David Hill wrote:

: Have you thought of air layering?

ooo sounds technical. I've heard of that but never tried it.
Or maybe it's trade joke (like sending an aprecntice to the stores for a
long stand) - air layering is sort of like air guitar :-) All waving
hands.

In article , J Jackson
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David Hill wrote:

: Have you thought of air layering?

ooo sounds technical. I've heard of that but never tried it.

Dead easy - you'd have no problems with it.
Wound the chosen twig, wrap it in compost of your choice (whatever you
usually do cuttings in) - you need a lump about the size of a rather
thin hen's egg, wrap the compost in clingfilm to keep it moist, and wait
for roots to appear. When you have a good bunch of roots visible, you
can cut the twig and pot it up as if it were a cutting.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:05:38 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

Yes. They will need acidic ericaceous peat based compost and they may
well be fussy about growing at all in a garden - unless it is very windy
and you can maintain the right balance of moorland water and drought.

You are probably better off growing high bush blueberries, and going out
on the moors to harvest free natural bilberries when they are in season.

Hello,

I'm new here so I'm certainly no expert. I bought the book "The Fruit
Expert" by D G Hessayon available at Amazon or most garden centres.
There is only a small paragraph near the back about bilberries and it
says much as the quote above: that they like acid, ericaceous, soil
that must be moist.

I would not let that put you off though, and beauty is in the eye of
the beholder. Stop being so pessimistic everyone You'll never know
if they will grow unless you try; there has to be a first time for
everything. Isn't it worth trying to just for the flavour of home
grown berries?

Let us know how you get on.