Lingonberry (Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea) 20+ seeds | Own harvest

Please find for sale 20+ Lingonberry seeds (Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea). Seeds harvested & prepared from my own plants. Also known as Cowberry, Dwarf lingonberry, American lingonberry, mossberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry, groundberry, or kimminnait.

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After spending my career surrounded by Swedes I am very familiar with Lingonberries, or just "lingon" as the Swedes call them. The only time most Brits will have encountered this useful berry is on trips to Ikea - that red jelly/jam on the side of your Swedish meatballs and mash is Lingonberry jam. Also Ikea have Lingonberry juice in the carbonated drinks section - which I like to mix with Lemonade! As with Cranberries, the berries are too tart to eat fresh but full of vitamins and antioxidants they are put to many good uses.

Sowing Guide 

Native to very colts parts, Lingonberry seeds require a period of cold stratification for optimal germination - this is natures way of stopping seeds germinating at the wrong time of year, eg the autumn and being killed by frost/snow before can get established. Thanks to fridges we can "trick" such seeds into thinking that winter has passed and now its time to wake up!

• If buying in the Autumn/Fall, place the seeds in a small ziplock bag along with some slightly damp potting compost and place in the fridge for at least 2 months, or longer until sowing time of around February. If buying seeds in Spring, you will need to keep them chilled in the fridge (or just place in a pot in a cold part of garden and let nature take its course) until the following February.
• Prepare pots or seed trays of a well-draining compost mix - ideally 50/50 compost and vermiculite mix
• Sow  evenly spaced on surface. Press gently to surface but do not cover.
• Regularly mist surface with water
• Cover seed tray with plastic dome (vents open) or a clear bag with air holes cut.
• Ensure compost kept moist but not wet - best to water from the bottom.
• Seedling should appear in around 6 weeks
• Pot on once have several sets of true leaves using ericaceous compost