A customer wants to control weeds in his lawn. Do you:

1
A customer wants to control weeds in his lawn.
Do you

• Point them to where the Roundup is stocked.
• Ask him what types of
• weeds he wants to control.

2
What types of products help with weed control?

• Broadleaf herbicides
• Crabgrass herbicides
• Fertilizers
• Lawn mowers
• Turfgrass seed

3
Do Not Apply Products in a Vacuum.

• Do not seed or sod for four months following
  application. The crabgrass barrier prevents
  grass seed from sprouting.
• - Scotts Crabgrass Preventer Plus Lawn
  Fertilizer

4
Products you have that help control apple scab
include

• A. Insecticides
• B. Fungicides
• C. Bacteriacides
• D. Miticides

5
Which of your products is the best to control
apple scab?

• A. Disease resistant varieties of
• crabapple.
• B. Fungicides that help prevent scab.
• C. Fungicides that eradicate the
• disease.
• D. All of the above.

6
Products that you have that help control
fireblight disease include

• A. Fungicides
• B. Bacteriacides
• C. Insecticides
• D. Miticides

7
Products that you have that help control
bacterial wilt of cucumber are

• A. Fungicides
• B. Bacteriacides
• C. Insecticides
• D. Miticides

8
A customer comes in, but does not want to use
pesticides to control oystershell scale on
dogwoods, crabgrass in their lawn or black spot
on their roses. How would you suggest the
following products for use in control of these
pests?

• A. Pruners for the oystershell scales.
• B. Fertilizer for the crabgrass control.
• C. Trickle irrigation system for rose
• black spot control.

9
Which of the following are ways to make use of
the Buckeye Yard Garden Line (BYGL)?

• A. Via e-mail
• B. On the web
• C. Via FAX Newsletter
• D. At monthly BYGLive! programs

10
For customers who do not like to spray for apple
scab, which of the following crabapples would you
sell?

• A. Radiant
• B. Prairifire
• C. Royalty
• D. Indian Magic

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Sell Success--Not Just Products.

• Happy customers are repeat customers. Our
  greatest chance for long-term success is for our
  customers to be successful gardeners.
• - Lisa Graf
• Graf Growers Inc.

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Timing is Everything

• When do fungal infections occur with these
  diseases?
• A. Black spot of roses.
• B. Cedar quince rust on hawthorn.
• C. Apple scab on crabapple.
• D. Diplodia (Sphaeropsis) tip blight of pine.

13
Truth or Fiction

• Ortho Rose Pride Orthonex Insect and Disease
  Control gives systemic protection for up to two
  weeks. - Product label.

14
Truth or Fiction Facts

• A. The acephate (orthene) insecticide in Orthonex
  has such system action.
• B. The fungicide (Triforine), though mildly
  systemic, does not.
• C. The label in fact says Controls insect pests
  and prevents insect reinfestation for up to two
  weeks. Also controls rose black spot, rust and
  powdery mildew. (7-10 day intervals, used as
  protective)

15
Truth or Fiction

• You should always read the entire label of a
  pesticide.

16
Truth or Fiction

• Fatty acid soaps are recommended to control
  certain insects.

17
Truth or Fiction

• Labeled insecticidal soaps are recommended to
  control certain insects.

18
Truth or Fiction

• Sevin is a good miticide.

19
Truth or Fiction

• Sevin is a good miticide for eriophyid mites, but
  not spider mites.

20
Truth or Fiction

• Malathion is labeled as a miticide.

21
Truth or Fiction

• Malathion is an effective miticide.

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Insecticidal Soap Perspectives

• 1. Fatty acid soaps can effectively suffocate
  insects.
• 2. Safer soaps and Ivory soap are fatty acid
  soaps.
• 3. One of the fatty acid soap isomers marketed by
  Safer is insecticidal, and labeled as such.
• 4. One of the fatty acid soap isomers marketed by
  Safer is herbicidal, and labeled as such.
• 5. Ivory soap is not labeled for use on plants.

