"Paul D.Smith" wrote ((snip))
In New England, cranberries are grown in bogs and harvested by flooding
the
fields at which point the ripe berries apparently detatch themselves from
the plants and float up. I'd always assumed that meant they liked boggy
conditions.

However, where did you get the cranberries from as I'd certainly like to
give some a try?

From Secretts Garden Centre in Milford, Surrey. Just happened to see them
and thought they might be good ground cover ('cause that's what they are)
under the blueberries. Might have some in your local GC, some came with a
jar of Cranberry Jelly, ours were just 3 pots of plants in a container.(they
look very like Thyme)

Bit concerned about the flooding etc, and I've just read about using them as
pond edging, this suggests wet boggy conditions are preferred. They will
have to take their chance with our silt/clay soil as there is nowhere to
collect rain on the allotments.

I'll let you know how they progress next year.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London