Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

This is the 10th 2008 edition of the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL). BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Extension Educators, Specialists, and other contributors in Ohio.

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BYGL is a service of OSU Extension and is aided by major support from the ONLA (Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association) [ http://onla.org/ ] and [ http://buckeyegardening.com/ ] to the OSU Extension Nursery, Landscape and Turf Team (ENLTT). Any materials in this newsletter may be reproduced for educational purposes providing the source is credited.

BYGL is available online at: [ http://bygl.osu.edu ], a web site sponsored by the Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences (HCS) as part of the "Horticulture in Virtual Perspective." The online version of BYGL has images associated with the articles and links to additional information.

Following are the participants in the June 3rd conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Barb Bloetscher (Entomology/C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Jim Chatfield (OSU Extension Center at Wooster/ Hort and Crop Science); Erik Draper (Geauga); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); Gary Gao (Delaware); Michael Loos (Cuyahoga); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Becky McCann (ABE Center); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Nancy Taylor (C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Shawn Wright (OSU Piketon Centers); and Curtis Young (Allen).

In This Issue:

1. WEATHERWATCH
2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Very Patchy Frost; Periodic Blooms; Erratum; and Plants of the Week [Cape Daisy; False Indigo; Japanese Tree Lilac; Wild Parsnip]
3. BUGBYTES: A Periodical Update; The Leaves Have Eyes; and Bug Bytes [Pine Needle Scale; Bagworm; Pine Spittlebug; Spruce Spidermite; Arborvitae Spider Mite].
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Suspected Canna Yellow Mottle Virus (CAYMV); Verticillium Wilt; and Moist Chamber [Anthracnose Diseases; Oak Wilt, Botryosphaeria Canker on Juniper; Phomopsis Canker on Spruce; Volutella Leaf Blight and Stem Canker on Pachysandra; Phoma Dieback on Vinca, Downy Mildew on Rose; Phytophthora Canker of Viburnum,; Powdery Mildew of Callery Pear].
5. TURF TIPS: And …They're Off.
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Balsam Twig Aphid; Not the Ordinary Recommendations; and Sampling 101-3: Knowledge is Power.
7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Cincinnati BYGLive! Diagnostic Walk-About