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2017-12-17, 07:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
As a fan of gardening and a fan of berries... I got to wondering. How hard would it be to grow my own cranberries? I mean, getting seeds seems easy enough(if I can buy hundreds of cranberries for a few dollars, at least one ought to have viable seeds)... but I rarely hear of anyone doing it at home for some reason.
Are they that much harder to grow than blueberries or huckleberries(not quite random choices, given their relation to cranberries) and such? Or is it just that there isn't much demand?Last edited by Togath; 2017-12-17 at 07:29 PM.
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2017-12-17, 07:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
I think the need for like really marshy beds and particularly specific climates makes them more difficult for home growers, but I've never attempted them, so that's based on what I'm remembering, so take that for what it's worth.
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2017-12-17, 08:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
Hmm... I do live in a fairly wet climate(Western Washington, around Everett currently).
Maybe I could simulate the marshiness by using extra bark in the soil to hang onto more moisture? Or was it sand that helps with that?
We also tend to have pretty mild winters, which might be a plus? Lowest I've ever seen here was about 20f at night in one of the colder parts of this half of the state(well, excluding the mountains, but mountains are mountains).Meow(Steam page)
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2017-12-17, 08:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
I pick wild ones in bog-y areas around the Boundary Waters in MN in late summer/early fall. I've seen them growing in floating bogs, which i think would imply they like more acidic soil. Cold winters shouldn't be a problem, if they can grow wild in northern MN, they can survive -40 winters.
A quick google search turned these up:
https://www.cranberries.org/how-cranberries-grow
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2017-12-17, 11:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
Looking at the links, it sounds like they can be potentially grown in a garden with a little preparation(luckily acidic soil also benefits other stuff I wanted to grow) provided I can get good irrigation going, which sounds useful in general. A
lso apparently Washington is one of the nation's main producers so... I guess they can indeed be grown here! Awesome~
I guess that just leaves determining the best time to plant them then. Might see if I can either preserve the seeds or figure out a portable way to grow them at the start, since I'm moving in a few months. (Within this area of the state, but still)Meow(Steam page)
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2017-12-19, 01:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
They grow wild around my place (northern BC, Canada) in the shadier and wetter regions beside the hayroad. Good yield every year. I suspect the conditions would be relatively easy to mimic, but not many people try because highbush cranberries are sour.
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2017-12-20, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-12-21, 12:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-18, 05:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
Commercial cranberries grow in marshes and bogs. But you can buy seeds for low-bush cranberries and high-bush cranberries.
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2018-01-21, 04:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-21, 11:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-21, 02:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Gardening] How hard is growing cranberries?
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2018-01-21, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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