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Fighting landscape weeds mean chemical warfare
Keeping the home tandacap« weed
free to e tireeome but meentiel teak
for the homeowner who wants to
m aintain that well-manicured look
around lawns, flower beds and
shrubs.
The easiest way to control weeds to
to rem ove them by hand or with a hoe
or rake, f a —
where weeds are
widespread and well-established,
some chemical weed control may be
needed.
"Chemical weed control is easier if
you identify the weeds before star
ting the control program ," says Ray
McNeilan, Oregon State University
Extension home gardening agent
Some weeds that can cause p ro
blems in the home landscape are
field bindweed (m orning glory),
Canada thistle, poison oak and wild
R e p e a te d
tr e a tm e n ts
Once they are under the bark, the
borers can girdle the tree and kill it.
The borer can be p a rtic u la rly
damaging to new plantings and
young trees.
Control of the peach and prune root
borer to best accomplished from mid-
July to early August. Sprays contain
ing lindane or thiodan should be dren
ched on the lower limbs and trunk
and allowed to puddle up on the
ground at the base of the tree
Allow one to two pints per tree.
Neither insecticide should be used
within 11 days of harvest. Applica
tions two weeks apart are necessary
and timing is important. Once the
larvae have bored into the tree, they
are protected from the drench.
Gardeners who object to using
chemical preventative« can uncover
the trunk to get at the burrows. Then
poke a flexible w ire in the hole to
puncture the cream-colored larvae.
“ I t can be a tedious process, but
should be effective," McNeilan said.
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fully leafed out.
Glyphosate also is recommended
for control of w ild blackberries.
Repeated tre a tm e n ts m ay be
necessary.
Of course there are many more
weed-controlling compounds on the
market than those listed here. Many
types of herbicides are available at
garden stores The labels on the
various products should list the types
of weeds the pioduct may be used on.
McNeilan stresses that careful
adherence to the label instructions
for use of herbicides must be follow
ed for effective weed control.
w ith
Western peach borers
need quick treatment
I f plants could talk, the appearance
of western peach tree borers in the
neighborhood would have peach and
plum trees yelling for help.
Homeowners with flowering phtm
trees or fruiting plum, peach or
prune trees should be on the lookout
for peach tree borers. They common
ly are called peach and prune root
borers, said Ray McNeilan, Oregon
State University Extension home
gardening agent.
In the adult stage, the borer to a
steel blue modi (the female has an
orange stripe around the abdomen)
that lays eggs on or near the tree
trunk. Once hatched, the larvae then
bore into the trunk, crown and roots
of the tre, leaving sawdust and
am ber to reddish gummy secretions
by the entry holes.
"Borers seldom attack a tree
higher than 11 inches on the trunk
above ground level and they may at
tack tree roots up to three inches
below the soil line." McNeilan said.
dicamba. Painting or daubing the
leaves of weeds with the herbicide is
effective for treatment in areas
where spraying is not possible or
practical
Control of poison oak is best ac
complished by using glyphosate.
Repeated treatments may be re
quired for complete eradication. Ap
ply the herbicide when poison oak is
glyphosate, 2,4-D amine or dicamba
(Banvel) work best for control of
fie ld bindweed. Many desirable
plants are susceptible to these her
bicides, so be careful when applying,
McNeilan says. Do not apply dicam
ba where the roots of desirable plants
may be growing
Canada thistle also can be controll
ed w ith glyphosate. 2,4-D amine or
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency officials will participate in a
bearing concerning flood plain maps
and designations in Clackamas Coun
ty
The meeting to aet for 1:10 p.m.
Thursday a t the Departm ent of
Transportation and Development of
fice, 908 Abernetby Rond, Oregon Ci
ty, in conference room A.
Tbe federal officials w ill review the
most recent flood plain maps a n d *
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flood insurance program for a 3 « f V >
unincorporated Clackamas County.
"S ince zoning ordinances put
restrictions on development within
flood plains, accurate maps are
essential to both the property owners
and the county," said Gary Naylor,
county planner. “The Aug. H review
is an opportunity to nail down precise
lot-by-lot locations."
The study includes flood plain
maps showing areas that would be in
undated by a 100-year flood, flood
elevation profiles and flood in
surance rate maps for the use of
financial institutions and insurance
agents in determining who must pur
chase flood insurance and the cost of
the insurance.
“ People with hard engineering
data about flood plain locations can
insure that the F E M A maps are ac
curate,” he said. “ People who own or
live on property along streams can
learn about insurance.”
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The Sandy Union High School class
of 1981 w ill hold its five-year reunion
at noon on Saturday, Aug. 23 in
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