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Post by richardw on Jan 15, 2017 3:36:11 GMT -5
Not heard of Lycium ruthenicum, sounds rather interesting though.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jan 15, 2017 19:59:09 GMT -5
My Goji Berries gave fruit last year. That's 2 years from when they were planted. Someone from this forum in So. Cal sent me some berries that he found in a health food shop. I ate quite a few in the process of trying to gum them a little to get the seeds out and spit them in seed trays.
I got 6 live plants and Leo brought home 2 from the "Mostly Dead" section of the nursery. All 8 have survived drought, flood, and freeze. They're a bit gangly though. Birds seem to eat the fruit at well. I guess everything I plant, the birds and gophers like.
Happy New Year's all of you.
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Post by raymondo on Jan 15, 2017 22:08:47 GMT -5
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Post by richardw on Jan 15, 2017 23:20:19 GMT -5
Nice to hear from ya Holly 12540dumont, what amazed me was the birds didn't bother flogging the fruit. |
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Post by prairiegardens on Jan 16, 2017 1:28:22 GMT -5
I'm told they grow wild in Edmonton Alberta, remnants of fruit or plants brought in with the Chinese workers many many years ago to build the railroad. If so, then they are hardy to zone 3 in Canada which is fairly cold. A Manitoba nursery guarantees them hardy on the prairies, but I'd guess there are different strains with varying degrees of hardiness.
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Post by reed on Jan 16, 2017 6:17:28 GMT -5
I have one little plant from a big box store I put in last February if I remember right. They hadn't taken good care of it and I didn't really expect it to live but it made a tablespoon full of berries. Then in fall it fruited again and made maybe a 1/4 cup. Is that normal that they produce more than once in a season?
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Post by richardw on Jan 16, 2017 12:00:31 GMT -5
I think so, mine had flowered twice last year but never set fruit. What did ya think of the taste reed |
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Post by reed on Jan 16, 2017 19:33:18 GMT -5
Well, the jury is kinda still out on the taste. The first picking left me wondering if I even cared if it lived or croaked but I let the second bunch stay on longer and they were quite a lot better. Apparently being bright red on its own don't mean ripe, need a little more practice on exactly when to pick em. I'm thinking they might make good jelly or mixed in with black or raspberries.
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Post by steev on Jan 17, 2017 0:01:41 GMT -5
Yeah, they're astringent little devils; more an ingredient than a food.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 17, 2017 11:31:08 GMT -5
Dudes, you got to dry them. Then they are lovely.
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Post by kevin8715 on Apr 22, 2017 17:41:00 GMT -5
Goji berries are pretty easy to grow once you get them going. I bought a one gallon sized from Home Depot a few years back and it has grown in a 15 gal. The problem comes when they root themselves outside the pot and then you got runners going all over the place, some have grown 5 feet away. They are sweet but a tad acidic. Bird netting is a must if you want a decent harvest.
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