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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: | Mole drainage |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 43, 1967, p. 88-89. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "The financial situation is such that although we would like to install a drainage system in our football pitch we can not do so for the next three years or so. Our football pitch being situated on very heavy clay soil would mole drainage be of any use in the meantime?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "Without visiting the site we can not really make a firm recommendation as to whether you should or should not carry out mole drainage. Even with finance having to be borne in mind we might, after inspecting the site, be able to suggest treatment other than mole drainage. On the other hand mole drainage may prove very suitable indeed. Moling is, of course, mainly restricted to heavy clay land free from stones, boulders and pockets of light soil. A minimum fall of 1 in 200 is required if at all possible, (the ideal being 1 in 100) and undulations cause difficulty. Moles should be at a constant depth usually 18 in. with distances apart of 6 to 15 ft. according to the type of soil. Bores of 2 ½ in. are most common and the maximum length of the mole run should be 200 yd. The moles should be run into an open ditch (the outfalls of the moles being protected by inserting a few lengths of pipe) or well laid pipe main preferably 10 yd. from the edge of the field and having a suitable outlet. This main drain should be 2 to 3 in. below the mole channels and covered with clinker. The mole plough may be hauled directly by tractor (wheeled or track laying) or by cable and winch. In practice use of an adequately powered track laying vehicle often creates less damage to existing turf than the latter method." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Clay soils; Drainage installation; Drainage systems; Mole drainage; Recommendations; Soccer fields
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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. 1967. Mole drainage. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 43:p. 88-89. |
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