. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 0IIE60N . -â - ->- ->- -â¢- -». ->- -*- -»- -»- -*- -*- -*. j>. ->- -*-.«- -â¢- -â¢- -â¢- -»- -»- -â¢- -â¢- Kg's Ear Problem Remains by David Keir County Extension Agent Growers attending the field day leld late in May were able to see he vine shading problem that pig's jar or false lily-of-the-valley will ;ause. Where this weed establishes good foothold in a bog it shades )ut vines and greatly reduces berry )roduction. But its worst feature is hat it is impossible to hand weed )r control with bog herbicides. A
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 0IIE60N . -â - ->- ->- -â¢- -». ->- -*- -»- -»- -*- -*- -*. j>. ->- -*-.«- -â¢- -â¢- -â¢- -»- -»- -â¢- -â¢- Kg's Ear Problem Remains by David Keir County Extension Agent Growers attending the field day leld late in May were able to see he vine shading problem that pig's jar or false lily-of-the-valley will ;ause. Where this weed establishes good foothold in a bog it shades )ut vines and greatly reduces berry )roduction. But its worst feature is hat it is impossible to hand weed )r control with bog herbicides. As result, pig's ear is developing into )ne of our worst weeds on the )ogs where it has become estab- ished. There is little doubt that prompt ittention should be paid to con- rolling the spread of pig's ear when t has gotten a start in a bog. One vay to do this is to make sure the veed does not develop berries. If s ear berries are allowed to nature, they can be spread to other >arts of the bog at harvest time. Another way to slow the spread of his weed is to keep the fohage lown in the spring. This measure lot only saps the strength of the mderground rhizomes but also gives ;ranberry vines a much better :hance to compete against the shad- ng out competition of the weed. Ii final note on pig's ear is that it laturally tends to yellow and die >ut by mid to late summer. How- ver, don't let this fool you into hinking that the die-out is perm- nent. Pig's ear always seems to ome back stronger than ever the lext year unless some attempts are nade to control its spread. tee Inspector Here Oregon state law in regard to 'ee colonies is such that anyone /ho owns or is in charge of active hives within the state must register them with the Oregon Department of Agriculture. An application blank for this purpose is available from the County Extension Office in Coquille, and I would urge anyone who has not done so to register their bees as soon as possible. The
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