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Post by durgan on Feb 10, 2010 6:51:46 GMT -5
www.durgan.org/URL/?EHWKI"Goji berry, Chinese Wolfberry, Lycium barbarum</a> The Chinese Wolfberry pods were planted on 10 February 2008. Due to ignorance the whole pod was planted, but it is only necessary to plant one seed per plant. They were thinned and the stronger plant will be kept as they get larger. Germination was about 14 days and it appears maybe planting the pod is a good idea, since the germination was probably 100%. The plant is a perennial. Fruit production is in the third and fourth year, according to the literature. Goja Berries. www.durgan.org/URL/?OBPCS Views of the berries and plants. Inspecting the garden after the first severe frost, six goja berries were discovered on one Chinese Wolfberry plant. This is after 18 months from seed growth. There are three plants in the garden. Two are thriving and the other is healthy but stunted, since a rabbit ate the top in the Spring of 2009. Taste was pleasant.
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Post by Penny on Feb 10, 2010 7:55:08 GMT -5
Thanks Durgan, i have seeds forr this plant.
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Post by durgan on Feb 10, 2010 8:51:39 GMT -5
Thanks Durgan, i have seeds forr this plant. In 2010, a good harvest is expected, all things being equal.
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Post by Penny on Feb 10, 2010 13:14:34 GMT -5
I sure hope so after 2009, i just sowed the seeds the other day, so we shall see.
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Post by grapenut on Feb 13, 2010 2:54:49 GMT -5
If you chew the fresh fruit, you get a metallic after taste, let them sit overnight and it goes away, or just make sure you don't chew and kinda mush em around in your mouth to avoid the after taste.
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Post by grapenut on Feb 25, 2010 3:34:38 GMT -5
Durgan, I just love your dog.
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Post by gardenfrog on Mar 11, 2010 0:55:43 GMT -5
Gojis root good from cuttings. : )
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Post by robbins on Mar 12, 2010 1:17:12 GMT -5
Durgan - Do you know if it takes more than one plant to produce fruit. I ask because I have one that bloomed all last summer but never set fruit. We have bees so pollination was not a problem. Also do you know anything about eating the leaves in soup or any other way? Thanks for any info you have!
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Post by grapenut on Mar 21, 2010 23:12:27 GMT -5
Durgan - Do you know if it takes more than one plant to produce fruit. I ask because I have one that bloomed all last summer but never set fruit. We have bees so pollination was not a problem. Also do you know anything about eating the leaves in soup or any other way? Thanks for any info you have! You should get fruit when it flowers, I have just one and it sets fruit at the end of August.
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Post by durgan on May 24, 2010 21:09:57 GMT -5
Durgan - Do you know if it takes more than one plant to produce fruit. I ask because I have one that bloomed all last summer but never set fruit. We have bees so pollination was not a problem. Also do you know anything about eating the leaves in soup or any other way? Thanks for any info you have! I have a Chinese friend who drops by periodically and will quiz him about the uses of the leaves. This year 2010 two of my three plants are growing well so I expect some type of harvest of the berries. Last year I got nine berries off one plant. The other two were to small to produce. From this observation, I assume the plant is self pollinating.
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Post by Penny on May 25, 2010 6:14:19 GMT -5
Well my seeds were a bust, they didnt do anything
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Post by durgan on May 25, 2010 7:59:53 GMT -5
Well my seeds were a bust, they didnt do anything Try again like I did in the first post. It only takes 14 days to germinate.
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Post by Penny on May 26, 2010 6:24:00 GMT -5
I should , i'll check and see if i have some left, i think i do
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