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University of Massachusetus - Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Cranberry Station Outreach and Public Service Cranberry Station Extension meetings Activities 2016 Tile Drainage in Massachusetus Cranberry Production Carolyn J. DeMoranville

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University of Massachusetus - Amherst

ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst

Cranberry Station Extension meetings Cranberry Station Outreach and Public Service Activities 2016

Tile Drainage in Massachusetus Cranberry Production

Carolyn J. DeMoranville

UMass Amherst, carolynd@umass.edu

Peter Jeranyama

peterj@umass.edu

Casey Kennedy

casecasey.kennedy@ars.usda.gov

Nick Alverson

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DeMoranville, Carolyn J.; Jeranyama, Peter; Kennedy, Casey; and Alverson, Nick, "Tile Drainage in Massachusetus Cranberry Production" (2016). Cranberry Station Extension meetings. Paper 215. htup://scholarworks.umass.edu/cranberry_extension/215

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Tile drainage in Massachuse0s cranberry produc5on

  • Funded by Northeast SARE
  • Looked at spacing: horizontal

and ver>cal (depth)

  • Looked at func>onality

Carolyn DeMoranville, Peter Jeranyama, Casey Kennedy, and Nick Alverson

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Tile Spacing, feet # of vegeta>ve uprights L-2 # of upright with 1 berry L-2 # of uprights ≥ 1 berry L-2 Yield (BBL) 15 36 7 20 270 20 50 11 28 339 25 55 12 24 307 Contrasts 15 vs. 20 NS ** * * 15 vs.25 * ** NS NS 20 vs. 25 NS NS NS NS

Tile Drainage Study - spacing

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Tile depth study

  • 3.5
  • 3
  • 2.5
  • 2
  • 1.5
  • 1
  • 0.5

Peat 8" Peat 12" Upland 12" Soil tension (kPa)

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5 10 15 20 25

Peat 8" Peat 12" Upland 12" Fruit rot (%)

Tile depth/drainage – Fruit Rot

Depth mabers but so does subsoil base

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50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

shallow/wet regular/wet regular/dry Berry Yield (BBL/Acre)

Soil Tension and Tile Drainage Depth Effects on Cranberry Yield

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Tile drain func>on

TD3$ TD4$ TD2$ TD1$ FLUME$

  • Cranberry$Bed$

$

  • Drainage$

Ditch$

  • Sampling$site$
  • Discharge$

Flume$

  • Input$Flume$

$

  • Flow$DirecEon$
  • f$ditch$
  • Drainage$Ele$

Ditch eleva>on lower at this end

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Case study – the work of graduate student Nick Alverson Depth: 18 in. sloping to 2 L. Width: 25 L.

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Hydrologic Inputs – inches of water

1.48 4.10 6.50 1.17 irrigation precip flood input Input from adjacent bed

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Surface Water Discharge: Storms vs. Harvest Flood

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 Feet (normalized to 5 acre bed)

Drainage rate: ~100x vol. per sec.

  • vs. storm
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0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

cubic feet per second

August Storm Event - Flow

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33390 14260 5319 4576 1863 2502

10000 20000 30000 40000

total discharge total >le discharge TD1 TD2 TD3 TD4

Total Discharge from Bed vs Discharge from Tiles (cubic meters) 2014

Discharge from >les represents approximately 42% of the flow

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Survey

  • Have asked ques>ons about your use of >les
  • Today’s survey will be used to provide the

‘end of project’ informa>on to compare to start.

  • Two more workshops in the spring – depth

and installa>on

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