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Ten Keys to Plant and Site Selection
1. Timing is everything. 2. Read the site. 3.
Test the site. 4. Read the client. 5.
Horticulturists, know they plants.
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Ten Keys to Plant and Site Selection - CONTINUED
6. Size does matter. 7. Disease and pest
resistance. 8. Consider all selection
factors. 9. Special situations. 10. Expand
our palettes.
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Dr. Treevorkians Ten Rules for Plant Selection

• 1. Death Taxus - Plant in wet sites.
• 2. Shade your rose garden unter der lindens.
• 3. Promote Japanese maples as the next grate
  street tree.
• 4. Try silver maples as foundation plants.
• 5. Companion plant tip of the day Walnuts and
  tomatoes.

• 6. Plant No Hopa crabapples.
• 7. White pines for the white
• lines.
• 8. Basic Rhody Cocktail Lots of Water with a
  Lime Chaser
• 9. Forever Impatiens.
• 10. Zoysiagrass Grave blankets of the future.

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All hollies do poorly in wet sites.
A. True B. False
27
Plants typically considered acid-loving include
A. River birch B. Red maple C. Pin oak D. All
of the above
28
Which plants in each of the following pairs will
do better in wet sites
A. Taxus or Taxodium B. Norway maple or red
maple C. American holly or winterberry holly
29
True or False
All rhododendrons need shady locations.
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Diagnose this problem.

• You own a garden center and one of your best
  customers brings in several twigs of a
  rhododendron. Some of the leaves are gone but
  others still remain on the twig, brown and rolled
  up in little cylinders. What might
  the problem be?

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What Field Faculty Do

• Writing for trade publications, media, journals.
• Teaching a wide variety of topics locally and
  state-wide.
• Representing OSU and agricultural science to the
  media and public.
• Troubleshooting diagnostic challenges.
• Team-Working at many levels.
• Creating new ways to help clientele.
• Developing specialized expertise.

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BONUS Which of the following song
lyrics are correct?

• . Clown control to Mao Zedong.
• . Ants are my friends.
• . The girl with colitis goes by.
• . Scuse me while I kiss this guy.
• . And Lady Mondegreen.
• . None are correct.

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Guignardia Leaf Blotch of Aesculus
Which of the following is least susceptible to
this disease?

• Aesculus glabra
• Aesculus hippocastanum
• Aesculus pavia
• Aesculus octandra
• Aesculus x arnoldiana
• Autumn Splendor
• Aesculus parviflora

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Examples of Roses Resistant to Black Spot

• Hybrid Teas Chrysler Imperial, Tropicana
• Floribundas/Grandifloras Betty Prior, Sonia
• Shrub Roses All That Jazz, Carefree Wonder
• Miniatures Gourmet Popcorn, Rose Gilardi
• Rugosa Hybrids Polyantha, The Fairy
• Note Resistance may vary from one area to
  another.

35
These plants are all in the rose family
(Rosaceae).

• True or False
• Bacterial fireblight occurs only on plants in the
  rose family.

36
What products might you suggest for a customer
who does not want to use pesticides?

• A. Horticultural oils
• B. Fatty acid soaps
• C. Bt products
• D. All of the above

37
Which of the following is not true?
A. Tomatoes are sensitive to juglone from black
walnut trees. B. Adirondack crabapples
are spreading weepers. C. In most cases, tar spot
of maple causes little damage to plant
health. D. Cytospora canker is a common disease
of spruce.
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Buckeye Yard Garden LineE-mail
SubscriptionJim ChatfieldOSU Extension -
Northeast District1680 Madison AvenueWooster,
OH 44691Phone [phone]FAX
330/263-3667E-Mail chatfield.1_at_osu.edu
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Buckeye Yard Garden onLinehttp//www.hcs.ohi
o-state.edu/bygl.html
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True or False

• Bald cypress should be planted only in wet,
  swampy sites.

41
True or False

• Katsuratree should only be planted in shady,
  protected locations.