Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine

This is the 17th 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 July 22nd conference call: Pam Bennett (Clark); Barb Bloetscher (Entomology/C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC)); Joe Boggs (Hamilton/Piketon); Erik Draper (Geauga); Dave Dyke (Hamilton); Gary Gao (Delaware); David Goerig (Mahoning); Michael Loos (Cuyahoga); Tim Malinich (Lorain); Dave Shetlar (Entomology); Amy Stone (Lucas); Nancy Taylor (CWEPPDC); Curtis Young (Allen); and Randy Zondag (Lake)

In This Issue:

1. WEATHERWATCH
2. HORT SHORTS: Plants of the Week [Woody, Paperbark Map (Acer griseum); Perennial, Hyssop - (Agastache spp.); Annual, Double Impatiens - (Impatiens spp.)]; Some Like it Hot [Landscape Watering Challenges]; Iron Chlorosis in Landscape Tree; Look-A-Lichen.
3. BUGBYTES: Bagworms Still Having Their Way!; Mass Attacks By Japanese Beetles; The Buzz on Honey Bees; and Windshield Wipes [Hollyhock Sawfly, Hornworms, Pine Needle Scale].
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Not Wilting From the Weather [Verticillium Wilt]; Scabby Crabby Leaves [Apple Scab]; Black Rot of Grape; and The Moist Chamber [Physiological leaf roll on tomato, Southern Blight on tomato, Pseudomonas on Brussels sprouts, Diplodia tip blight, Dothistroma needle blight].
5. TURF TIPS: Trivialis is Not Trivial [Roughstalk Bluegrass]; Proper Mowing of Lawns in the Summer.
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Even Well-Watered Plants Can Wilt; White Pine Weevil a Top Complaint; and Zimmerman Pine Moth on White Pine.
7. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Cincinnati Flower Growers to Explore the New World of Sustainable Landscaping; Northwest Ohio Green Industry Summer Session; BYGLive! in Cincinnati; 41st Annual NGLCO Summer Field Day; Turfgrass Research Field Day; Ohio Lawn Care Outdoor Summer Seminar; Mahoning Valley Plant Diagnostic Workshop; Diagnostic Walkabouts for the Green Industry; AGI Fall Get Together
8. BYGLOSOPHY