The experiment of lingonberry growing in soil covered with black plastic foil was carried out in 2000–2004 in the Field Experimental Station of the Institute of Botany. The research showed that in 5 years mature lingonberry planst formed. Already on the 3rd or 4th years of growing the lingonberry began to yield; and in field conditions lingonberry yield exceeded that of natural habitats by 5 times. On the 4th year of growing the plants began to form rhizome, and from the leafy rhizome shoots new shrubs grew. The cover of soil surface with plastic foil, like the mulching, acted positively on growth and yielding of lingonberry. When the soil surface is covered with plastic foil, the weeds may grow only in small areas of open soil near the planted lingonberry shrubs, and weed control is much easier.
Keywords: lingonberry, cultivation, soil covering, plastic foil.