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    I've been drooling over the seed and plant catalogues that keep landing on my doorstep. I notice Dobies are selling lingonberry plants this year and I wondered if anyone else out there had tried growing them. Do they work? They look similar to cranberries but perhaps a little sweeter. The blurb in the catalogue recommends them for tarts, pies etc as well as jam. Although at £8.95 a shot , I doubt I'll be buying enough of them to get a big enough crop for jam making! I think I remember tasting them in America and they were very nice. I was planning to get one and propagate cuttings from it to bulk up the planting. I'm looking for something to underplant my blueberries with and they looked ideal. It's either that or cranberries.

    Dwell simply ~ love richly

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    Sorry, Birdie Wife I can't help you but I'd be interested to know more too. Some of the fruit catalogues are just too tempting. Looked at the minarettes etc. in Ken Muir's catalogue and had to put it down. £25+ per tree is way out of my budget.

    Know what you mean about the cost though. I managed to get some basic soft fruit from freecycle but I'll be propagating like mad in the next year.
    Last edited by Earthbabe; 16-10-2006, 04:47 PM.
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    • #3
      Well, having done a bit more research I have discovered that Lingonberry, vaccinium vitis-idaea, is the same species as what we call Cowberry round these parts. Apparently the Swedes love picking them but personally, having tasted the wild sort, I can't see the appeal . Think I'll stick to cranberries!

      You live and learn. Sorry Dobies, you'll not prise cash out of me that easily ! Mind you, that late flowering plum looks tasty...

      Dwell simply ~ love richly

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      • #4
        You can get all kinds of Lingonberry products at Ikea now!!

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        • #5
          Hi Ratty,

          Welcome to the Vine!

          My nearest Ikea is about 250miles away, and they don't do mail order to up here!

          Dwell simply ~ love richly

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Birdie Wife View Post
            Hi Ratty,

            Welcome to the Vine!

            My nearest Ikea is about 250miles away, and they don't do mail order to up here!
            Don't complain! they might build one near to your
            It's not the growing old I mind but the growing stupid with it!

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            • #7
              Do they get the materials from Ikea? to build another Ikea?
              http://lowestoftnaturalist-benacre.blogspot.com/

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Birdie Wife View Post
                Hi Ratty,

                Welcome to the Vine!

                My nearest Ikea is about 250miles away, and they don't do mail order to up here!
                Hiya Birdie Wife!

                Thanks for the welcome - I've been using the BBC Allotment forum for a while but its a right half-baked affair! - Glad I discovered this site, its excellent!

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                • #9
                  Darn toot'n'!

                  Ikea HERE NOOOOO!

                  Dwell simply ~ love richly

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                  • #10
                    Hi Ratty & welcome, just had some lingonberry juice in Ikea the other day! Birdiewife- it was very sweet, a bit like strawberry juice but that could just have been too much sugar added in the manufacture, they also sell lingonberry jam in Ikea but I've not tried that. I was going to send for a free (p&p only ) lingonberry plant from a magazine but when I found the page I'd pulled out & put 'somewhere safe' I'd missed the last order date.
                    Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                    • #11
                      My husband is norwegian and has been raving about a berry he ate when he lived over there but only knew its norwegian name - I discovered this morning that it is lingonberry so was pleased to see this link. If anyone discovers a good place to get the bush from I'm be pleased to know as my life won't be worth living if I don't get hold of one now I know what it is.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by clarelouise4 View Post
                        My husband is norwegian and has been raving about a berry he ate when he lived over there but only knew its norwegian name - I discovered this morning that it is lingonberry so was pleased to see this link. If anyone discovers a good place to get the bush from I'm be pleased to know as my life won't be worth living if I don't get hold of one now I know what it is.
                        Hi Clarelouise
                        In answer to your question, Birdiewife says that Dobies have them. They are at http://www.dobies.co.uk/
                        Good luck

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                        • #13
                          I've since foudn some much cheaper ones at a local garden cntre specialising in heathers and alpines - about £2.50 for the same sized pot. So worth shopping around I'd say! Or get one from Dobies and take lots of cuttings...

                          Dwell simply ~ love richly

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                          • #14
                            Thanks for that - I shall look on the web now for them.

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                            • #15
                              Hi Folks,

                              Lingos are like cranberries and blueberries in the conditions they favour, acid soil thats rich and well drained. They don't mind pots and like blues and cranberries are tough enough to stay out side in the winter but avoid water logging, direct winds and sun. If you grow them like blues and cranberries (top dress with acid compost each spring and a acid feed every 2 weeks during the growing season) they will grow away happily.
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