Should my Goji Berry plant look like this?

**FB.** · 21-06-2012, 01:19 PM

Picture is a bit small to make out any wilting of leaves.
Probably just a bit of transplant shock. They shouldn't need watering every day - maybe twice a week until established. Perhaps they have been over-watered?
Goji's are unlikely to need much feeding or watering when established.
Goji's are tough as old boots and incredibly fast growing.
My biggest problem is keeping them under control, despite having very poor, dry, shallow soil where other plants struggle to survive, let alone grow.
My Goji's rival the rampant growth of brambles. I've had shoots reach about 13ft (4metres) in one season at times.

So don't go giving them too much encouragement or you'll need a Gurka's Kukri to hack your way through them.

**Mark the Bodger** · 22-06-2012, 07:26 AM

Thank you for that info, I will keep going with it and keep my fingers crossed, I have attached a bigger picture this time (I think).

Do they look good when they flower and do they get many fruit on them?

cheers again

Mark

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**FB.** · 22-06-2012, 11:01 AM

I think that gojis aren't particularly attractive, and the yield is low to medium.
If given soil which is moist and fertile, they will grow and not crop.

**Mark the Bodger** · 22-06-2012, 11:38 AM

Ok thanks for that FB, I will keep them there for another couple of seasons, if it doesn't look good ar produce a decent crop then its going at the back of the garden.

**FB.** · 22-06-2012, 12:37 PM

Originally posted by Mark the Bodger View Post

Ok thanks for that FB, I will keep them there for another couple of seasons, if it doesn't look good ar produce a decent crop then its going at the back of the garden.

One of mine lives at the base of my big old whitebeam tree - the soil is poor, depleted, dry under the canopy and subject to competition from the whitebeam's roots. The Goji still holds its own. My other Goji lives in the wife's herb bed, which has poor, dry, infertile soil and has to compete with established large herbs and drought-resistant/poor soil-tolerant mediterranean plants (sage, rosemary, mint, lavender etc)..

**Olorin2001** · 13-06-2013, 03:21 PM

I took loads of cuttings of goji last year and most took, potting on the number I want the remainder were pushed to the back of the greenhouse and forgotten, watered when I noticed that the leaves were falling off them. Still in a plug tray and totally root bound, neglected and abused they flowered profusely and produced berries. I did give them more water when I noticed them flowering but no feed at all. The other ones potted on with loving kindness grew wonderfully but not one flower.
Goji berries are Boxthorns and seems there are several species of boxthorn being offered as goji berries - I bought seeds from two different suppliers, both came in berry form and I had to extract the seeds myself, the leaves of one group are different from the other. I suppose I should take photos and post them here to get an opinion.

**Ader1** · 17-06-2013, 06:03 PM

I planted some seeds this year and now my seedlings are about 8 inches in height. I've read that they should be planted out the second year. But I've also read they can be planted out the first year. Does anybody have any views on this? They seem to grow quite quickly so I'm hoping to stick them somewhere outside this year.

**DuncanM** · 17-06-2013, 07:32 PM

Ader1, I potted up some seeds I extracted from Tesco's goji berries as an experiment. 6 were potted up within a month or so into 1 litre pots. I completely neglected them last year, and 4 died off out of complete dehydration (they were covered and not watered). Another 2 looked mostly dead but had 1 or 2 leaves only, so I planted them outside. I had completely forgotten about them again until 2 weeks ago when I was cutting back my hazel which had completely covered them with it's canopy. No fruit, and no-where near as healthy looking as the plants already pictured in this thread they have nonetheless survived and don't look too bad.

I'm hoping with light and whatever water the sky throws at them should help them establish properly this year.

But in short, mine were very hardy despite complete neglect, however I have read they need to avoid harsh frosts etc until established so keep them inside for a year if you have space.

**Ader1** · 17-06-2013, 07:53 PM

Yes thanks DuncanM. I haven't got that much space. Despite James Wong saying they are wonder fruit etc etc and easily grown, I've read quite a lot of comments here and thee saying that they're easy to grow but not so easy to fruit. Anybody have any views?

**jessmorris** · 22-06-2013, 08:04 AM

I think these are Duke of Argyll's tea plants, is that the old name for the trendy 'Goji Berry'? They grew wild all over Norfolk, flowered prolifically , if with small and insignificant flowers and I never saw any fruit on them....they are quite pretty in a silvery sort of way......

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