Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

July 10, 2008 PDF Print E-mail
This is the 15th 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.

BYGL is available via email, contact Cheryl Fischnich [ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ] to subscribe. Additional Factsheet information on any of these articles may be found through the OSU fact sheet database [ http://plantfacts.osu.edu/ ].

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 July 8th 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); David Goerig (Mahoning); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Joe Rimelspach (Plant Pathology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Curtis Young (Allen); and Randy Zondag (Lake).

In This Issue:

  1. WEATHERWATCH
  2. HORT SHORTS: GDD (Growing Degree Days); Plants of the Week [Woody, Sourwood - (Oxydendrum arboretum); Perennial, Lilies (Lilium spp.); Annual, Coleus (Solenostemum spp.) and Weed, Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L)].
  3. BUGBYTES: Late Arriving Japanese Beetles; Phones Are Humming With Mosquito Calls; Endless Cicadas; Earwigs Chewing on Blossoms; and Choked-Up Leaf Tier.
  4. TURF TIPS: Brown Patch Appears; and Cicada Killers On The Loose.
  5. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: CWEPPDC Update.
  6. COMING ATTRACTIONS: BYGL Live! in Cincinnati; Northwest Ohio Green Industry Summer Session; Foundry Sand in Soil Applications Forum, July 23rd and July 24th; and 41st Annual NGLCO Summer Field Day.
  7. BYGLOSOPHY
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