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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 25, 2007 0:50:56 GMT
Anyone grown these? I have just had two plants delivered, they are in the shed in shelter till I know what I need to do with them. I know they need to grow in acid/swamp conditions so have designated my old leaky pond on the lottie as the site of the bed. The instructions sent dont say much about how to create a proper swamp. what mixture is best? Some sites say include peat moss others say sawdust....whos right?
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 27, 2007 14:07:14 GMT
Anyone know anything?
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Post by oldmoleskins on Jan 27, 2007 14:41:30 GMT
Not a lot, Sweetleaf - I just remember a farmer friend of mine reporting back from a US trip that they grow them in shallow ponds and scoop the floating berries off the surface when ripe...
I guess from that you need boggy conditions or certainly copious watering. Have you tried the T&M site? They often have unusual plants/plant info.
OM.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 27, 2007 14:59:46 GMT
Ill give that a try, OM
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Post by longpod on Jan 28, 2007 15:16:46 GMT
Hi Sweetleaf,
I also have two small pots of cranberry plants, which I am keeping in a cold green house. My sister bought them for me as a present when she visited Kew last year, where they had a mass of cranberries floating on the pond, I wonder, if you went to the Kew web site, you might get the information you need.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 15:19:19 GMT
Thanks Longpod! Im off to do just that! ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 15:33:46 GMT
Turns out they didnt grow them, Longpod but rather got them from Ocean Spray...... a juice manufacturer, and floated them to demonstrate harvesting techniques. Thanks for the idea anyway, if I find anything youll be one of the first to know!
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 17:47:33 GMT
Right, ahem....... apologies, turned out I had the info I needed all along, just didnt know it! The one practical way to grow Cranberries according to Dr Hessayons Fruit expert, is to dig a ditch a metre square, one spit deep, line with polythene and fill with a mix of 3 parts moss peat 1 part loam one part sand and one part sawdust, adding 3 handfuls of bonemeal to each barrowload. Plant in autumn or spring and leave 1ft between plants.Watern regularly with soft water and pick berries when they start to soften. Seems the pond idea wasnt too far out, but is a little too deep for the purpose, perhaps Ill use a trough of some kind.
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