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Cranberry Best Management Practices: Sanding

Carolyn DeMoranville and, Hilary Sandler (2010)

Summary

This document describes the process of sanding in cranberry bogs. This is a process in which growers apply a thin layer of sand on the surface of producing cranberry bogs at 2 to 5 year intervals in order to promote growth, improve productivity, suppress disease, and reduce insect populations.