Check out this week's timely update on all things turf. Following today's Turfgrass Team Times (TTT) recording, plans are to move to weekly updates.

The holey handiwork of the Oak Shothole Leafminer is appearing on its namesake hosts in southwest Ohio. The fly is also capable of damaging Chinese chestnuts. Populations appear to be higher this year than during the "outbreak" in 2019-2020.

About two weeks ago, I was doing some yard work around one of the prized plants of the Drapescape; specifically, a magnolia, Magnolia X brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'.  It is a hybrid cross of our eastern native cucumber magnolia, Magnolia acuminata and M. lilliflora.  This year the gorgeous, incredible floral display of beautiful three-inch tall, vase-shaped blooms with butter-yellow petals, has been going on for weeks!  The large elliptical-shaped leaves are 4-8 inches long and 4-6 inches wide.  I meandered over underneath the Magnolia...

The emergence of Brood XIV (14) of the 17-year periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) is well underway in southern Ohio. Contribute to cicada science by using Cicada Safari to report sightings.

The 2017 OSU Extension soil testing fact sheet for horticulture professionals and backyard gardeners has been updated and posted on Ohioline.

Yellow poplars are failing to leaf out fully in eastern Ohio. The affected trees are located where Ohio experienced a record-breaking drought last season. The trees are also being affected by the yellow poplar weevil and the tuliptree scale.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is expanding the spotted lanternfly (SLF) quarantine to include counties in northeast and northwest Ohio to reduce the spread of the invasive insect. The six new counties now under quarantine are: Wood, Seneca, Summit, Portage, Trumbull, and Carroll counties.

Check out the latest Turfgrass Team Times that was recorded last Friday, May 9, 2025.

What actually is Vascular Cambium? Why does it matter?

Join Ohio State tick experts on Wednesday, May 7, at 4 p.m. to learn more about the growing public health concern caused by the exploding tick population in the Buckeye State.