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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Any Lingonberry Growers Out There?
  • Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:24:56 -0500

Lingonberries grow here in the peat swamps. I tried to grow them
several times with no success. If you have a peat swamp, you can
probably grow them. Even naturally the yields are low. Zone 2/3
Minnesota

---- Original Message ----
From: sherlocksmith@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Any Lingonberry Growers Out There?
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:39:53 -0400

>I've been interested in putting in some lingonberries and was
>wondering
>about other people's experience growing them. The fruit sounds really
>good
>and I like the idea of something that ripens late in the growing
>season. My
>concerns are that the plants are fairly expensive ($10 St. Lawrence),
>the
>yields seem small (1lb per plant after 3-6 years), and they are a bit
>fussy
>soilwise. Any believers out there?
>
>-Sherlock
>Z4 VT-Flurries today!






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