Your pH sounds like it may be alright. If you have to water with hard water
it may raise the pH some, but if you find that to be the case, you can add
something to lower it again. Both grow wild in Alaska and parts of Canada,
but the blueberries are tarter than the tame ones, and the cranberries are
the low bush variety.

Blueberries need to be watered every other day or so while producing, every
2nd or 3 day the rest of the time. I know a grower who waters 1/2 one day
and the other 1/2 the next, and it is an on going thing. You need to be
sure they get 1 to 2 inches a week, but make sure the soil is kept moist.

If you could like a copy of my information, send me your E-mail address and
I will pass it on to you. I put the info together when I was planning to
grow them myself.

Dwayne


"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Cranberries and blueberries.
Just bought some of each for the new allotment, considering the pH of
under 5.5 down there they should be in ideal soil acidity.
Never grown either before, so if anyone else has, are there any secrets
etc we should know?

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London