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Beech Blight Aphids (Grylloprociphilus imbricator)

Beech Blight Aphids Got Talent

SEP 21, 2023

Nature Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

The talented and uniquely entertaining Beech Blight Aphids (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) are taking the stage in Ohio. Some of the best line dancing can be seen in Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve...

OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout Highlight: The Redbud Leaffolder

SEP 21, 2023

Horticulture Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Participants in the OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout held this past Monday at the Boone County Arboretum observed the unusual damage caused by the Redbud Leaffolder (Fascista cer...

Ohio Diagnostic Workshop Highlight: White Masses on the Stems of Redbuds

SEP 21, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line BGYL

During yesterday’s 83rd Ohio Diagnostic Workshop held in Secrest Arboretum, OSU CFAES, Wooster, OH., participants found snowy-white masses on the stems of redbuds (Cercis canadensis). The agglomeratio...

The Buzz on Rough Oak Bulletgalls

SEP 6, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Rough Oak Bulletgalls induced by the gall-wasp, Disholcaspis quercusmamma (family Cynipidae) are splitting through the bark and rising on the stems of oaks in the white oak group in southwest Ohio. ...

Dodderâ€™s Tangled Tale

SEP 3, 2023

Nature Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Dodders are parasitic plants belonging to the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. They were formerly placed in the dodder family, Cuscutaceae, with only one genus in the family, Cuscuta. I think i...

Fall Webworms are Conspicuous by Their Absence

SEP 3, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Fall Webworms (Hyphantria cunea, family Erebidae) have been virtual no-shows over much of Ohio this season. Although, there are reports of highly localized populations with noticeable nests, trees i...

What the â€˜HAILâ€™ happened to my tree?

SEP 3, 2023

Arboriculture Horticulture Plant Health Care Tree Health Weather Related Buckeye Yard and Garden Line Tree Preservation Tree Risk Assessment

Storms blew through Sandusky Ohio Saturday, August 12, 2023, taking down branches, trees, and power lines.

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August 14, 2023

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Thomas deHaas

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Re-Visiting Volutella and Browned Boxwoods

SEP 3, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

It’s important to prune out boxwood stems that have dead brown foliage to aid in recovery from winter injury. However, it’s also important to learn whether or not the stems were infected by opportun...

Bare the Flare for Healthy Trees and Shrubs

JUL 13, 2023

Horticulture Plant Health Care

By Chris OlsonChris Olson, BCMA | TRAQ WE-12363BBCMA | TRAQ WE-12363

Young trees are dying every day from secondary opportunistic pests. Many are unaware as the symptoms can be random.

– Crown die b...

What to Look for with Box Tree (Boxwood) Moth

JUL 13, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line Invasives

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced this past week that Box Tree Moth (BTM) (Cydalima perspectalis, family Crambidae) had been confirmed in Hamilton and Clermont counties in southwest...

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