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Here in Newfoundland the Lingonberry grows
everywhere on exposed coastal headlands consisting of peat bogs, however the
Lingonberry grows on rocky outcrops, not the wet sphagnum areas. These areas
normally have a PH of 3.5 to 4.5. However the largest berries and biggest crops
are on drier humus soil, mixed with Lowbush blueberry, with a PH of 4.0 to
4.5. Production was very large this year, with most of the crop being exported
to Germany, I do believe.
George Brinson
Carmanville
Newfoundland, Canada
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:10
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Lingonberry
Questions
At the National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis,
Oregon, where the soil is not particularly acid, there were outdoor plantings
of cranberries and lingonberries. Wooden frames were set on the ground and
fill with sand, and the plants were put into them. The sand was more to keep
other plants from invading, since the lingonberries could easily put roots
into the soil beneath the sand. They grew quite well in those "planters" and
produced what looked like a normal crop. Two, actually, since there were early
and late berries. Point is, there was nothing to indicate the soil had to be
either poor or excessively acid.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing,
consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com
Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for
2003.
On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:20 AM, Mark or Helen Angermayer
wrote:
Hi Jim,
I was going to try to grow
lingonberries.
One of our kids had to make a family heritage dish for
school. The dish was
a Swedish milk pudding topped with lingonberry jam. I
didn't like the jam
that well, but my daughter liked it enough to want to
grow lingonberries.
But after researching it, it sounded like too much
trouble to amend the
soil. Some stuff I read said lingonberries require
even more acidic soil
than blueberries (But maybe that's not quite right
because the info Sam
posted the other day indicated they only require a pH
of 5.) Either way
that's more of a soil amendment than I want to try to
keep up with. There
may be protests from others who say it's not that hard
to get the soil down
to 4.5 or 5, but I'm a little doubtful. This summer I
spoke with a
blueberry farmer about 20 miles from here (pick-your-own). She
said it
takes a lot of acid to get it down. They broadcast acid and also
acid
fertilizer in the drip irrigation. However, there is a caveat, they
live
on a gravel road. Who knows how much the lime from the road is
fighting
against them? Does anyone else have any experience trying to move
the soil
from a 7.4-7.0 down to 4.5-5.0?
Mark Angermayer
Zone 5
Kansas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Fruth"
To:
"NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006
10:39 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Lingonberry Questions
Do any of you grow Lingonberries? Or know of someone who
does?
Everything I have read about their culture claims that they
prefer(!)
poor soil. Could this claim be only a belief because that's
where
Lingonberries are found growing in Nature? Could it be that they
are
found
growing in poor soils because they can't compete with the
plethora of
weeds
that inhabit better soils? Groundcherries, for example, are only
found in
Nature growing in poor soils where little else will grow.
Groundcherries
perform poorly in Nature but grow to be giants in
excellent soil; could it
be that Lingonberries would do likewise?
I
need to ask these questions because we've got customers
demanding
Lingonberry jam and I've got to figure out how to grow the
plant. Trouble
is, what little poor soil I have is occupied with plants I
can't afford to
eradicate. I do have empty space available for planting
but it has 14" of
rich, black dirt. What do you think?
Jim
Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN
56472
www.bberryfarm.com
(218)568-8483 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My
Cell]
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