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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

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!

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  :)

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.

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.

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.