Growing Information for Cranberry Plants;
Step-by-step picture video on how to plant:
Position
Full sun or semi-shade if you live in a very hot climate. Dappled sun in the afternoon works well.
Grow them in a container or in the garden where they can get regular watering
Dig a hole 50x50x50cm. Place the plant directly into the correct soil mix and cover it with a mulch of pine bark or green pine needles, 5 – 15cm thick.
Our farmer has taken many years of research and trials to perfect the soil mixture for maximum harvest.
Lithuanian or Canadian Spaghnum Peat Moss is a must and acid compost is the base soil.
The Peat Moss must be soaked in water for at least 24 hours, before planting, as it absorbs a lot of water initially and your plant roots will not receive water.
Place acid compost into the pot/hole and mix with potting soil if in a container or any other soil if in the ground.
Add soaked peat moss, berry mix and Volcanic rock dust mixing into the top section
Gently place the plant (try not to disturb the roots) in the soil mixture and cover the roots (not the stem) with pine bark mulch.
Size
Cranberries grow as a flat-spreading plant, 40cm high with vines of 2mt in length.
Watering
Keep damp but not waterlogged
Mulch
Mulch is a good way of preventing weeds and reducing the rate of water evaporation from the soil.
Apply organic mulch to your tree all year round.
Use from 2 to 5 centimetres of Pine bark mulch to protect the roots from UV damage and drying out. It retains moisture, and maintains an optimal pH. Do not let the mulch touch the plant stem, as it may cause infection or rot.
Pruning
Cut back dead vines after 3 years.
Fertilising
Apply 1 teaspoon every 4-5 months of our slow-release all-plant fertiliser. The roots will absorb what they need.
