Topic: cranberry in raised bed ?

[trudie]

Hi ya people I've put a cranberry shrub in one of my raised bed's, but now I'm worrying if it will take over the whole bed, or can i contain it some how advice please :D

[jennym]

I'd be intererested to see replies about growing cranberries, have tried several times now and read up an awful lot but no real success - has anyone out there done it?
From what I have read, they need an acidic type of soil to grow in, they need regular irrigation and feeding. I grow loads of blueberries and tried the same approach with the cranberries. No luck!

[manicscousers]

someone on our site has his growing in the ground through black plastic, we're on clay and it's got fruit on it this yr, (2nd year)..not ripe yet, though  :)

[amphibian]

I grow cranberries in containers, but have never had a good crop, enough for the cranberry sauce at Christmas is all I ask. I'm thinking about putting them in the ground You can grow them by digging a trench and lining with plastic, filling trench with an acidic growing medium. They like the poor drainage and the plastic prevent the surrounding soil influencing the pH adversely.

[GrannieAnnie]

I'll be eager to hear also. For two yrs I've tried growing a creeping cranberry in the ground which hasn't produced even one berry and remains small It also is planted by thriving blueberries. A definite waste of money. Perhaps a highbush cranberry would have been better.

[amphibian]

Mine have the most berries they've ever had on, this year. Still next to nowt though.

I have wondered if my mistake is that you need to grow more than one variety, like blueberries.