winter annuals

The OSU Turf Team posted their newest edition of their Turfgrass Team Times (TTT) last Friday. Check out the latest information that is all about turf - seed establishment and irrigation, seed corn beetle, turfgrass ants, yellow nutsedge, winter annuals including hairy bittercress, and Japanese stilt grass.

Check out the latest edition of the OSU Turfgrass Team Times. Dr. Shetlar, Dr. Gardner, Dr. Carr, and Dr. Nangle all join in to talk turf issues currently facing industry! Lots of great seasonal updates you don't want to miss.

The annual deep purple bloom of Purple Deadnettle and Henbit in Ohio farm fields and a purple haze rising over lawns may conjure a nostalgic pop culture smash-up. These non-native showy weeds belong to the mint family, Lamiaceae, as evidenced by their square stems which is a family trait.

How many of us have gone outside to smugly look at our gardens that looked pristine and in excellent shape heading into the winter?  Then in the Spring, as we emerge from our winter hibernation to survey our domain… We are shocked!  What the heck happened out there because there are tufts of green weeds everywhere!  A gardening friend asked me what this green thing was, because he had already pulled or dug up two wheelbarrow loads of them!  The prolific green demon belongs to the mustard family (Brassicaceae) and is known as Hairy Bittercress (HB) or Cardamine hirsuta...

Check out the first edition of the Turfgrass Times in 2021. A special shout out to the following OSU Turfgrass Team members that made this week's video possible: Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Joe Rimelspach; and Dr. Dave Shetlar (aka the Bug Doc); Dr. Pamela Sherratt; and Michael O'Keeffe.