The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 8, 1978 FIVE
Weather problems in Texas
and Oklahoma last week may
have a negative effect on this
year's southwestern wheat
harvest, but two prime Mid
western grain states may well
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The result leaves area
growers uncertain about what
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Wet fields set back the
beginning of harvest in the
more important commercial
centers of Texas wheat pro
duction last week, with heavy
rains causing damage to
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should allow harvesting to
begin soon, according to a
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bulletin, but this year's har
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the drought-ridden Lone Star
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In neighboring Oklahoma,
rain showers and scattered
hail storms were reported last
week, but overall the weather
was beneficial to maturing
and filling new hard crop
winter wheat. The grain
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that this year's harvest will be
about 10 days late, due to a
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harvest of 345 million bushels
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latest USDA estimate. Nebra
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was also listed as a possibility
for topping its USDA harvest
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The Willamette Valley has
had its share of wheat
production problems this
year, mainly from insects and
disease. More than 40 inches
of rainfall at the start of the
season waterlogged many
fields, getting growth of to a
sluggish start, while winter
temperatures failed to drop
enough to kill aphids and other
insect pests.
Valley wheat stands also
faced septoria, yellow dwarf
virus, stripe rust, and scat
tered outbreaks of damaging
foot rot. Despite the setbacks,
Oregon State University agro
nomists are predicting a
normal yield for the Willa
mette Valley.
Recent wheat futures trad
ing moved prices up with the
news of unfavorable east
European crop conditions,
then down, with news of a
bright outlook for the Chinese
harvest, according to the
grain growers' bulletin.
Home-grown
lettuce
makes sense
The high price of lettuce
should make even the most
reluctant gardeners want to
grow their own.
"Lettuce is well suited to
succession planting, and if
managed correctly, will give a
ready supply through the
summer," said Harold Kerr,
Morrow County Extension
Agent.
Leaf lettuce will give the
most immediate results. It
'matures in 40 to 50 days.
' Recommended varieties hv
elude Prizehead, Salad Bowl,
Grand Rapids, Slobolt and
Ruby.
Head lettuce, also known as
crisphead and iceberg, ma
tures in 70-90 days. Recom
mended varieties include Itha
ca, Calmaria, and for fall
harvest, Calmar.
Butterhead type lettuces
mature in 70-80 days. Varie
ties that do well in Oregon
include Buttercrunch and
White Boston. Cos and R
maine are the two recommen
ded varieties of cos lettuce.
They mature in 65-70 days.
Lettuce grows best in loose,
moist soil that is fertilized at
planting time. Kerr recom
mended using three cups of
16-16-16 fertilizer for an area
10 feet long by 10 feet wide.
Seeds should be planted
about one-half inch deep and
one inch apart, in rows spaced
one foot apart. Plants should
be thinned when the lettuce
leaves are about one inch
high, so that a space of about
six inches exists between the
plants.
Head lettuce plants should
be thinned to about one foot
apart. Kerr said it's all right
to be "ruthless with thinning.
If the plants are too close,
you'll get poor results. Head
lettuce will remain small or
won't grow at all. Overcrow
ded leaf lettuce will only
produce bitter outside
leaves."
Care should be used in
weeding lettuce, since the
roots are few and close to the
surface. Hoe between the rows
hv corafrhino thp snrfare of
the soil. Weeds close to the
lettuce plants should be pulled
by hand.
Lettuce requires regular
watering, with the most cru
cial period of water need
, occurring when the heads
1 begin to develop.
Should damage from insects
take place, Kerr recommen
ded using diazinon or rete
none, following label direc
tions. "To get a regular harvest,
plant lettuce seeds every week
or 10 days until the first of
August," Kerr said.
During the hot weather,
Kerr suggested planting the
Salad Bowl, Ithaca, and But
tercrunch varieties.