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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | Collapse of slit drains |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 67, 1991, p. 171. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Last year we completed a slit drainage scheme on our winter pitches with considerable benefit. Unfortunately this summer many of the slits have collapsed making the playing surface irregular and sometimes dangerous. In some cases where obvious surface collapse has not occurred the slits are very soft and will give way under the pressure of a player's foot. As our pitches are now considered too dangerous for play can you advise on possible remedial action?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "The recent very dry weather, combined with extremely high temperatures has resulted in shrinkage of topsoils and in some cases fissuring of clay subsoils. As a result slit drains have opened up and consequently gravel and sands have settled at a lowcr Icvel. In many cases gravel in slits has dropped to till the voids in the subsoil. Where collapse at the surface is obvious the general rule is to top up again with a suitable sand to restore a surface level. However, where a strong rooting structure has developed the collapse of the back filling is not visible and one is faced with a situation of a shallow turf cover overlying a void. This can only be detected by compressing the turf with, for example, a narrow wheeled barrow suitably weighted by filling with sand and running it along the line of the slits; a very lahorious procedure. Localised sinkages are then "topped up" with a suitable sand to make the surface smooth and safe. It should be appreciated that this procedure if carried out in the winter will result in a quantity of loose sand remaining at the turf surface during play and grass cover over slits will not be obtained by shoot and root development until the warmer growing weather of next spring. Monitor the continuing efficiency of the system this winter." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Drainage improvement; Maintenance practices; Recommendations; Slit drainage; Sports turf maintenance; Surface quality; Surface smoothness; Winter pitches
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1991. Collapse of slit drains. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 67:p. 171. |
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