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  1. Asian Longhorned Beetle Find Means More Bad News for Ohio's Forests, Tree Industries

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/asian-longhorned-beetle-find-means-more-bad-news-ohios-forests-tree-industries

    include perfectly round exit holes (about 3/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter) made by adult beetles on the bark ... June 21, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The first discovery of Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) infesting ... While the emerald ash borer (EAB)--another invasive beetle that hitchhiked its way to North America from ...

  2. 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 ...

  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 ... spruce trees, has become more problematic over the past several years, threatening tree nurseries in Ohio ... and timber industries in states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan. "The white pine weevil has ...

  4. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Non-maple Tree Syrup (for the Week of March 11, 2007)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-non-maple-tree-syrup-week-march-11-2007-0

    elm, cherry, tulip-poplar and shagbark hickory bark; from pine, fir and spruce buds; even from black ... locust flowers! Twig P.S. Elm, cherry and pine-bud syrups, for example, are folk remedies for coughs and ...

  5. Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts on Asian Longhorned Beetle; Hotline for SW Ohio Counties

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/media-advisory-ohio-state-experts-asian-longhorned-beetle-hotline-sw-ohio-counties

    about the discovery in Ohio of Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), an exotic insects that kills maples and ... Asian longhorned beetle would never be detected in Ohio,” said Dan Herms, an entomologist with OSU ... Meyer, 419-688-9135,  meyer.824@cfaes.osu.edu; David Shetlar, 614-292-3762,  shetlar.1@osu.edu; Dan ...

  6. Ornamental Weed Control Involves Application Strategy

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ornamental-weed-control-involves-application-strategy

    acceptable, pine nuggets provided the best performance with the herbicides used than hardwood bark. "The ... a research appointment with Ohio State's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Pine nuggets ... and hardwood bark were the tested mulches, and the liquid chemicals used in the study included ...

  7. OARDC, OSU Extension Join Effort to Fight Ash Pest Found in Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oardc-osu-extension-join-effort-fight-ash-pest-found-ohio

    last week by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) as emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis —a beetle ... David Shetlar will be part of the Ohio Emerald Ash Borer Task Force, a group of experts and officials ... in a press release. The beetle Because of its recent discovery in North America, little is known ...

  8. 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 ... three were pre-treated mulches, eight were herbicides applied under hardwood bark, and eight were ... herbicides applied over pine nuggets. At 350 days, four treatments were still providing commercially ...

  9. Herbicide-Treated Mulches Effective Method of Weed Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/herbicide-treated-mulches-effective-method-weed-control

    organic mulches (pine nuggets, cypress, Douglas fir, hardwood bark, rice hulls, cocoa bean shells, and ... required in the nursery and landscape industries. Based on the results, rice hulls and hardwood bark ... considered commercially acceptable," said Mathers. Other pre-treated mulches, like pine nuggets, also ...

  10. Ohio State Forestry Students to Hold Christmas Tree Sale Nov. 29-Dec. 2

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-forestry-students-hold-christmas-tree-sale-nov-29-dec-2

    The trees are fresh cut Ohio-grown Fraser firs, Scotch pines, white pines and blue spruces in heights ...

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