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  1. Ribes Trials to Evalute Resistance and Immunity to White Pine Blister Rust

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ribes-trials-evalute-resistance-and-immunity-white-pine-blister-rust

    Ribes varieties must be resistant to white pine blister rust, a devastating disease of white pine trees ... selections we chose are either labeled as showing immunity or show high resistance to the white pine blister ... for white pine blister rust based on the local growing conditions in Ohio. That means if they are ...

  2. Emergency Forage for Planting Early to Mid-Summer

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/emergency-forage-planting-early-mid-summer

    on managing this forage can be found in a factsheet from Cornell University ... (http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publications/factsheets/factsheet24.pdf). Brassica species can be planted in May to early June for late summer grazing or fall grazing by ... in diets. For more information on brassicas for forage, see the Penn State factsheet at ...

  3. Researchers Seeking New Ways to Control Nursery Tree Pest

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/researchers-seeking-new-ways-control-nursery-tree-pest

    in Ohio's nursery industry. The white pine weevil, a North American native that attacks pine and ... and timber industries in states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan. "The white pine weevil has ... white pine weevil is a threat to nursery and timber industries because the insect is not so easy to ...

  4. Biomass Crop Makes for Good Nursery Container Potting Mix

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/biomass-crop-makes-good-nursery-container-potting-mix

    amendments (peat moss, fetilizers, compost) mixed in, can replace pine bark to support and enhance root ... concerns in the green industry of the increase in price and decrease in availability of pine bark – the ... growers in using pine bark, a byproduct of the timber industry, as a container substrate. But with the ...

  5. OSU Extension and Master Gardener Volunteers Popular at Home and Garden Show

    https://franklin.osu.edu/news/osu-extension-and-master-gardener-volunteers-popular-home-and-garden-show

    fact-sheets and publications. This partnership has evolved into one of the largest community outreach ...

  6. Herbicide and Mulch Combo Superior Method of Weed Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/herbicide-and-mulch-combo-superior-method-weed-control

    Pine nuggets and hardwood bark were the tested mulches, and the liquid chemicals used in the study ... herbicides applied over pine nuggets. At 350 days, four treatments were still providing commercially ... acceptable weed control: Surflan/SureGuard pre-treated pine nuggets, Casoron applied over pine nuggets, ...

  7. Pricing Standing Forage in the Field

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/pricing-standing-forage-field

    are challenging to quantify. A new factsheet and Excel worksheet are available to help you arrive at ...

  8. Media Advisory: Meeting Features Arsenal of Educational Tools in Insect, Disease Fight

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/media-advisory-meeting-features-arsenal-educational-tools-insect-disease-fight

    Determine Timing of Insect Emergence; presented by David Shetlar, OSU Extension entomologist. • 1:30 p.m.: ... Identifying Strange and Unusual Turfgrass Insects; presented by David Shetlar, OSU Extension entomologist. ...

  9. Alfalfa Weevil – It’s Closer Than You Think

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-closer-you-think

    weevil, visit our factsheet. If you are interested in a more detailed treatment of how growing degree days ...

  10. New Ribes Trials and Compost Sock System Demo Part of Hort Field Night

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-ribes-trials-and-compost-sock-system-demo-part-hort-field-night

    banned due to the serious threat to the white pine industry from white Pine blister rust. Ribes are the ... white pine blister rust, and are available to consumers through commercial fruit nurseries. The evening ...

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