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Disease Management, Carolyn Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

Cranberries are grown on approximately 14,000 acres in Massachusetts and are an important horticultural commodity in the Southeastern region of the state. In addition, more than 60,000 acres of open space are associated with cranberry operations. This open space provides habitat to many plant and animal species as well as providing an aesthetic value. Open space associated with cranberry farms serves to protect and recharge watersheds. Cranberry farming also contributes to the economy and quality of life in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Preventing And Responding To A Fuel Or Oil Spill, Carolyn Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

The best way to reduce the possibility of a fuel or oil spill is to take preventative steps to minimize the chance that a spill will occur. Preventative steps include: (1) use of food grade oil; (2) proper storage and handling of fuel and oils and; (3) regular maintenance and inspection of equipment. In spite of taking these steps to minimize spills, accidents do occur.

Even though most spills tend to happen during harvest, you should be prepared to handle a fuel or oil spill at any time during the year. Should an accidental spill occur, be prepared to respond …

Neighbor To Neighbor Relations, Carolyn Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

U. S. Census data indicate that people are leaving the urban population centers for suburban and rural areas. People may move to rural areas with an expectation that their new home will be located in a quiet, peaceful, rustic, and isolated setting. The consequence of this population migration is that more and more people, with little or no understanding of cranberry production, are moving into homes in close proximity to cranberry bogs. Late evening or early morning bog inspections and frost protecting, as well as helicopter activity, can be quite disconcerting to your neighbors. The management practices outlined below can …

Insect Management, Carolyn Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

Minimizing damage to the plants and crop by insect pests is one of the most important challenges in cranberry production. Failure to manage pest insects properly can result in severe crop loss, vine damage, or in extreme cases, the death of large areas of the bog. The most effective insect management strategy is an integrated approach using scouting techniques to monitor insect populations. Cultural, biological, or chemical control measures are applied only when the pest pressure (insect population) reaches an action threshold. The action or economic threshold is the ‘break even’ point where damage by a certain pest population begins …

Nutrient Management, Carolyn Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

Nutrient elements are required by cranberry plants for the production of vegetation (new leaves and stems), roots, and fruit (crop). Cranberry plants get these nutrients from the soil, from water, or from fertilizers added to the bog. While cranberries require the same nutrients as other plants, they are unique in that the amounts required are much smaller than for most crop plants. The reason for this is that cranberries have adapted through evolution for growth on acid, sandy soils. These soils have little nutrient content, and the plants in the family Ericaceae such as cranberries and blueberries that evolved on …

Phosphorus Management In Cranberry Systems, Joan Davenport, Carolyn Demoranville

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

Research in WI has shown that cranberries require additions of phosphorus fertilizer for sustained productivity. However, trying to determine the right amount of phosphorus to add and when to add it is very difficult - one of the few aspects of crop management where cranberries have something in common with other crops. What makes the situation extra hard in cranberries is that programs of soil and tissue testing often give conflicting information - it is not uncommon to see soil test values of phosphorus in or above the normal range (20-80 ppm Bray P) and tissue phosphorus contents either at …

Integrated Pest Management, Carolyn J. Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

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Weed Management, Carolyn Demoranville, Hilary A. Sandler, Tom Bicki

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

In order to select the best management practices for weed management, it is important to understand how weeds grow, how they affect cranberry yields, how weeds are affected by environmental factors, and how the various herbicides work. Often, using several strategies in an integrated program may produce better weed management than any single control measure alone.