Cranberry Bushes

[Pickle]

I have a couple of blueberry plants in tubs and I've heard that cranberry plants are a good companion plant for them as they both like ericaceous compost and obviously cranberries offer ground cover while the bluberries grow upwards.

I guess my question is, if I were to buy some cranberry plants would I just need one for each tub? I'm guessing they spread and I wouldn't want anything to be too cramped and fighting for survival. Any advice about cranberries in general would also be useful as I'm in unknown territory here

[Alison]

How big are your tubs?

[Pickle]

16inches/40cm

[Pickle]

Just bumping this up. Can anyone help me?

[fruitylou]

I would be interested to know this aswell as I would like to grow them like this but i think you would need a bigger pot as I have some blueberries in 16inch tubs and i cannot imagine the 2 root systems having enough space, I have thought about making a raised bed for the purpose but don't have the room at the minute. Hopefully someone will be able to shed some light...

[Pickle]

Have ordered myself a cranberry bush from T&M. Do you think it will be ok in with my blueberry plant or should I pot them both on into a larger pot? The pot it's in at the moment is 40cm/16in

Thanks

[Alison]

That seems very tight for two plants, to be honest I'd want both plants in tubs at least that size to ensure they have enough root space.