of great horticultural repute. Here are a few of the early spring plants of the Lois Rose Garden.

Common Mullein Article- Authored by David Marrison

Coshocton County Extension Educator

When the news broke that we would need to retreat to our homes due to Coronavirus-19, the run on milk, eggs, bread and toilet paper began at our local grocery stores.  I have been especially fascinated by the hoarding of toilet paper.  Every time I have been out to get food and supplies, the toilet paper shelves have been completely bare. 

 

As my wife Emily and I were out taking a...

The names of plant diseases, plant pests, and even human disease matter. This Point Counter Point will start a series on narrating why these things should matter to BYGL readers.

Last year, I vowed not to take any more pictures of blooming Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana). I have hundreds of pictures including some that I've labeled "Field of Pears." It's a 13.5-acre former farm field along I-75 just north of the exit for SR 129. The field is covered with escaped pears; no trees had ever been planted there. I've been taking shots of the field since 2010.

Loebner Magnolia Article

Authored by Claudia Winslett

 

This is the first bygl-alert over the next several weeks from students in the Horticulture and Crop Science 3410 class, “Sustainable Landscape Maintenance”, now meeting virtually. This alert text and images are by Claudia Winslett (the posting indicates the author is Jim Chatfield; we are working on changing this as students begin submitting these articles).  The pictures are from Columbus, Ohio with its Growing Degree-Days of 99 as of this Sunday. Magnolia stellata, one of the...