Posted: Mon Apr 10, 06 9:56 am Post subject: Hop and Bilberry Seedlings... So now what?
Got three or four seedlings that look identical in my little tray of hop seeds. And a few that look like each other in the Bilberry tray.
Now what do I do? Bilberries (if thats what they are) will need to grow on a lot before I do anything, then I should think ericaceous compost. What do hops like?
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 06 10:00 am Post subject: Re: Hop and Bilberry Seedlings... So now what?
tahir wrote:
Pretty resilient as far as I know.
How long did the bilberries take?
If memory serves, the seeds went into the cold frame last November.
I'm not totally convinced that whats growing there IS bilberries. Time will tell.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 06 10:39 am Post subject:
Biberries seem pretty slow growing round here at least (the mountain out the back has a lot) and its definately an acid soil, though not ridiculously so. Most of ours grow tangled through heather, so maybe thats what you could do with them while they get established, a big trough with a pretty heather in the middle and the bilberries round the edge?
My alltime favourite fruit are bilberries. We make a 'red mist' liqueur with them, which if we feel particularly decadent is served topped up with mead liqueur so the layers stay seperate and look like a sunset
bilberries
arctic , acid soil , sandy and well drained .
slightly softer than lichen
ice age leftover , judging by my weather a good choice
i get mine wild and those conditions are where they out compete other plants .
bit of nurture may produce a triffid blueberry
acid and well drained +feeding?
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 06 11:07 am Post subject:
I rooted my hop cuttings and grew them on in MPC. They should like a deep rich moist compost but don't seem too fussy. Are they from any named variety?
It'll soon be time for me to take some more cuttings from my plants this year.
I rooted my hop cuttings and grew them on in MPC. They should like a deep rich moist compost but don't seem too fussy. Are they from any named variety?
It'll soon be time for me to take some more cuttings from my plants this year.
Its common hop seed from Nickys Nursery, so I guess its closer to wild type than a named variety.
The bilberries struggled and sruggled and struggled, and then turned out not to be anythng vaguely like bilberries. Back to the drawing board!
But I planted one of the hop plants into a nasty shady patch and it went from strength to strength, was covered in hops It'll make a good permanent feature in summer now, I think.
It'll make a good permanent feature in summer now, I think.
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